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After installation completion, information about the Mellanox OFED installation, such
as prefix, kernel version, and installation parameters can be retrieved by running the
command /etc/infiniband/info.
Most of the Mellanox OFED components can be configured or reconfigured after the
installation, by modifying the relevant configuration files. See the relevant chapters in
this manual for details.
The list of the modules that will be loaded automatically upon boot can be found in
the /etc/infiniband/openib.conf file.
4.1.3.3
Installation Results
Software
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Most of MLNX_OFED packages are installed under the “/usr” directory except for the
following packages which are installed under the “/opt” directory:
o
fca and ibutils
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The kernel modules are installed under
o
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates on SLES and Fedora Distributions
o
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/mlnx-ofa_kernel on RHEL and other Red Hat like
Distributions
Firmware
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The firmware of existing network adapter devices will be updated if the following two
conditions are fulfilled:
o
The installation script is run in default mode; that is, without the option ‘
--
without-fw-
update’
o
The firmware version of the adapter device is older than the firmware version
included with the Mellanox OFED ISO image
Note: If an
adapter’s flash was originally programmed with an Expansion ROM image, the
automatic firmware update will also burn an Expansion ROM image.
•
In case that your machine has an unsupported network adapter device, no firmware
update will occur and the error message below will be printed.
The firmware for this device is not distributed inside Mellanox driver: 0000:01:00.0 (PSID:
DEL0000000013)
To obtain firmware for this device, please contact your HW vendor.
4.1.3.4
Installation Logs
While installing MLNX_OFED, the install log for each selected package will be saved in a
separate log file. The path to the directory containing the log files will be displayed after
running the installation script in the following format: "Logs dir:
/tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<version>.<PD>.logs".
Example:
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.4-1.0.0.0.63414.logs
4.1.3.5
openibd Script
As of MLNX_OFED v2.2-1.0.0 the openibd script supports pre/post start/stop scripts:
This can be controlled by setting the variables below in the /etc/infiniband/openibd.conf
file.
OPENIBD_PRE_START
OPENIBD_POST_START
OPENIBD_PRE_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_STOP
Example:
OPENIBD_POST_START=/sbin/openibd_post_start.sh
