Firmware Burning

  1. Check the device’s PCI address.

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    lspci | grep Mellanox 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4] 04:00.1 InfiniBand controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4] 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] 07:00.1 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] 0a:00.0 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] 21:00.0 InfiniBand controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27600 [Connect-IB] 24:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]

  2. Identify the adapter card's PSID.

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    # mstflint -d 81:00.0 q Image type:            FS4 FW Version:            16.26.4012 FW Release Date:       10.12.2019 Product Version:       16.26.4012 Rom Info:              type=UEFI version=14.19.17 cpu=AMD64                       type=PXE version=3.5.805 cpu=AMD64 Description:           UID                GuidsNumber Base GUID:             ec0d9a0300d42de4        8 Base MAC:              ec0d9ad42de4            8 Image VSD:             N/A Device VSD:            N/A PSID:                  MT_0000000009 Security Attributes:   N/A

  3. Download the firmware BIN file from the Mellanox website that matches your card's PSID:
    nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ → Support → Support → Firmware Download

  4. Burn the firmware.

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    # mstflint -d <lspci-device-id> -i <image-file> b

  5. Reboot your machine after the firmware burning is completed.

  6. Validate new firmware burned successfully:

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    # ethtool -i ens3 driver: mlx5_core version: 5.0-0 firmware-version: 16.32.1010 (MT_0000000009) expansion-rom-version: bus-info: 0000:24:00.0 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: yes supports-eeprom-access: no supports-register-dump: no supports-priv-flags: yes

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