User Manual

Rev 2.2-1.0.1
Mellanox Technologies
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a. You run the installation script in default mode; that is, without the option ‘--without-fw-update’.
b. The firmware version of the adapter device is older than the firmware version included with the Mellanox
OFED ISO image
If an adapter’s Flash was originally programmed with an Expansion ROM image, the
automatic firmware update will also burn an Expansion ROM 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:
-I- Querying device ...
-E- Can't auto detect fw configuration file: ...
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:
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.2-0.0.2.31701.logs
2.3.7 openibd Script
As of MLNX_OFED v2.2-1.0.0 the openibd script supports pre/post start/stop scripts:
This can be controlled by setting the variables below in the
/etc/infiniband/openibd.conf
file.
OPENIBD_PRE_START
OPENIBD_POST_START
OPENIBD_PRE_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_STOP
Example:
OPENIBD_POST_START=/sbin/openibd_post_start.sh