User Manual

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Mellanox Technologies
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About this Manual
This document provides instructions for installing and using drivers for Mellanox Technologies
ConnectX®-2 and ConnectX®-3 based network adapter cards in a VMware ESXi Server envi
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ronment.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for system administrators responsible for the installation, configuration,
management and maintenance of the software and hardware of InfiniBand adapter cards. It is
also intended for application developers.
Documentation Conventions
Table 2 - Documentation Conventions
Description Convention Example
File names file.extension
Directory names directory
Commands and their parameters command param1 mts3610-1 > show hosts
Required item < >
Optional item [ ]
Mutually exclusive parameters { p1, p2, p3 } or {p1 | p2 |
p3}
Optional mutually exclusive parame-
ters
[ p1 | p2 | p3 ]
Variables for which users supply spe-
cific values
Italic font enable
Emphasized words Italic font These are emphasized words
Note <text> This is a note.
Warning <text> May result in system
instability.