How Can I Update the NIC Firmware and Driver?

Download the firmware package and decompress it. The CX5 NIC is used as an example.

Upgrade the firmware.

cd NIC-SP382-CX5-FW-16.32.1010-ARM
./install.sh upgrade

Install driver dependency packages.

yum install createrepo perl pciutils gcc-gfortran tcsh expat glib2 tcl libstdc++ bc tk gtk2 atk cairo numactl pkgconfig ethtool lsof rpm-build libxml2-python python autoconf automake libtool

Download the NIC driver.

Install the driver.

Decompress the downloaded ISO file.

mkdir /mnt/iso
mount -o loop ***.iso /mnt/iso
cd /mnt/iso

Install the driver in either of the following ways:

Method 1: Decompress the package to install the driver.

tar xf MLX-*.tgz
cd MLNX*
./mlnxofedinstall --force --without-depcheck --without-fw-update --add-kernel-support  --skip-distro-check

Method 2: Use the automatic installation script.

./install.sh (Refer to the readme_en.txt file in the same directory.)

Reload the driver.
```
dracut -f
/etc/init.d/openibd restart
```
Reboot the node.
```
reboot
```

The recommended versions are as follows:

Firmware version: 16.32.1010 (HUA0000000024)
Driver version:
- openEuler 20.03 (Arm): 24.01-0.3.3
- openEuler 20.03 (x86): 5.8-1.1.2

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