User manual

SwitchX®-2 12 Port InfiniBand Switch System Hardware User Manual Rev 1.0

Mellanox Technologies

5.3 Upgrading Software

Software and firmware updates are available from the Mellanox Support website. Check that

your current revision is the same one that is on the Mellanox website. If not Upgrade your soft

ware. Copy the update to a known location on a Remote server within the user’s LAN.

Use the CLI or the GUI in order to perform software upgrades. For further information please

refer to the MLNX-OS Software User Manual section Upgrading MLNX-OS® Software.

Be sure to read and follow all of the instructions regarding the updating of the software on your

switch system.

5.4 Updating Firmware Internally Managed Switch

Managed switches do not require Firmware updating. Firmware updating is done through the

MLNX-OS management software. The switch comes standard with a management software

module for switch management called Mellanox Operating System (MLNX-OS). MLNX-OS®

is installed on all SwitchX

-2 based managed switch systems. MLNX-OS® includes a CLI,

WebUI, SNMP, switch management software and IB management software (OpenSM).

5.5 Updating Firmware Externally Managed Switch

All firmware updates should be done in-band. Go to the Mellanox Website and confirm that the

firmware is the latest. If not, reburn the latest firmware from the download site. New firmware

versions will be posted on the Mellanox firmware download page:



http://www.mellanox.com > Support > Download Firmware. Access to this page requires a login

and password.

You will need the Mellanox Firmware Tools package to update firmware for this switch. It can

also be downloaded from:



http://www.mellanox.com > Support > InfiniBand Software and Drivers.

You will also need to download and unzip the firmware binary image. This is provided in the

Mellanox Web site at:

http://www.mellanox.com > Support > Download Firmware and go to the

SwitchX

-2 Switch systems. Click in the Table for the firmware image that you need.

In order to get information regarding the externally managed switch you need to download the

Mellanox MFT tools from the Mellanox website



www.mellanox.com > Products >Software > Firmware tools

Select and download the release that matches your system. Follow the instructions in the User

Manual

http://www.mellanox.com/pdf/MFT/MFT_user_manual.pdf to get the tools.

5.5.1 Current Firmware Revision For Externally Managed Switches

 In order to obtain the Firmware version of the externally managed switch:

1. Run the following command from a host:

The Ethernet ports for remote management connect to Ethernet switches. These

switches must be configured to 100Mb/1 Gb auto-negotiation.

flint -d lid-[number] -qq