User Manual

InstallationRev 2.1-1.0.6
Mellanox Technologies
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b. The firmware version of the adapter device is older than the firmware version included with the Mellanox
OFED ISO image
In case your machine has an unsupported network adapter device, no firmware update
will occur and the error message below will be printed. Please contact your hardware
vendor for help on firmware updates.
Error message:
2.3.5 Post-installation Notes
Most of the Mellanox OFED components can be configured or reconfigured after the
installation by modifying the relevant configuration files. See the relevant chapters in
this manual for details.
The list of the modules that will be loaded automatically upon boot can be found in the
/etc/infiniband/openib.conf file.
2.3.6 Installation Logging
While installing MLNX_OFED, the install log for each selected package will be saved in a sepa-
rate log file.
The path to the directory containing the log files will be displayed after running the installation
script in the following format:
"Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<version>.<PID>.logs".
Example:
2.4 Updating Firmware After Installation
In case you ran the mlnxofedinstall script with the ‘--without-fw-update’ option and
now you wish to (manually) update firmware on your adapter card(s), you need to perform the
following steps:
If an adapters Flash was originally programmed with an Expansion ROM image, the
automatic firmware update will also burn an Expansion ROM image.
-I- Querying device ...
-E- Can't auto detect fw configuration file: ...
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.1-0.0.2.31701.logs
If you need to burn an Expansion ROM image, please refer to “Burning the Expan-
sion ROM Image” on page 223
The following steps are also appropriate in case you wish to burn newer firmware that
you have downloaded from Mellanox Technologies’ Web site (http://www.mella-
nox.com > Downloads > Firmware).