Driver Installation
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Mellanox Technologies
4.2
Windows Driver
http://www.mellanox.com
=> Products => Software =>
Ethernet Drivers => Windows SW/Driver => Download. Follow the installation instructions
included in the download package (also available from the download page).
4.2.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
4.2.2 Downloading Mellanox WinOF-2 Driver
To download the .exe according to your Operating System, please follow the steps below:
Step 1.
Obtain the machine architecture.
For Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 / 8.1 Client
1.
To go to the Start menu, position your mouse in the bottom-right corner of the
Remote Desktop of your screen.
2.
Open a CMD console (Click Task Manager -->File --> Run new task, and enter
CMD).
3.
Enter the following command.
On an x64 (64-bit) machine, the output will be “AMD64”.
Step 2.
Go to the Mellanox WinOF-2 web page at:
> Products => Ethernet Drivers => Windows SW/Drivers.
Step 3.
Download the .exe image according to the architecture of your machine (See
). The name of
the .exe is in the following format
MLNX_WinOF2-<version>_<arch>.exe.
Table 7 - Hardware and Software Requirements
Description
a
a. The Operating System listed above must run with administrator privileges.
Package
Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit only)
MLNX_WinOF2-1_35_All_x64.exe
Windows Server 2012 (64 bit only)
MLNX_WinOF2-1_35_All_x64.exe
Windows 8.1 Client (64 bit only)
MLNX_WinOF2-1_35_All_x64.exe
> echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
Installing the incorrect .exe file is prohibited. If you do so, an error message will be displayed. For
example, if you try to install a 64-bit .exe on a 32-bit machine, the wizard will display the follow-
ing (or a similar) error message:
