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Mellanox Technologies
5.1.2.1 Installation Procedure
Step 1.
Login to the installation machine as root.
Step 2.
Mount the ISO image on your machine.
Step 3.
Run the installation script.
--hypervisor
Install packages required by hypervisor os
-v|-vv|-vvv
Set verbosity level
--umad-dev-rw
Grant non root users read/write permission for umad
devices instead of default
--umad-dev-na
Prevent from non root users read/write access for umad
devices. Overrides '--umad-dev-rw'
--enable-affinity
Run mlnx_affinity script upon boot
--disable-affinity
Disable mlnx_affinity script (Default)
--enable-sriov
Burn SR-IOV enabled firmware - Note: Enable/Disable of
SRIOV in a non-volatile configuration through uEFI and/
or tool will override this flag.
--add-kernel-support
Add kernel support (Run mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh)
--skip-distro-check
Do not check MLNX_OFED vs Distro matching
--hugepages-overcommit
Setting 80% of MAX_MEMORY as overcommit for huge
page allocation
-q
Set quiet - no messages will be printed
--without-<package>
Do not install package
--with-fabric-collector
Install fabric-collector package.
host1# mount -o ro,loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>-<CPU arch>.iso /mnt
./mnt/mlnxofedinstall
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x-x.logs
This program will install the MLNX_OFED_LINUX package on your machine.
Note that all other Mellanox, OEM, OFED, or Distribution IB packages will be removed.
Uninstalling the previous version of MLNX_OFED_LINUX
Starting MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x.x installation ...
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Installation finished successfully.
Attempting to perform Firmware update...
Querying Mellanox devices firmware ...
