Administrator Guide

Installing the Supported Drivers

Perform the following steps to install the supported drivers:

1. SSH into the ESXi host. Run the following commands to disable the ESXi 6.x inbox driver:

esxcli system module set -e false -m nmlx4_en

esxcli system module set -e false -m nmlx4_core

esxcli system module set -e false -m nmlx4_rdma

2. In the SSH shell prompt, run the following command substituting the actual path you placed the file

on and the filename for the current version of the driver at the time of your install:

esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/ATL13\ NFS5\ export/MLNX-OFED-

ESX-1.9.10.6-10EM-600.0.0.2494585.zip

3. Re-enable Mellanox Virtual function. From the SSH shell for your ESXi host, run the following

command:

esxcli system module parameters set --module mlx4_core --parameter-string

"max_vfs=1"

4. Reboot the host.

5. After the host reboots, right-click the host and select Connect to get the host re-connected to the

vCenter.

If you install the driver version, which is already being used in ESXi 5.5, then the current driver

installation will not make any changes to your system.