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4.1.7.2 Updating the Device Manually
In case you ran the
mlnxofedinstall
script with the ‘
--without-fw-update
’ option or you
are using an OEM card and now you wish to (manually) update firmware on your adapter card(s),
you need to perform the steps below. The following steps are also appropriate in case you wish to
burn newer firmware that you have downloaded from Mellanox Technologies’ Web site (
=> Support => Firmware Download).
Step 1.
Get the device’s PSID.
Step 2.
Download the firmware BIN file from the Mellanox website or the OEM website.
Step 3.
Burn the firmware.
Step 4.
Reboot your machine after the firmware burning is completed.
4.1.7.3 Updating the Device Firmware Automatically upon System Boot
As of MLNX_OFED v3.1-x.x.x, firmware can be automatically updated upon system boot.
The firmware update package (
mlnx-fw-updater
) is installed in the
“/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-
updater”
folder, and openibd service script can invoke the firmware update process if requested
on boot.
If the firmware is updated, the following message is printed to the system’s standard logging file:
Otherwise, the following message is printed:
Please note, this feature is disabled by default. To enable the automatic firmware update upon
system boot, set the following parameter to
“yes”
“RUN_FW_UPDATER_ONBOOT=yes”
in the
openibd service configuration file
“/etc/infiniband/openib.conf”
.
You can opt to exclude a list of devices from the automatic firmware update procedure. To do so,
edit the configurations file
“/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater/mlnx-fw-updater.conf”
and
provide a comma separated list of PCI devices to exclude from the firmware update.
Example:
4.1.8 UEFI Secure Boot
All kernel modules included in MLNX_OFED for RHEL7 and SLES12 are signed with x.509
key to support loading the modules when Secure Boot is enabled.
mlxfwmanager_pci | grep PSID
PSID: MT_1210110019
mlxfwmanager_pci -i <fw_file.bin>
fw_updater: Firmware was updated. Please reboot your system for the changes to take
effect.
fw_updater: Didn't detect new devices with old firmware.
MLNX_EXCLUDE_DEVICES="00:05.0,00:07.0"
