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Mellanox Technologies
Updating Firmware for a Single Mellanox Network Interface Card (NIC)
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If you have installed MTNIC Driver on your machine, you can update firmware using the mstflint tool. See mstflint FW Burning Tool README. You can download mstflint from the OpenFabrics site at mstflint_SW for Linux.
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For instructions to update firmware on a single Adapter Card using MFT, see the table below.
Instructions for burning firmware using MFT:
| Index | Step | Linux | Windows |
| 1. | Download the Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) | MFT_for
Linux (save with .tgz extension) |
Not supported yet |
| 2. | Download MFT documents | MFT_Linux_Release_Notes MFT_User's Manual |
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| 3. | Install MFT | Untar the package and run: install.sh | |
| 4. | Download
the
correct firmware image zip file using the Firmware
Download
Table on the Web page of your product -- save with
a .zip extension. Click Here for help in identifying your Adapter Card. |
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| 5. | Burn the firmware image to the Adapter Card | Enter:
mst start |
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| - Get the
mst
device name using the command: 'mst status' - Format of device name: /dev/mst/mt<dev_id>_pci{_cr0|conf0} |
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| Unzip the binary image (.zip file) | |||
| Burn
the FW image. Enter: flint -d <device_name> -i <binary image> burn |
Example:
To burn a firmware image to an
MNEH28-XTC
(Eagle 10GBASE-CX4 Tall Bracket) enter:
Linux: flint -d /dev/mst/mt25448_pci_cr0 -i fw-25448-6_2_000-MNEH28-XTC.bin b
Linux: flint -d /dev/mst/mt25448_pci_cr0 -i fw-25448-6_2_000-MNEH28-XTC.bin b