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Current OS Vendor Support
Mellanox InfiniBand drivers, Ethernet drivers, protocol software and tools are supported by respective major OS Vendors and Distributions Inbox or by Mellanox where noted. Mellanox also supports all major processor architectures.
Mellanox InfiniBand driver and ULP have been tested and verified for support on all its previous generation and current generation HCA’s as noted in the OS Support matrix and includes support for all Major OS vendor release.
Mellanox MTNIC Ethernet driver support for Linux, Microsoft Windows and VMware ESX 3.5 are based on the ConnectX EN 10GbE NIC only.
InfiniBand Software and Protocols Enable
Seamless Off-the-shelf Applications Deployment
InfiniBand architecture defines a high-bandwidth, low-latency clustering interconnect that is used for high-performance computing (HPC) and enterprise data center (EDC) class applications. It is an industry standard developed by the InfiniBand Trade Association.
Since the release of the specification, the InfiniBand community has been active in developing software for all major OS platforms including Linux open source software for the InfiniBand architecture. The Linux software community, comprising of major suppliers to the HPC and EDC markets collaborate on joint open source software development as part of the OpenFabrics Alliance.
The InfiniBand software stack is designed ground up to enable ease of application deployment. IP and TCP socket applications can avail of InfiniBand performance without requiring any change to existing applications that run over Ethernet. The same applies to SCSI, iSCSI and file system applications. Upper layer protocols that reside over the low level InfiniBand adapter device driver and device independent API (also called verbs) provide industry standard interfaces to enable seamless deployments of off-the-shelf applications.
Mellanox OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (MLNX_OFED) - High-Performance Server and Storage Connectivity Software for Field-Proven RDMA and Transport Offload Hardware Solutions (Linux)
The MLNX_OFED, based on the OpenFabrics Alliance stack (www.openfabrics.org), has been hardened through collaborative development and testing by all major InfiniBand vendors. more...
Mellanox WinIB for Windows (MLNX_WinIB)
The Mellanox WinIB distribution includes software for database clustering, high performance computing, communications, and storage applications. more...
Mellanox WinOF for Windows (MLNX_WinOF)
The Mellanox WinOF distribution includes software for database clustering, high performance computing, communications, and storage applications. more...
Mellanox VMware® ESX Server 3.5 InfiniBand Drivers
As a result of the VMware Community Source co-development effort with Mellanox Technologies, Mellanox is pleased to announce the availability ofthe InfiniBand adapter support package for VMware Virtual Infrastructure, comprised of VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 virtual infrastructure management software. more...
NFS-RDMA SDK
NFS-RDMA over InfiniBand allows an NFS client and server to communicate using an RDMA capable transport. Benefits of using an RDMA transport include significantly low CPU utilization and higher throughput. more...
Boot over IB - Open source code for remotely booting from servers using InfiniBand
The Mellanox Boot over InfiniBand solution enables booting of servers from an IP-based LAN environment. This is also known as PXE boot. It is based on the open source EtherBoot project in sourceforge.net. more...
Management Tools
The InfiniBand Administration (IBADM) package aims to provide the means for performing System Administration tasks (monitor, maintenance, and configuration) required by InfiniBand clusters in a uniform way to manage all the Mellanox devices and Systems.
The IBADM software package accesses IB devices through the IB connectivity (In-Band) and optionally through a secondary Ethernet network (Out-of-Band). Another method for communication with the devices is by attaching a USB-to-I2C adapter to the target IB system. The In-Band services are provided by running InfiniBand client software which communicates with the Subnet-Administrator (SA, which is part of OpenSM) and the IB devices. Out-of-Band control is provided by communicating with dedicated administration servers running on each of the Mellanox systems (equipped with a “management” option) more...
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 more...
Mellanox OFED Drivers for Novell-XEN (Alpha)
Mellanox is pleased to announce the availability of the InfiniBand adapter support package for the XEN Hypervisor by Novell. This is an alpha release and supports Novell SLES 10 and SLERT based XEN hypervisor and SLES and RHEL based guest operating systems. more...
MLNX_EN Linux Driver – Linux Driver for ConnectX EN Based Network Interface Cards with 10GigE Support
Mellanox offers a robust and full set of protocol software and driver for Linux with the ConnectX EN NIC with Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet support. more...MTNIC Windows Driver – Windows Driver for ConnectX EN Based Network Interface Cards
Mellanox offers a robust and full set of protocol software and driver support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (NDIS 5.2) and 2008 (NDIS 6.1) with its ConnectX EN (Ethernet) Network Interface Cards. more...- OS SUPPORT
- DOWNLOAD (Please contact Mellanox support representative for access to MTNIC Windows driver.)
- README
Mellanox VMware® ESX Server 3.5 Ethernet Driver
As a result of the VMware Community Source co-development effort with Mellanox Technologies, Mellanox is pleased to announce the availability of the ConnectX EN adapter support package for VMware Virtual Infrastructure, comprised of VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 virtual infrastructure management software more...
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DOWNLOAD (Please contact Mellanox support representative for access to VMware ESX 3.5 Ethernet drivers.)
Mellanox XenServer 4.1 Ethernet Driver
Mellanox Ethernet Driver for Citrix XenServer 4.1, Mellanox ConnectX EN 10GbE Dual port NIC provides capabilities to make the simplest and most effective server virtualization solution even more compelling, including more...InfiniBand Gold (IBGold)
IBGold is no longer supported by Mellanox. Mellanox recommends and supports the Open Fabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED)
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