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NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Lx Ethernet Adapter Cards for OCP Spec 3.0 User Manual 47
Prerequisites
Requirements Description
Platforms
A server platform with ConnectX®-6 Lx (EN) (firmware: fw-
ConnectX6 Lx)
Required Disk
Space for
Installation
1GB
Device ID
For the latest list of device IDs, please visit the NVIDIA website at
http://www.nvidia.com/page/firmware_HCA_FW_identification.
Operating System
Linux operating system.
For the list of supported operating system distributions and
kernels, please refer to the NVIDIA OFED Release Notes file.
Installer Privileges
The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on the
target machine.
2. Download the ISO image to your host.
The image’s name has the format MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label><CPU arch>.iso.
You can download and install the latest OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
software package available via the NVIDIA web site at nvidia.com/en-us/networking 
Products  Software  InfiniBand Drivers  NVIDIA MLNX_OFED
1.
1. Scroll down to the Download wizard, and click the Download tab.
2. Choose your relevant package depending on your host operating system.
3. Click the desired ISO/tgz package.
4. To obtain the download link, accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).
3. Use the Hash utility to confirm the file integrity of your ISO image. Run the following
command and compare the result to the value provided on the download page.
SHA256 MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>.iso