Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Series - Driver Installation; Linux Driver Installation; Prerequisites; Downloading Mellanox OFED

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Driver Installation
Please use the relevant driver installation section.
Linux Driver Installation
Windows Driver Installation
VMware Driver Installation
Linux Driver Installation
This section describes how to install and test the Mellanox OFED for Linux package on a single server
with a Mellanox ConnectX-5 adapter card installed.
Prerequisites
Requirements Description
Platforms A server platform with a Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx EN adapter
card installed (firmware: fw-ConnectX6Dx)
Required Disk Space for Installation 1GB
Device ID For the latest list of device IDs, please visit the Mellanox
website athttp://www.mellanox.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 Mellanox OFED Release Notes
file.
InstallerPrivileges The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on
the target machine.
Downloading Mellanox OFED
Verify that the system has a Mellanox network adapter installed.
The following example shows a system with an installed Mellanox adapter card:
# lspci -v | grep Mellanox
86:00.0 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT28908A0 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
86:00.1 Network controller [0207]: Mellanox Technologies MT28908A0 Family
Subsystem: Mellanox Technologies Device 0014
In the output example above, the first two rows indicate that one card is installed in a PCI slot
with PCI Bus address 05 (hexadecimal), PCI Device number 00 and PCI Function number 0 and
1. The other card is installed in a PCI slot with PCI Bus address 82 (hexadecimal), PCI Device
number 00 and PCI Function number 0 and 1.
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 Mellanox web site athttp://www.mellanox.com> Products > Software
> Ethernet Drivers > Linux SW/Drivers > Download..