Linux Driver Installation | NVIDIA ConnectX-7 Cards for OCP Spec 3.0 User Manual

This section describes how to install and test the MLNX_OFED for Linux package on a single server with a ConnectX-7 adapter card installed.

Prerequisites

Requirements	Description
Platforms	A server platform with a ConnectX-7 InfiniBand/Ethernet adapter card 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.
Installer Privileges	The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on the target machine.

Downloading MLNX_OFED

Verify that the system has a network adapter installed by running lspci command. The below table provides output examples per ConnectX-7 card configuration.

ConnectX-7 Card Configuration	Output Examples
Single-port PCIe x16 Card	`[root@mftqa-009 ~]# lspci \|grep mellanox -ia 3:00.0 Infiniband controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7]`
Dual-port PCIe x16 Card	`[root@mftqa-009 ~]# lspci \|grep mellanox -ia 86:00.0 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7] 86:00.1 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7]`

ConnectX-7 Card Configuration

Output Examples

Single-port PCIe x16 Card

[root@mftqa-009 ~]# lspci |grep mellanox -ia
3:00.0 Infiniband controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7]

Dual-port PCIe x16 Card

[root@mftqa-009 ~]# lspci |grep mellanox -ia
86:00.0 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7] 86:00.1 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT2910 Family [ConnectX-7]

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

Last updated: December 17, 2022