User Manual

Rev 1.50

Mellanox Technologies

1.2 Software Prerequisites

1.2.1 On Linux

1.2.2 On Windows

1.2.3 On VMware ESX Server 3.5

Table 2 - MFT Software Dependencies on Linux

Software Package Required Version

Kernel sources Machine’s kernel version

OFED / MLNX_OFED

1. OFED can be downloaded from http://www.openfabrics.org. Note that installing OFED is not required if you

wish to install MFT without In-Band capabilities.

2. For the ‘mst ib add’ command to run, one of the OFED packages “ibutils” or “ibutils2” or “infiniband-diags”

should be installed and available in the PATH. (For details on OFED installation, see the link in Section 1.5,

“Reference Documents and Downloads,” on page 11.

1.1 or later

Perl 5.6 or later

zlib 1.1.4 or later

Table 3 - MFT Software Dependencies on Windows

Software Package Required Version

I2CBridge

(Dimax’s Driver for USB to I2C Adapter)

1. Visit http://www.diolan.com to download this driver. This driver is required for the first use of the MTUSB-1

device. It is not required for MFT software installation.

0.1.4 or later

WinOF

(optional)

2. WinOF is required only for In-Band access. The package can be downloaded from www.mellanox.com >

Products > InfiniBand SW/Drivers.

2.0.0 or later

NOTE: The tools package must also be installed as

part of the WinOF installation.

Table 4 - MFT Software Dependencies on VMware ESX Server 3.5

Software Package Required Version

OFED’s mstflint RPM

1. OFED’s mstflint RPM can be downloaded from http://www.mellanox.com/products/management_tools.php.

OFED 1.1 or later