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Linux Driver Installation
This section describes how to install and test the Mellanox OFED for Linux package on a single server
with a Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx adapter card installed.
Prerequisites
Requirements Description
Platforms A server platform with ConnectX®-6 Dx (EN) (firmware: fw-
ConnectX6 Dx)
Required Disk Space for Installation 1GB
Device ID For the latest list of device IDs, please visit the Mellanox
website at
http://www.mellanox.com/page/
firmware_HCA_FW_identification .
Operating System Linux operating system.
For the list of supported operating system distributions and
kernels, please refer to the
Mellanox OFED Release Notes
file.
Installer Privileges The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on
the target machine.
Downloading Mellanox OFED
Verify that the system has a Mellanox network adapter installed.
The following example shows a system with an installed Mellanox adapter card:
# lspci -v | grep Mellanox
86:00.0 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
86:00.1 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
Download the ISO image to your host.
The image’s name has the format
MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label><CPU arch>.iso
.
You can download and install the latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software
package available via the Mellanox web site at http://www.mellanox.com > Products > Software
> Ethernet Drivers > Linux SW/Drivers > Download..
Scroll down to the Download wizard, and click the Download tab.
Choose your relevant package depending on your host operating system.
Click the desired ISO/tgz package.
To obtain the download link, accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).
Use the md5sum utility to confirm the file integrity of your ISO image. Run the following
command and compare the result to the value provided on the download page.
md5sum MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>.iso