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If the installation script has performed a firmware update on your network adapter, 
completethe step relevant to your adapter card type to load the firmware:
 •ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex - perform a standard reboot
Otherwise, restart the driver by running: /etc/init.d/openibd restart
After installation completion, information about the Mellanox OFED installation, such as prefix, kernel 
version, and installation parameters can be retrieved by running the command /etc/infiniband/info.
Most of the Mellanox OFED components can be configured or reconfigured after the installation, by 
modifying the relevant configuration files. See the relevant chapters in this manual for details.
The list of the modules that will be loaded automatically upon boot can be found in the /etc/infiniband/
openib.conf file.
Installation Results
Software Most of MLNX_OFED packages are installed under the “/usr” directory 
except for the following packages which are installed under the “/opt” 
directory:
fca and ibutils
The kernel modules are installed under
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates on SLES and Fedora 
Distributions
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/mlnx-ofa_kernel on RHEL and 
other Red Hat like Distributions
In case that your machine has an unsupported network adapter device, no firmware 
update will occur and one of the following error messages below will be printed. Please 
contact your hardware vendor for help on firmware updates.
Error message 1:
Device #1:
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Device Type:     ConnectX-6 Dx
Part Number:     MCX623106AC-CDAT
Description:     ConnectX®-6 Dx EN adapter card, 100GbE, Dual-port QSFP56, PCIe 4.0 x16, 
Crypto and Secure Boot, Tall Bracket 
PSID:            MT_2190110032
PSID:                  MT_2190110032
PCI Device Name:  0b:00.0
Base MAC:         0000e41d2d5cf810
Versions:         Current           Available
                  FW 16.22.0228     N/A
Status:           No matching image found
Error message 2:
The firmware for this device is not distributed inside Mellanox driver: 0000:01:00.0 (PSID: 
IBM2150110033)
To obtain firmware for this device, please contact your HW vendor.