Driver Installation
Rev 1.5
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Mellanox Technologies
Step 4.
If
the installation script has performed a firmware update on your network adapter, com-
plete the step relevant to your adapter card type to load the firmware:
• ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex - perform a standard reboot
Otherwise
, restart the driver by running:
"/etc/init.d/openibd restart"
In case that your machine has the latest firmware, no firmware update will occur and the installa-
tion script will print at the end of installation a message similar to the following:
Device #1:
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Device Type: ConnectX-5
Part Number:
MCX556A-EDAT
Description:
ConnectX®-5 Ex VPI adapter card, EDR IB
(100Gb/s) and 100GbE, dual-port QSFP28, PCIe4.0 x16, tall
bracket, ROHS R6 ConnectX®-5 Ex VPI adapter card, EDR IB (100Gb/
s) and 100GbE, dual-port QSFP28, PCIe4.0 x16, tall bracket, ROHS
R6 ConnectX®-5 Ex VPI adapter card, EDR IB (100Gb/s) and 100GbE,
dual-port QSFP28, PCIe4.0 x16, tall bracket, ROHS R6
PSID: MT_2190110032
PCI Device Name: 0b:00.0
Base MAC: 0000e41d2d5cf810
Versions: Current Available
FW
16.22.0228
16.22.0228
Status: Up to date
In case that your machine has an unsupported network adapter device, no firmware update will
occur and one of the following error messages below will be printed. Please contact your hard-
ware vendor for help on firmware updates.
Error message 1:
Device #1:
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Device Type: ConnectX-5
Part Number:
MCX556A-EDAT
Description:
ConnectX®-5 Ex VPI adapter card, EDR IB
(100Gb/s) and 100GbE, dual-port QSFP28, PCIe4.0 x16, tall
bracket, ROHS R6 ConnectX®-5 Ex VPI adapter card, EDR IB (100Gb/
s) and 100GbE, dual-port QSFP28, PCIe4.0 x16, tall bracket, ROHS
R6
PSID: MT_2190110032
PCI Device Name:
0b:00.0
Base MAC: 0000e41d2d5cf810
Versions: Current Available
FW
16.22.0228
N/A
Status: No matching image found
Error message 2:
The firmware for this device is not distributed inside Mellanox
driver: 0000:01:00.0 (PSID: IBM2150110033)
To obtain firmware for this device, please contact your HW ven
-
dor.
