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Return Code Meaning
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No firmware was found for the adapter device
22 Invalid parameter
28 Not enough free space
171 Not applicable to this system configuration. This can occur when the
required hardware is not present on the system.
172 Prerequisites are not met. For example, missing the required software
installed or the hardware is not configured correctly.
173 Failed to start the mst driver
Uninstalling MLNX_OFED
Use the script /usr/sbin/ofed_uninstall.sh to uninstall theNVIDIA OFED package. The script is part
of the ofed-scripts RPM.
Installing MLNX_OFED Using YUM
This type of installation is applicable to RedHat/OL, Fedora, XenServer Operating Systems.
Setting up MLNX_OFED YUM Repository
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
Download and installNVIDIA GPG-KEY:
The key can be downloaded via the following link:http://www.nvidia.com/downloads/ofed/
RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
# wget http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
--2014-04-20 13:52:30-- http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
Resolving www.mellanox.com... 72.3.194.0
Connecting to www.mellanox.com|72.3.194.0|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1354 (1.3K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox?
100%[=================================================>] 1,354 --.-K/s in 0s
2014-04-20 13:52:30 (247 MB/s) - ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox? saved [1354/1354]
Install the key.
# sudo rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 6224c050: NOKEY
Retrieving key from file:///repos/MLNX_OFED/<MLNX_OFED file>/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
Importing GPG key 0x6224C050:
Userid: "Mellanox Technologies (Mellanox Technologies - Signing Key v2) <support@mellanox.com>"
From : /repos/MLNX_OFED/<MLNX_OFED file>/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox
Is this ok [y/N]: