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Firmware Burning

Check the device’s PCI address.

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            lspci | grep Mellanox
 
Example:
 
00:06.0 Infiniband controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro]

Identify the adapter card's PSID.

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            # mstflint -d 81:00.0 q
Image type:          FS2
FW Version:          2.36.5000
FW Release Date:     26.4.2016
Rom Info:            type=PXE version=3.4.718 devid=4103
Device ID:           4103
Description:         Node             Port1            Port2            Sys image
GUIDs:               e41d2d0300b3f590 e41d2d0300b3f591 e41d2d0300b3f592 e41d2d0300b3f593
MACs:                                     e41d2db3f591     e41d2db3f592
VSD:
PSID:                MT_1090111019

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

Burn the firmware.

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

Reboot your machine after the firmware burning is completed.

Validate new firmware burned successfully:

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            # ethtool -i ens3
driver: mlx4_en
version: 2.2-1 (Feb 2014)
firmware-version: 2.40.5000
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:0a:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: no
supports-priv-flags: yes