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Make Mellanox 10G NIC work on CCBoot
2019/03/27 23:45
Before starting, download required Mellanox driver package from our google drive.
Follow the steps below to make Mellanox 10G NIC work on CCBoot:
1.Open CCBoot server, right click on image and click on "Add NIC Driver to image" (Figure 1).
Figure 1
2. Click on "Add from INF" button (Figure 2).
Figure 2
Note: There are two drivers mlx4eth63.inf (for the NIC) and mlx4_bus.inf (for the bus driver, the 10G NIC always connect to a special bus interface).
3.Once "Add from inf" is clicked, select \MLNX_VPI\ETH\mlx4eth63.inf and click on "Open" button (Figure 3).
Figure 3
4.Select all and click on "Ok" button (Figure 4).
Figure 4
5.Similarly, select \MLNX_VPI\HW\mlx4_bus\mlx4_bus.inf anc click on "Open" button (Figure 5).
Figure 5
6. Again select all and click on "Ok" button (Figure 6).
7. Once the INF files are opened, make sure you check "Mellanox" and click "OK" button and save changes.
Figure 7
8. Now boot client in super client mode. It might take multiple boots and lastly save image.
In this way we can make Mellanox 10G works on CCBoot.