User Manual

Rev 2.3-1.0.1

Mellanox Technologies

Step 2. Install the desired group.

apt-get install '<group name>'

Example:

apt-get install mlnx-ofed-all

2.6.3 Uninstalling Mellanox OFED using the apt-get Tool

Use the script /usr/sbin/ofed_uninstall.sh to uninstall the Mellanox OFED package.

The script is part of the

ofed-scripts RPM.

2.7 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

steps below. 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.mellanox.com >

Support > Firmware Download).

Step 1. Start mst.

host1# mst start

Step 2. Identify your target InfiniBand device for firmware update.

1. Get the list of InfiniBand device names on your machine.

host1# mst status

MST modules:

------------

MST PCI module loaded

MST PCI configuration module loaded

MST Calibre (I2C) module is not loaded

MST devices:

------------

/dev/mst/mt25418_pciconf0 - PCI configuration cycles access.

bus:dev.fn=02:00.0 addr.reg=88

data.reg=92

Chip revision is: A0

/dev/mst/mt25418_pci_cr0 - PCI direct access.

bus:dev.fn=02:00.0 bar=0xdef00000

size=0x100000

Chip revision is: A0

........

2. Your InfiniBand device is the one with the postfix “_pci_cr0”. In the example listed

above, this will be

/dev/mst/mt25418_pci_cr0.

Step 3. Burn firmware.

• Burn a firmware image from a .mlx file using the mlxburn utility (that is already installed on your

machine)