User Manual

Rev 1.50

Mellanox Technologies

August 2008 1.0 • Added support for Mellanox InfiniScale IV switch device

• Expanded In-Band support with the command ‘mst ib add’

• Modified the Windows MFT installation (now it is a standalone installation)

• Added the -qq flag to flint

April 2008 0.65 • Added MFT installation instruction in Section 1.4, “MFT Installation,” on page 10

• mlxburn tool: added Expansion ROM auto-detection description

• flint tool: added the ‘-blank_guids’ flag and the ‘sg’ command

• Added Section 3.2.3.1 describing how to set GUIDs/MACs on a Flash device with

blank GUIDs/MACs

August 2007 0.60 • Updated tool usage examples to use ConnectX devices

• Added Appendix C, “Debug Utilities”

June 2007 0.50 • Added the ‘-mac’ flag to the flint and mlxburn tools to support the ConnectX EN

10GigE adapter

• Added Section 4.3, “ibspark,” on page 29 that describes ibspark, the In-Band firm-

ware burning tool for InfiniScale III switches

• Modified Chapter 2, “mlxburn - FW Image Generator & Burner” on page 18 to

describe mlxburn support for burning switch systems with multiple InfiniScale /

InfiniScale III switch devices

• Added Appendix B, “Flow Examples - mlxburn” to describe burning switches In-

Band and via a direct I2C connection

January 2007 0.40 • MFT for Windows is now part of the WinIB software package; therefore, to install

MFT on a Windows machine, you need to install WinIB and enable MFT. See

Section 1.4.3, “Install MFT On Windows OS,” on page 10.

• Added flint flag: -use_image_ps

• Removed flint flags: -crc, -bsn

January 2006 0.30 (MFT version 1.0.1)

• Added querying options for VPD for mlxburn

• Added examples to demonstrate support of MT43132 InfiniScale device by mlxburn

and spark

• Reorganized the “flint – Firmware Burner,” on page 26 chapter

• Added the Appendix “PSID Assignment”

October 2005 0.20 Added Windows distribution to MFT (MFT version 0.5.1)

Added the following sections:

• Section 1.1, “Supported Operating Systems,” on page 6

• Section 1.3, “MFT Access to Hardware Devices,” on page 8

• Section 1.2, “Software Prerequisites,” on page 7

• Section 1.4, “MFT Installation,” on page 10

August 2005 0.10 First release (Linux distribution only) (MFT version 0.5.0)

Table 1 - Revision History Table

Date Revision Description