Downloading Mellanox WinOF Driver

To download the .exe according to your Operating System, please follow the steps below:

1. Obtain the machine architecture.
   For Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016

   1. To go to the Start menu, position your mouse in the bottom-right corner of the Remote Desktop of your screen.

   2. Open a CMD console (Click Task Manager → File → Run new task, and enter CMD).

   3. Enter the following command:

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      echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
              

      On an x64 (64-bit) machine, the output will be “AMD64”.

2. Go to the Mellanox WinOF web page at http://www.mellanox.com → Products → InfiniBand/VPI Drivers → Windows SW/Drivers.

3. Download the .exe image according to the architecture of your machine (see Step 1) and the operating system.
   The name of the .exe is in the following format: MLNX_VPI_WinOF-<version>_All_<OS>_<arch>.exe

Warning

Installing the incorrect .exe file is prohibited. If you do so, an error message will be displayed. For example, if you try to install a 64-bit .exe on a 32-bit machine, the wizard will display the following (or a similar) error message: