ConnectX®-3 Pro Ethernet Single and Dual SFP+ Port Adapter Card User Manual
Rev 1.5
Mellanox Technologies
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Step 3.
In this step, you can perform two different functions: (a) Choose the desired port protocol
for the available port(s), and (b) activate or deactivate the WSD, ND, and/or SDP ULPs.
Note: IB
must
be always the first port in Port 1. If you choose ETH as your first port in Port 1,
then the second port in Port 2 can be only ETH.
Note: WSD is not supported in Windows 7. Consequently, on this OS the WSD checkbox is
grayed out and cannot be selected.
4.3
Performance Tuning
For guidelines on improving network adapter performance, please refer to the performance tun-
ing guidelines for a Linux/Windows environment in the document
related-docs/prod_software/Performance_Tuning_Guide_for_Mellanox_Network_Adapters.pdf
.
4.4
VMware Driver
For VMware download and install the latest Mellanox OFED Driver for VMware® ESXi Server-
software package available via the Mellanox web site at:
http://www.mellanox.com
=> Products
=> Software => => VMware Drivers => Download. Follow the installation instructions included
in the download package (also available from the download page).
4.4.1 Installing and Running the VBI Driver on ESXi-5.x
1. Log into the VMware ESXi server machine as root.
2. You can either:
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 VIB 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:
#> esxcli software vib list
#> esxcli software vib remove –n net-mlx4-en
#> esxcli software vib install –v <vib_url>
#> esxcli software vib update –v <vib_url>
#> vmkload_mod -l | grep mlx4_en
#> esxcli network nic list
