Nvidia MCX545B-CCUN - Removing Earlier Mellanox Drivers; Firmware Programming

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Verify the driver was installed successfully.
esxcli software vib list | grep nmlx
nmlx5-core 4.16.8.8-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417 MEL PartnerSupported 2017-01-31
nmlx5-rdma 4.16.8.8-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417 MEL PartnerSupported 2017-01-31
Removing Earlier Mellanox Drivers
To remove all the drivers:
Log into the ESXi server with root permissions.
List all the existing NATIVE ESXi driver modules. (See Step 4 inInstalling Mellanox NATIVE ESXi
Driver for VMware vSphere.)
Remove each module:
#> esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx5-rdma
#> esxcli software vib remove -n nmlx5-core
Reboot the server.
Firmware Programming
Download the VMware bootable binary images v4.6.0 from theMellanox Firmware Tools (MFT)
site.
ESXi 6.5 File: mft-4.6.0.48-10EM-650.0.0.4598673.x86_64.vib
MD5SUM: 0804cffe30913a7b4017445a0f0adbe1
Install the image according to the steps described in theMFT User Manual.
After the installation process, all kernel modules are loaded automatically upon boot.
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Please unload the previously installed drivers before removing them.
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To remove the modules, you must run the command in the same order as shown in the
example above.
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The following procedure requires custom boot image downloading, mounting and
booting from a USB device.
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