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NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Ethernet Adapter Cards User Manual

Linux Driver Installation

This section describes how to install and test the MLNX_OFED for Linux package on a single server with a NVIDIA ConnectX-5 adapter card installed.

Requirements

Description

Platforms

A server platform with a ConnectX-6 EN adapter card installed (firmware: fw-ConnectX6)

Required Disk Space for Installation

1GB

Operating System

Linux operating system.

For the list of supported operating system distributions and kernels, please refer to the MLNX_OFED Release Notes file.

Installer Privileges

The installation requires administrator (root) privileges on the target machine.

For Linux driver installation, please refer to NVIDIA DOCA Installation Guide for Linux.

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