ConnectX®-3 Pro Ethernet Dual SFP+ Port Adapter Card User Manual
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4.3.2
Installing and Running the offline_bundle Driver on ESXi-5.x
1. Copy the offline_bundle zip file to ESXi 5.0 machine and extract its contents.
2. You can install the driver in one of the following ways:
a. Remove any earlier version of the driver from your VMware ESXi server machine prior to installing the
new version. Run:
b. . Install the mlx4_en driver offline_bundle package. Run:
c. Reboot ESXi server. (The driver will be loaded automatically).
OR
a. Update the driver. Run:
b. Reboot ESXi server. (The driver will be loaded automatically).
» To verify that the driver is loaded, run:
» To query network uplinks installed on your machine, run:
The number of uplinks claimed by MLX4_EN driver should be displayed.
4.3.3
Removing the VIB/offline_bundle Driver
» To remove the VIB/offline_bundle driver package from the ESXi server machine, run:
4.4
FlexBoot
FlexBoot supports remote Boot over Ethernet. This technology is based on the Preboot Execution
Environment (PXE) standard specification, and FlexBoot software is based on the open source
iPXE project (see www.ipxe.org). For more information go to
http://www.mellanox.com
=>
Products => Software => Ethernet Drivers => Download.
#> esxcli software vib list
#> esxcli software vib remove –n net-mlx4-en
#> esxcli software vib install –d
<path>/mlx4_en-mlnx-1.6.1.2-offline_bundle-471530.zip
#> esxcli software vib update –n net-mlx4-en –d
<path>/mlx4_en-mlnx-1.6.1.2-offline_bundle-471530.zip
#> vmkload_mod -l | grep mlx4_en
#> esxcli network nic list
In Non Multifunction Mode, port 2 is identified as a pseudo device. Therefore devices
are not seen by vSphere when added as uplink.
For further information on how to manipulate the uplink, please refer to
Section 5.3,
“Adding the Device as an uplink to an Existing Vswitch using the CLI,” on page 10
of
the VMware User Manual. See
Table 2, “Documents List,” on page 10.
#> esxcli software vib remove –n net-mlx4-en
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