Driver Installation
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Mellanox Technologies
This location should be specified for Drivers Path property when injecting driver into the
Nano server image:
Step 4.
Create the Nano server image.
Follow the instructions in the TechNet article for “Getting Started with Nano Server”
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126167.aspx
4.2.8.2 Online Update
Step 1.
Go to the Mellanox WinOF web page at
=> Products => Ethernet Drivers => Windows SW/Drivers.
Step 2.
Download the driver package.
Step 3.
Extract the Mellanox drivers to a local directory (see Section 4.2.5, “Extracting Files With-
out Running Installation,” on page 46).
Step 4.
Open a remote connection to the Nano server.
Step 5.
Copy all the driver files to the Nano server
Step 6.
Install the driver:
4.2.9 Performance Tuning
For further information on WinOF-2 performance, please refer to the
Performance Tuning Guide
for Mellanox Network Adapters.
New-NanoServerImage -MediaPath \\Path\To\Media\en_us -BasePath .\Base -TargetPath
.\InjectingDrivers.vhdx -DriversPath C:\WS2016TP5_Drivers
pnputil -I -a <Driver_Folder>\mlx5.inf
When upgrading the driver on a server where the remote connection was done over Mella-
nox device, there will be a loss of connectivity. To upgrade, it is recommended to run a
script that will execute all the required upgrade commands.
