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4.1.3.2 Installation Results
4.1.3.3 Installation Logging
While installing MLNX_OFED, the install log for each selected package will be saved in a sepa-
rate log file.
The path to the directory containing the log files will be displayed after running the installation
script in the following format:
"Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<version>.<PID>.logs"
.
Example:
4.1.3.4 openibd Script
As of MLNX_OFED v2.2-1.0.0 the
openibd
script supports pre/post start/stop scripts:
This can be controlled by setting the variables below in the
/etc/infiniband/openibd.conf
file.
Example:
Software
• Most of MLNX_OFED packages are installed under the “/usr” directory
except for the following packages which are installed under the “/opt” direc-
tory:
• openshmem, bupc, fca and ibutils
• The kernel modules are installed under
• /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates on SLES and Fedora Distributions
• /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/mlnx-ofa_kernel on RHEL and other RedHat like
Distributions
• /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/ on Ubuntu
Firmware
• The firmware of existing network adapter devices will be updated if the fol-
lowing two conditions are fulfilled:
• The installation script is run in default mode; that is, without the option ‘--without-
fw-update’
• The firmware version of the adapter device is older than the firmware version
included with the Mellanox OFED ISO image
Note:
If an adapter’s Flash was originally programmed with an Expansion ROM
image, the automatic firmware update will also burn an Expansion ROM image.
• In case your machine has an unsupported network adapter device, no firmware
update will occur and the error message below will be printed.
-I- Querying device ...
-E- Can't auto detect fw configuration file: ...
Please contact your hardware vendor for help on firmware updates.
Logs dir: /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-x.x-x.logs
OPENIBD_PRE_START
OPENIBD_POST_START
OPENIBD_PRE_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_STOP
OPENIBD_POST_START=/sbin/openibd_post_start.sh
