Mellanox OFED

Build Driver

• Install Prerequisites
  • mkisofs

• Mount Original ISO File

  [root@host ~] mount -o loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1.0.0.4-rhel7.3-ppc64le.iso /media
  

• Use Provided Script To Generate New ISO File

  [root@host ~] /media/mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh --make-iso --mlnx_ofed /media --skip-repo --tmpdir /root
  Note: This program will create MLNX_OFED_LINUX ISO for rhel7.3 under /root directory.
  Do you want to continue?[y/N]:y
  See log file /root/mlnx_ofed_iso.75195.log
  .
  Checking if all needed packages are installed...
  Building MLNX_OFED_LINUX RPMS . Please wait...
  Running mkisofs...
  Created /root/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1.0.0.4-rhel7.3-ppc64le-ext.iso
  

Install Driver

mlnxofed_ib_install -p /install/custom/repositories/mlnx_ofed-rhels-7.3-ppc64le/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1.0.0.4-rhel7.3-ppc64le-ext-3.10.0-514.iso -m --force --without-32bit --without-fw-update -end-

Fabric Collective Accelerator (FCA)

• Package Name:

  fca-2.5.2431-1.34100.ppc64le
  

• ld.so Configuration File:

  /etc/ld.so.conf.d/fca.conf
  

• Add Following Line To fca.conf:

  /opt/mellanox/hcoll/lib