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Updating the NIC Firmware and Driver

  1. Download the firmware package and decompress it. The CX5 NIC is used as an example.
  2. Upgrade the firmware.
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    ./install.sh upgrade
  3. Install driver dependency packages.
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    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
  4. Download the NIC driver.
  5. Install the driver.
    1. Decompress the downloaded ISO file.
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      mkdir /mnt/iso
mount -o loop ***.iso /mnt/iso
cd /mnt/iso
    2. Install the driver.
      • Method 1: Decompress the package to install the driver.
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        tar xf MLX-*.tgz
cd MLX*
./mlnxofedinstall --force --without-depcheck --without-fw-update --add-kernel-support  --skip-distro-check
      • Method 2: Use the automatic installation script.
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        ./install.sh (Refer to readme_en.txt.)
  6. Reboot the node.
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    reboot

The recommended versions are as follows:

  1. Firmware version: 16.32.1010 (HUA0000000024)
  2. Driver version:
    • openEuler 20.03 (Arm): 24.01-0.3.3
    • openEuler 20.03 (x86): 5.8-1.1.2
Parent topic: FAQs