Mellanox Linux Drivers and Install Script for Mellanox ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 Pro, ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-4, and ConnectX-5 Ethernet adapters.

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Linux Red Hat, 7.6, 8.0 and SELES15 SP1drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 Pro, ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-5 Ethernet adapters
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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes:
- Added support for installing RHEL 7.6 OSs (platform x86_64) and RHEL 7.6 ALT OSs(platform PPCLE) using YUM.
- Fixed the issue where RDMA connection persisted even after dropping the network interface.
- Fixed the issue where small packets with non-zero padding were wrongly reported as "checksum complete" even though the padding was not covered by the csum calculation. These packets now report "checksum unnecessary".
In addition, an ethtool private flag has been introduced to control the "checksum complete" feature: ethtool --set-priv-flags eth1 rx_no_csum_complete on/off
- Fixed the wrong wording in the FW tracer ownership startup message (from "FW Tracer Owner" to "FWTracer: Ownership granted and active").
- Fixed the issue where GID entries referenced to by a certain user application could not be deleted while that user application was running.
- Fixed the issue of when attempting to allocate an excessive number of VFs per PF in operating systems with kernel versions below v4.15, the allocation failed due to a known issue in the Kernel.
- Fixed the issue where MLNX_OFED could not be installed on RHEL 7.x Alt OSs using YUM repository.


Enhancements:
- Increased the amount of maximum virtual functions (VF) that can be allocated to a physical function (PF) to 127 VF.
- UDP source port for RoCE v2 packets is now calculated by the driver rather than the firmware, achieving better distribution and less congestion. This mechanism works for RDMACM QPs only, and ensures that RDMA connection messages and data messages have the same UDP source port value.
- Added the ability to manually disable Local Loopback regardless of the number of open user-space transport domains.
- Integrated NEO-Host for orchestration and management of host networking into MLNX_OFED package.
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Version

4.6-2.1.4.5, 4.6-2.1.4.5

Release date

17 Sept 2019

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: External release notes
File Name: Release.txt
File Size: 248.78 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:
8f769d0b9cfb8525b4fd139730a09283
SHA1:
1c76cfe6b4bec6d25bab9e3803bb595c1cd6322e
SHA-256:
a8dd0a4197ee04a3a0cdb682392bbe5c258e75e668feb883aaf5999114602741

File Format: GNU-Zip
File Name: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-2.1.4.5.tar.gz
File Size: 110.63 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
bff00af947130adec6cf862595917eef
SHA1:
84c97a256b9aa0fa3394a0cca9a057c047422d60
SHA-256:
df371fab2d33887501bad8fdda356dd31332644455e6927767b87cf3fc89e2dc

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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 8
SuSE Linux ES 15
Mellanox Family of Server Adapters Drivers
DOWNLOAD
1 - Download the file MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-2.1.4.5.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-4.6-2.1.4.5.tar.gz.

INSTALL
1 - Go to the location where the file has been unpacked, then issue the following command:
cd MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-2.1.4.5
Change to the directory (folder) corresponding to the Linux OS distribution being selected (such as rhel8.0 ). For example if rhel8 is the target OS, go to its folder (subdirectory) with the following command:
cd rhel8/rhel8.0
3 - To install the selected package, Run the linux shell command:
./install.sh
4 - Follow the instructions on the screen

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