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Mellanox OFED VPI Drivers and Utilities(ConnectX-4 and above)

The "Mellanox OFED VPI Drivers and Utilities" repository provides all packages required for InfiniBand and Ethernet modes of operation with HPE Mellanox adapters on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Please note that "Ethernet+RoCE" Mellanox Linux drivers are already provided with HPE Service Pack for Proliant. For customers requiring complete InfiniBand functionality, install packages from "Mellanox OFED VPI Drivers and Utilities" repository.

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Note: MLNX-OFED version 5.x and above support the following chipsets:

ConnectX-4 Adapters

ConnectX-5 Adapters

ConnectX-6 Adapters/Open ConnectX-6 Adapters

Additionally, starting MLNX_OFED v5.0 release, MLNX_OFED Verbs API have migrated from the legacy version of user space verbs libraries (libibervs, libmlx5, etc.) to the Upstream version rdmacore.

Customers who would still like to utilize one of the following [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro, Connect-IB, RDMA experimental verbs library (mlnx_lib)], please use MLNX_OFED version 4.9-x (available at: http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/project/mlnx_ofed/)

Subscribe your system to the MLNX_OFED repository

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Cut-n-paste the following section (substituting ditribution, architecture and project version) into /etc/yum.repos.d/MLNX_OFED_CX4PLUS.repo on your system:


        [MLNX_OFED]

        name=Mellanox OFED VPI Drivers and Utilities

        baseurl=http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mlnx_ofed_cx4plus/RHEL/dist_ver/arch/project_ver

        enabled=1

        gpgcheck=0

Where:

   dist_ver      8.8, 8.9, 9.2, 9.3
   arch          x86_64
   project_ver   current, 24.01-0.3.3.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Cut-n-paste the following section (substituting ditribution, architecture and project version) into /etc/zypp/repos.d/MLNX_OFED_CX4PLUS.repo on your system:


        [MLNX_OFED]

        name=Mellanox OFED VPI Drivers and Utilities

        baseurl=http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mlnx_ofed_cx4plus/suse/dist_ver/arch/project_ver

        enabled=1

        gpgcheck=0

Where:

   dist_ver      SLES15-SP4, SLES15-SP5
   arch          x86_64
   project_ver   current, 24.01-0.3.3.1

Important Notes while updating OFEDv24.01-0.3.3.1

MLNX_OFED Rev 24.01-0.3.3.1 is compatible with the following HPE VPI Adapter firmware's :

HCA	HPE Infiniband/Ethernet Adapters	Recommended Firmware Rev.	Additional Firmware Rev.
ConnectX-4	HPE Apollo A10 InfiniBand EDR (100Gb) 2-port Adapter (843400-B21)	12.28.2006	NA
	HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 840QSFP28 Adapter (825111-B21)	12.28.2006	NA
	HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 840QSFP28 Adapter (825110-B21)	12.28.2006	NA
ConnectX-5	HPE InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 1-port 841QSFP28 Adapter (872725-B21)	16.35.3006	NA
	HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 841QSFP28 Adapter (872726-B21)	16.35.3006	NA
	HPE Apollo InfiniBand EDR 100Gb 2-port 841z Mezzanine FIO Adapter (872723-B21)	16.35.3006	NA
	HPE InfiniBand FDR/Ethernet 40/50Gb 2-port 547FLR-QSFP Adapter (879482-B21)	16.35.3006	NA
Open ConnectX-5	HPE Ethernet 100Gb 1-port QSFP28 PCIe3 x16 MCX515A-CCAT Adapter (P31246-B21, P31246-H21, P36052-001)	16.35.3006	NA
ConnectX-6	HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 1-port 940QSFP56 x16 Adapter (P06154-B21)	20.40.1000	NA
	HPE InfiniBand HDR100/Ethernet 100Gb 1-port 940QSFP56 x16 Adapter (P06250-B21)	20.40.1000	NA
	HPE InfiniBand HDR100/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port 940QSFP56 x16 Adapter (P06251-B21)	20.40.1000	NA
Open ConnectX-6	HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 1-port MCX653105A-HDAT QSFP56 x16 Adapter (P23664-B21, P23664-H21, P24250-001)	20.40.1000	NA
	HPE InfiniBand HDR100/Ethernet 100Gb 1-port MCX653105A-ECAT QSFP56 x16 Adapter (P23665-B21, P23665-H21, P24251-001)	20.40.1000	NA
	HPE InfiniBand HDR100/Ethernet 100Gb 2-port MCX653106A-ECAT QSFP56 x16 Adapter (P23666-B21, P23666-H21, P24252-001)	20.40.1000	NA
	HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 1-port QSFP56 PCIe4 x16 OCP3 MCX653435A-HDAI Adapter (P31323-B21, P31323-H21, P36053-001)	20.40.1000	NA
	HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 2-port QSFP56 PCIe4 x16 OCP3 MCX653436A-HDAI Adapter (P31348-B21, P31348-H21, P36054-001)	20.40.1000	NA
	HPE InfiniBand HDR/Ethernet 200Gb 2-port QSFP56 PCIe4 x16 MCX653106A-HDAT Adapter (P31324-B21, P31324-H21, P36051-001)	20.40.1000	NA
ConnectX-7	HPE InfiniBand NDR 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-NEAT Adapter (P45641-B21, P45641-H21, P45645-001)	28.40.1000	NA
ConnectX-7	HPE InfiniBand NDR200 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-HEAT Adapter (P45642-B21, P45642-H21, P45646-001)	28.40.1000	NA

Note : xxxxxx-H21/B21 are HPE Part numbers and xxxxxx-001 is HPE Spare part number for respective adapters.Please refer the respective Adapter firmware download page at HPE.com for further information on compatible switch type/firmware etc.