Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT)

The Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) package is a set of firmware management tools for a single InfiniBand node. MFT can be used for:

  • Generating a standard or customized Mellanox firmware image Querying for firmware information
  • Burning a firmware image to a single InfiniBand node

The following is a list of the available tools in MFT, together with a brief description of what each tool performs.


MFT Tools
Tool Description

mst

 This tool provides the following functions:
    * Starts/stops the register access driver
    * Lists the available mst devices

mlxburn

 This tool provides the following functions:
    * Generation of a standard or customized Mellanox firmware image for burning (in binary or .mlx format)
    * Burning an image to the Flash/EEPROM attached to a Mellanox HCA or switch device
    * Querying the firmware version loaded on an Mellanox network adapter
    * Displaying the VPD (Vital Product Data) of an Mellanox network adapter

flint

 This tool burns a firmware binary image or an expansion ROM image to the Flash device of a Mellanox network adapter/bridge/switch device. It includes query functions to the burnt firmware image and to the binary image file.

Debug utilities

 A set of debug utilities (e.g., itrace, fwtrace, mlxtrace, mlxdump, mstdump, mlxmcg, wqdump, mcra, mlxi2c, i2c, mget_temp, and pckt_drop)


OS: Linux, Windows, VMware ESX Server 3.5/4.x/5.x

MFT Releases
Operating System
 Version
 Software
 User Manual
 Release notes
Linux
 3.0.0
 MFT Software for Linux
(save with .tgz extension) 		User Manual Release Notes
Windows
 3.0.0
 MFT Software for Windows_x86 User Manual Release Notes
MFT Software for Windows_x64
Windows PE
 3.0.0
 MFT Software for Windows PE_x86 -
 Release Notes
MFT Software for Windows PE_x64
(For further information, please see the
README.txt file inside the package)
mstflint for Windows
 3.0.0
 mstflint Software for Windows_x64 -
 Release Notes
mstflint Software for Windows_x86
VMware ESX Server 4.0
 2.6.0.222
 MFT Software for VMware ESX Server 4.0
(save as .tgz)		 -
 Release Notes
VMware ESX Server 3.5
 2.5.0vmware
 MFT Software for VMware ESX Server 3.5
(RPM)		 User Manual Release Notes
mstflint utility for VMware ESX Server 3.5
(RPM)