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Make Mellanox 10G NIC work on CCBoot
2023-07-16
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Before starting, download the required Mellanox driver package from our google drive.
Follow the steps below to make Mellanox 10G NIC work on CCBoot:
- Open CCBootCloud CP, in the “Image” tab, right click on image and choose "Add NIC Driver to image" then choose “Add from inf” (Figure 1).
Figure 1
Note: There are two drivers mlx4eth63.inf (for the NIC) and mlx4_bus.inf (for the bus driver, the 10G NIC always connects to a special bus interface).
- Extract the downloaded “mellanox.zip” and then browse to “mellanox\5.10\Program Files 64\Mellanox\MLNX_VPI\ETH\” and choose the “mlx4eth63.inf” file then click “select” button (Figure 2).
Figure 2
- Check the “Select all” check box and then click on "Ok" button (Figure 3).
Figure 3
- Similarly, browse to mellanox\5.10\Program Files 64\Mellanox\MLNX_VPI\HW\mlx4_bus” and then choose “mlx4_bus.inf” and click on "Select" button (Figure 4).
Figure 4
- Check the “Select all” checkbox and click the "Ok" button (Figure 5).
Figure 5
- It will add the drivers and show “Success” message (Figure 6)
Figure 6
- Now boot the client in super client mode. It might take multiple boots and lastly save images.
In this way we can make Mellanox 10G work on CCBoot.