Driver Installation
Rev 1.1
Mellanox Technologies
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4.2
Windows Driver
For Windows, download and install the latest Mellanox WinOF VPI for Windows software pack-
age available via the Mellanox web site at:
http://www.mellanox.com
=> Products => Software
=> Ethernet Drivers => Windows SW/Driver => Download. Follow the installation instructions
included in the download package (also available from the download page).
Note: The shown versions and/or parameter values in the example below may not reflect the lat-
est or actual values for this product, and are included here for illustration purposes only.
4.2.1
Hardware and Software Requirements
4.2.2
Downloading MLNX_WinOF
Follow these steps to download the .exe according to your Operating System.
Step 1.
Verify the machine architecture.
1.
Open a CMD console (Click start-->Run and enter CMD).
2.
Enter the following command:
On an x64 (64-bit) machine, the output will be “AMD64”.
Step 2.
Go to the MLNX_WinOF for Windows Web page at
http://www.mellanox.com
=> Products => Software => Ethernet Drivers => Windows SW/
Drivers.
Step 3.
Download the .exe image according to the architecture of your machine (see step Step 1.). The
name of the .exe is in the following format MLNX_VPI_WinOF-<ver-
sion>_All_<OS>_<arch>.exe.
Table 7 - Software and Hardware Requirements
Requirements
Description
Required Disk Space for
Installation
100 MB
Operating Systems
Windows Server 2012 (64 bit only)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit only)
Installer Privileges
The installation requires administrator privileges on the target machine.
> echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
Installing the incorrect .exe file is prohibited. If you do so, an error message will be dis-
played.
For example, if you try to install a 64-bit .exe on a 32-bit machine, the wizard will dis-
play the following (or a similar) error message:
