Driver Installation
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Mellanox Technologies
This can be controlled by setting the variables below in the
/etc/infiniband/openibd.conf
file.
Example:
4.1.3.5 Driver Load Upon System Boot
Upon system boot, the Mellanox drivers will be loaded automatically.
To prevent automatic load of the Mellanox drivers upon system boot:
Step 1.
Add the following lines to the
"/etc/modprobe.d/mlnx.conf"
file.
Step 2.
Set
“ONBOOT=no”
in the
"/etc/infiniband/openib.conf"
file.
4.1.3.6 mlnxofedinstall Return Codes
The table below lists the
mlnxofedinstall
script return codes and their meanings.
4.1.4 Uninstalling Mellanox OFED
Use the script
/usr/sbin/ofed_uninstall.sh
to uninstall the Mellanox OFED package.
The script is part of the
ofed-scripts
RPM.
4.1.5 Installing MLNX_OFED using YUM
This type of installation is applicable to RedHat/OEL, Fedora, XenServer Operating Systems.
OPENIBD_PRE_START
OPENIBD_POST_START
OPENIBD_PRE_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_START=/sbin/openibd_post_start.sh
blacklist mlx4_core
blacklist mlx4_en
blacklist mlx5_core
blacklist mlx5_ib
Return Code
Meaning
0
The Installation ended successfully
1
The installation failed
2
No firmware was found for the adapter device
22
Invalid parameter
28
Not enough free space
171
Not applicable to this system configuration. This can occur when the
required hardware is not present on the system.
172
Prerequisites are not met. For example, missing the required software
installed or the hardware is not configured correctly.
173
Failed to start the
mst
driver
