Nvidia ConnectX-6 Dx User Manual

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Setting up MLNX_OFED apt-get Repository
Log into the installation machine as root.
Extract the MLNX_OFED package on a shared location in your network.
It can be downloaded fromhttps://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/→Products
→Software→InfiniBand Drivers.
Create an apt-get repository configuration file called "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
mlnx_ofed.list" with the following content:
deb file:/<path to extracted MLNX_OFED package>/DEBS ./
Download and install NVIDIA's Technologies GPG-KEY.
# wget -qO - http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox | sudo apt-key add -
Verify that the key was successfully imported.
# apt-key list
pub 1024D/A9E4B643 2013-08-11
uid Mellanox Technologies <support@mellanox.com>
sub 1024g/09FCC269 2013-08-11
Update the apt-get cache.
# sudo apt-get update
Setting up MLNX_OFED apt-get Repository Using --add-kernel-support
Log into the installation machine as root.
Mount the ISO image on your machine and copy its content to a shared location in your
network.
# mount -o ro,loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>-<CPU arch>.iso /mnt
Build the packages with kernel support and create the tarball.
# /mnt/mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh --make-tgz <optional --kmp> -k $(uname -r) -m /mnt/
Note: This program will create MLNX_OFED_LINUX TGZ for rhel7.6 under /tmp directory.
Do you want to continue?[y/N]:y
See log file /tmp/mlnx_iso.4120_logs/mlnx_ofed_iso.4120.log
Checking if all needed packages are installed...
Building MLNX_OFED_LINUX RPMS . Please wait...
Creating metadata-rpms for 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 ...
WARNING: If you are going to configure this package as a repository, then please note
WARNING: that it contains unsigned rpms, therefore, you need to disable the gpgcheck
WARNING: by setting 'gpgcheck=0' in the repository conf file.
Created /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-0.5.5.0-rhel7.6-x86_64-ext.tgz
Open the tarball.
# cd /tmp/
# tar -xvf /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.2-0.5.5.0-rhel7.6-x86_64-ext.tgz
Create an apt-get repository configuration file called "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
mlnx_ofed.list" with the following content:
deb [trusted=yes] file:/<path to extracted MLNX_OFED package>/DEBS ./
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Nvidia ConnectX-6 Dx Specifications

General

Product Name	Nvidia ConnectX-6 Dx
Category	Adapter
Network Interface	Ethernet, InfiniBand
Port Speed	200Gb/s
Form Factor	Low Profile
PCIe Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Operating Temperature	0°C to 55°C
Product Type	Network Adapter
InfiniBand Support	Yes
RoHS Compliance	Yes
Virtualization Support	SR-IOV
Data Link Protocol	Ethernet, InfiniBand
Ports	2
Ethernet Standards	IEEE 802.3
Security Features	IPsec, TLS