Nvidia Mellanox ConnectX-6 MCX654106A-ECAT - Firmware Upgrade; VMware Driver Installation; Hardware and Software Requirements

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Firmware Upgrade
If the machine has a standard Mellanox card with an older firmware version, the firmware will be
automatically updated as part of the WinOF-2 package installation.
For information on how to upgrade firmware manually, please refer to the MFT User Manual atwww.m
ellanox.com>Products > Ethernet Drivers > Firmware Tools.
VMware Driver Installation
This section describes VMware Driver Installation.
Hardware and Software Requirements
Requirement Description
Platforms A server platform with an adapter card based on one of the
following Mellanox Technologies’ devices:
ConnectX®-6 (InfiniBand/VPI/EN) (firmware: fw-
ConnectX6)
Device ID For the latest list of device IDs, please visit Mellanox website.
Operating System ESXi 6.5
Installer Privileges The installation requires administrator privileges on the target
machine.