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2.2 InfiniBand OFED Driver Installation on VMware ESX/ESXi Server
The InfiniBand OFED driver installation on VMware ESX Server 4.x is done using VMware's
VIB bundles.
2.2.1 Installing InfiniBand OFED Driver on a VMware ESXi Server
ESXi package is available as a standalone or as part of the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
virtual appliance from http://www.vmware.com.
For further information on how to use
is, please refer to VMware's document "vSphere Command-
Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide".
To install vSphere, perform
the following steps:
1. Set the machine to maintenance mode
2. Log into the service console as root and execute the following steps:
 Before installing, please verify if you have on your machine of the following ESXi builds. Run:
/usr/bin/vmware -v
 VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-348481' - ESX 4.1 Update 1
 VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-260247' - ESX 4.1
 VMware ESXi 4.0.0 build-164009' - ESX 4.0
 VMware ESXi 4.0.0 build-241301' - ESX 4.0 Update 1
 VMware ESXi 4.0.0 build-261974' - ESX 4.0 Update 2
For further information on how to run the command, please go to:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&exter-
nalId=1003677
If you have a different version, create an empty file
/NO_VER_CHECK .
3. Install vSphere remote CLI.
4. Check the packages installed on your machine to retrieve the bull
etin ID. Run:
rcli# vihostupdate --server <server ip> --query
5. Uninstall any previous version of the driver package installed on your system. Run:
rcli# esxupdate --server <server ip> --bulletin <bulletin id> --removereboot
ESXi
6. Verify your machine is in maintenance mode.
7. Install the mlx4_en driver. Run:
rcli# vihostupdate --server <server ip> --bundle <MLX-OFED VIB> --install
8. Configure VPI functionality if needed.
9. Reboot ESXi server.
Please uninstall any previous versions on ESX/ESXi before installing the new version.
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