Driver Installation
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Mellanox Technologies
4.1.5.7 Uninstalling Mellanox OFED Using the apt-get Tool
Use the script
/usr/sbin/ofed_uninstall.sh
to uninstall the Mellanox OFED package.
The script is part of the
ofed-scripts
package.
4.1.6 Updating Firmware After Installation
The firmware can be updated either manually or automatically (upon system boot), as described
in the sections below.
4.1.6.1 Updating the Device Online
To update the device online on the machine from Mellanox site, use the following command line:
Example:
4.1.6.2 Updating the Device Manually
To update the device manually, please refer to the
In case that you ran the
mlnxofedinstall
script with the ‘
--without-fw-update
’ option or
you are using an OEM card and now you wish to (manually) update firmware on your adapter
card(s), you need to perform the steps below. The following steps are also appropriate in case that
you wish to burn newer firmware that you have downloaded from Mellanox Technologies’ Web
site (http://www.mellanox.com > Support > Firmware Download).
Step 1.
Get the device’s PSID.
Step 2.
Download the firmware BIN file from the Mellanox website or the OEM website.
mlxfwmanager --online -u -d <device>
mlxfwmanager --online -u -d 0000:09:00.0
Querying Mellanox devices firmware ...
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
PSID:
MT_1020120019
PCI Device Name: 0000:09:00.0
Port1 GUID: 0002c9000100d051
Port2 MAC: 0002c9000002
Versions: Current Available
FW
2.32.5000
2.33.5000
Status: Update required
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Found 1 device(s) requiring firmware update. Please use -u flag to perform the update.
mlxfwmanager_pci | grep PSID
PSID: MT_1210110019
