ConnectX®-3 Ethernet Single and Dual SFP+ Ports Mezzanine Card User Manual for Open Compute Project
Rev 1.9
Mellanox Technologies
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from the Mellanox Firmware Tools page. See
http://www.mellanox.com
=> Products => Soft-
ware => Ethernet Drivers => Firmware Tools.
A firmware binaries table lists a binary file per Mezzanine card. The file name of each such
binary is composed by combining the firmware name, the firmware release version, and the card
part number. Please contact Mellanox System Support if you cannot find the firmware binary for
your Mezzanine card.
The following steps describe how to retrieve the PSID (firmware identification) and programmed
firmware version of your Mezzanine card. They also describe how to update the card with the lat-
est firmware version available.
1. Retrieve the PSID and firmware version:
a. Install the MFT package. The package is available at
http://www.mellanox.com
=> Products Software =>
Ethernet Drivers => => Firmware Tools. Make sure to download the package corresponding to your com-
puter’s operating system.
a. Enter: mst start.
b. Get the Mellanox
mst device name
using the command "mst status". The mst device name will be of
the form: /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0.
c. Get the PSID (firmware identification) and programmed firmware version using the command.
2. Compare the programmed firmware version with the latest available.
a. Go to Mellanox’s web site:
http://www.mellanox.com/supportdownloader.
See Figure 7.
d. Enter your card PSID to display the latest firmware.
> flint -d /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0 q
Image type: ConnectX
FW Version: 2.9.4000
Device ID: 4099
Chip Revision: 0
Description: Node Port1 Port2
Sys image
GUIDs: 000002c900000200 000002c900000201 000002c900000202
000002c900000203
MACs:
000002c90200 000002c90201
Board ID: (MT_1020110019)
VSD:
PSID: MT_1020110019
