NVIDIA ConnectX-6 InfiniBand/Ethernet Adapter Cards for OCP Spec 3.0 User Manual
NVIDIA ConnectX-6 InfiniBand/Ethernet Adapter Cards for OCP Spec 3.0 User Manual
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Linux Driver Installation

This section describes how to install and test the MLNX_OFED for Linux package on a single server with a NVIDIA ConnectX-6 adapter card installed.

Prerequisites

Requirements

Description

Platforms

A server platform with a ConnectX®-6 (IB, EN) (firmware: fw-ConnectX6) installed

Required Disk Space for Installation

1GB

Operating System

Linux operating system.
For the list of supported operating system distributions and kernels, please refer to the MLNX_OFED Release Notes file.

Installer Privileges

The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on the target machine.

Downloading MLNX_OFED

  1. Verify that the system has a NVIDIA network adapter installed.
    The following example shows a system with an installed NVIDIA 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

    For Linux driver installation, please refer to NVIDIA DOCA Installation Guide for Linux.


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