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Use the md5sum utility to confirm the file integrity of your ISO image. Run the
following command and compare the result to the value provided on the download
page.
md5sum MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>.iso
4.1.3
Installing Mellanox OFED
4.1.3.1
Installation Script
The installation script, mlnxofedinstall, performs the following:
Discovers the currently installed kernel
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Uninstalls any software stacks that are part of the standard operating system
distribution or another vendor's commercial stack
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Installs the MLNX_OFED_LINUX binary RPMs (if they are available for the
current kernel)
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Identifies the currently installed InfiniBand and Ethernet network adapters and
automatically upgrades the firmware.
Note:
The firmware will not be updated if you run the install script with the ‘
--without-
fw-u
pdate’ option.
Note: If you wish to perform a firmware upgrade using customized FW binaries, you
can provide a path to the folder that contains the FW binary files, by running --fw-
image-dir. Using this option, the FW version embedded in the MLNX_OFED package
will be ignored. Example:
./mlnxofedinstall --fw-image-dir /tmp/my_fw_bin_files
Usage
./mnt/mlnxofedinstall [OPTIONS]
Pre-
existing configuration files will be saved with the extension “.conf.rpmsave”.
The installation script removes all previously installed Mellanox OFED packages and
re-installs from scratch. You will be prompted to acknowledge the deletion of the old
packages.
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If you need to install Mellanox OFED on an entire (homogeneous) cluster, a
common strategy is to mount the ISO image on one of the cluster nodes and
then copy it to a shared file system such as NFS. To install on all the cluster
nodes, use cluster-aware tools (such as pdsh).
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If your kernel version does not match with any of the offered pre-built RPMs,
you can add yo
ur kernel version by using the “mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh”
script located inside the MLNX_OFED package.
