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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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    cd NIC-SP382-CX5-FW-16.32.1010-ARM
./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 python3-libxml2 python autoconf automake libtool
  4. Click https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/management-software/computing-component-idriver-pid-259488843/software/262409128?idAbsPath=fixnode01|23710424|251364417|251364851|254884035|259488843 to download the NIC driver.

    The driver for openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP4 is not provided. You can use that for openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP3.

  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 MLNX*
./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 the readme_en.txt file in the same directory.)
  6. Reload the driver.
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    dracut -f
/etc/init.d/openibd restart
  7. 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