User Manual

Rev 2.1-1.0.6

Mellanox Technologies

• mlx4_en (Ethernet)

• Mid-layer core

• Verbs, MADs, SA, CM, CMA, uVerbs, uMADs

• Upper Layer Protocols (ULPs)

• IPoIB, RDS*, SRP Initiator and SRP

* NOTE: RDS was not tested by Mellanox Technologies.

• MPI

• Open MPI stack supporting the InfiniBand, RoCE and Ethernet interfaces

• OSU MVAPICH stack supporting the InfiniBand and RoCE interfaces

• MPI benchmark tests (OSU BW/LAT, Intel MPI Benchmark, Presta)

• OpenSM: InfiniBand Subnet Manager

• Utilities

• Diagnostic tools

• Performance tests

• Firmware tools (MFT)

• Source code for all the OFED software modules (for use under the conditions men-

tioned in the modules' LICENSE files)

• Documentation

1.2.3 Firmware

The ISO image includes the following firmware items:

• Firmware images (.mlx format) for ConnectX®-3/ConnectX®-3 Pro/Connect-IB™ net-

work adapters

• Firmware configuration (.INI) files for Mellanox standard network adapter cards and

custom cards

• FlexBoot for ConnectX®-3 HCA devices

1.2.4 Directory Structure

The ISO image of MLNX_OFED_LINUX contains the following files and directories:

• mlnxofedinstall - This is the MLNX_OFED_LINUX installation script.

• ofed_uninstall.sh - This is the MLNX_OFED_LINUX un-installation script.

• <RPMS folders> - Directory of binary RPMs for a specific CPU architecture.

• firmware/ - Directory of the Mellanox IB HCA firmware images

(including Boot-over-IB)

• src/ - Directory of the OFED source tarball

• mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh - Script required to rebuild MLNX_OFED_LINUX for

customized kernel version on supported Linux Distribution

• docs/ - Directory of Mellanox OFED related documentation