Mellanox Linux Drivers and Install Script for Mellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet adapters, Mellanox OFED 2.1-1.0.0.1

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Linux Red Hat 6.4, 6.5 and SLES 11 drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet adapters
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Fixes & Enhancements

FIXES
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- Added reporting auto-negotiation support
- Added Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) support
- Added Receive Flow Steering (RFS) support in UDP
- Added Low Latency Socket (LLS) support
- Added check for dma_mapping errors

ENHANCEMENTS
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- Ethernet Flow Steering (beta level)
- Ethernet Performance Counters
- Ethernet Performance Enhancements (NUMA related and others) for 10G and 40G
- Raw Ethernet QPs:
- Checksum TX/RX
- Flow Steering
- Errata Kernel upgrade support
- YUM update support
- Storage iSER (at Beta level) and SRP
- 64bit wide counters (port xmit/recv data/packets unicast/mcast)
- VERSION query API: library and headers
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Version

2.1.1.0.0.1, 2.1.1.0.0.1

Release date

04 Sep 2014

Download Type

Driver

Category

Network, Ethernet & Wireless

Importance

Recommended
Dell Technologies recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains changes to maintain overall system health. It ensures that the system software remains current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software) and may include other new features.
Available formats

File Format: A text file containing customer friendly fixes and enhancements information
File Name: Release.txt
File Size: 17.01 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
e8f402dbdd1e4a3e3ef358288c586423
SHA1:
bcf71740e01f4f8f91514f9c4c459f95cad2f13b
SHA-256:
39b7fc2eb214b7d7b4069e0e28252a5d6fa0dbef8863ee91d121b66368fab3ab

File Format: A gnu zip file for software installation
File Name: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.1-1.0.0.1.tar.gz
File Size: 33.78 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This format consists of gnu zip files for software installation.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
49a7c219efee04f9a0fb4e6a6ce5ada7
SHA1:
ed0310094daa986de4058cce53f84154749bef4f
SHA-256:
ca7e012794e6ddbe1658833511f57c65d1981d5ccf6a9dab44316f6e34fedd5d

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DOWNLOAD
1 - Download the file MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.1-1.0.0.1.tar.gz to a local hard drive or other storage media
2 - Go to the location where the the file has been downloaded
3 - Unpack the file with the following command:
tar -xvf MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.1-1.0.0.1.tar.gz.

INSTALL
1 - Go to the location where the file has been unpacked, then issue the following command:
cd MLNX_OFED_LINUX-2.1-1.0.0.1
2 - Change to the directory (folder) corresponding to the Linux OS distribution being selected (such as rhel6.4 or sles11sp3). For example if rhel6.4 is the target OS, go to its folder (subdirectory) with the following command:
cd rhel6/rhel6.4
3 - To install the selected package, Run the linux shell command:
./install.sh
4 - Follow the instructions on the screen.

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