User Manual

InstallationRev 2.3-1.0.1

Mellanox Technologies

• Run the mlnxofedinstall script with the "--fw-update-only" flag

• Update the firmware to the latest version available on Mellanox Technologies’ Web site

as described in section Section 2.7, “Updating Firmware After Installation”, on page 31.

2.5.3 Uninstalling Mellanox OFED using the YUM Tool

If MLNX_OFED was installed using the yum tool, then it can be uninstalled as follow:

yum groupremove '<group name>'

1. The “<group name>” must be the same group name that was previously used to install

MLNX_OFED.

2.6 Installing MLNX_OFED using apt-get

This type of installation is applicable to Debian and Ubuntu Operating Systems.

2.6.1 Setting up MLNX_OFED apt-get Repository

Step 1. Log into the installation machine as root.

Step 2. Extract the MLNX_OFED pacakge on a shared location in your network.

You can download it from http://www.mellanox.com > Products > Software> InfiniBand

Drivers.

Step 3. Create an apt-get repository configuration file called "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/

mlnx_ofed.list"

with the following content:

deb file:/<path to extracted MLNX_OFED package> ./

Step 4. Update the apt-get cache.

# sudo apt-get update

2.6.2 Installing MLNX_OFED using the apt-get Tool

After setting up the YUM repository for MLNX_OFED package, perform the following:

Step 1. View the available package groups by invoking:

# apt-cache search mlnx-ofed-

mlnx-ofed-all

mlnx-ofed-basic

mlnx-ofed-vma

mlnx-ofed-vma-eth

mlnx-ofed-vma-vpi

Where:

mlnx-ofed-all MLNX_OFED all installer package.

mlnx-ofed-basic MLNX_OFED basic installer package.

mlnx-ofed-vma MLNX_OFED vma installer package.

mlnx-ofed-vma-eth MLNX_OFED vma-eth installer package.

mlnx-ofed-vma-vpi MLNX_OFED vma-vpi installer package.