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Mellanox Technologies
4.3
VMware Driver
For VMware, download and install the latest Mellanox ConnectX-4 NATIVE ESXi Driver for
VMware vSphere software package available via the Mellanox web site at:
http://www.mella-
nox.com
=> Products => Adapter Ethernet SW => Download. This chapter describes how to
install and test Mellanox ConnectX-4 NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere on a single
host machine with Mellanox Ethernet adapter hardware installed.
4.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
4.3.2 Installing VMware
To install the driver:
1. Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
2. Install the driver.
Example:
3. Reboot the machine.
4. Verify the driver was installed successfully.
Table 7 - Hardware and Software Requirements
Requirements
Description
Platforms
A server platform with an adapter card based on one of the following Mellanox
Technologies’ HCA devices:
• MT27700 ConnectX®-4 (EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX4)
Device ID
For the latest list of device IDs, please visit Mellanox website.
Operating System
ESXi 5.5/6.0 operating system.
Installer Privileges
The installation requires administrator privileges on the target machine.
Please uninstall any previous Mellanox driver packages prior to installing the new ver-
sion.
#> esxcli software vib install –d <path>/<bundle_file>
#> esxcli software vib install -d <path>/<bundle_file>
# esxcli software vib list | grep mlx
ESX 5.5:
nmlx5-core 4.5.2.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1391871 MEL PartnerSupported 2016-02-01
ESX 6.0:
nmlx5-core 4.15.4.0-1OEM.600.0.0.2768847 MEL PartnerSupported 2016-02-01
After the installation process, all kernel modules are loaded automatically upon boot.
