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Uninstalling MLNX_OFED

Use the script /usr/sbin/ofed_uninstall.sh to uninstall the Mellanox 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 install Mellanox Technologies GPG-KEY:

The key can be downloaded via the following link:http://www.mellanox.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]:

Check that the key was successfully imported.

# rpm -q gpg-pubkey --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n' | grep Mellanox

gpg-pubkey-a9e4b643-520791ba gpg(Mellanox Technologies <support@mellanox.com>)

Create a yum repository configuration file called "/etc/yum.repos.d/mlnx_ofed.repo"with the

following content:

[mlnx_ofed]

name=MLNX_OFED Repository

baseurl=file:///<path to extracted MLNX_OFED package>/RPMS

enabled=1

gpgkey=file:///<path to the downloaded key RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox>

gpgcheck=1

Check that the repository was successfully added.

Nvidia Mellanox User Manual

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