NVIDIA Firmware Tools (MFT) Documentation v4.18.1
NVIDIA ConnectX-5 Adapter Cards Firmware Release Notes v16.35.3502 LTS

mlxarchive – Binary Files Compression Tool

Warning

mlxarchive is not installed by default, and requires installing MFT with the --oem option.

The mlxarchive tool allows the user to create a file with the MFA2 extension. The new file contains several binary files of a given firmware for different adapter cards.

mlxarchive accepts the following attributes as its input:

  • --bins-dir - The path to a folder with the binary files that will be included in the MFA2 file

  • --version - The MFA2 file’s version

  • --out-file - The output of the mlxarchive file (MFA2 file)

  • -m|--mfa2-file mfa2_file - MFA2 file to parse

Example:

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mlxarchive --bins-dir /full/path/to/bin/directory/ --version 1.1.1 --out-file out.mfa2 mlxarchive --mfa2-file out.mfa2 Creation Time : 2019-09-18 08:35:43 Devices 2 PSID : <…> Num of Images 1 Index 0 Version : 10.16.1200 Date : 2019-09-18 08:35:43 PSID : <…> Num of Images 1 Index 1 Version : 10.16.1200 Date : 2019-09-18 08:35:43

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[--help] [--version version] [--out-file out_file] [--bins-dir bins_dir] [-m|--mfa2-file mfa2_file]

where:

--help

Shows the help message and exit

--version version

MFA2’s version in the following format: x.x.x

--out-file out_file

The output file

-bins-dir bins_dir

The directory with the binaries files

-m|--mfa2-file mfa2_file

Mfa2 file to parse

Note

The .mfa2 file can be used with ethtool to burn adapter cards firmware. The procedure is described in Updating Firmware Using ethtool/devlink and .mfa2 File section.

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