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Step 5.
(InfiniBand only) Run the
hca_self_test.ofed
utility to verify whether or not the
InfiniBand link is up. The utility also checks for and displays additional information such
as:
• HCA firmware version
• Kernel architecture
• Driver version
• Number of active HCA ports along with their states
• Node GUID
For more details on
hca_self_test.ofed
, see the file docs/readme_and_user_manual/
hca_self_test.readme.
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
4.1.3.4 Installation Logging
While installing MLNX_OFED, the install log for each selected package will be saved in a sepa-
rate log file.
Table 6 - Installation Results
Software
•
Most of MLNX_OFED packages are installed under the “/usr” directory except for the follow-
ing packages which are installed under the “/opt” directory:
•
fca and ibutils
•
The kernel modules are installed under
•
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates on SLES and Fedora Distributions
•
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/mlnx-ofa_kernel on RHEL and other RedHat like Distribu-
tions
Firmware
•
The firmware of existing network adapter devices will be updated if the following two condi-
tions are fulfilled:
•
The installation script is run in default mode; that is, without the option ‘--without-fw-
update’
•
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: IBM2150110033)
To obtain firmware for this device, please contact your HW ven
-
dor.
