NVIDIA Firmware Tools (MFT) Documentation v4.25.1

mstdump Utility

The mstdump utility dumps device internal configuration registers. The dump file is used by the Support team for hardware troubleshooting purposes. It can be applied on all NVIDIA devices.

Warning

For the tool to properly work with Inband devices, both the MFT and the Firmware must be updated to the latest (MFT v4.18.0 & firmware vXX.32.1014).

Warning

If ConnectX-4 adapter card is used as an Inband device, for the tool to work properly, you need to use MFT 4.17.0.

To run mstdump:

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# mstdump [-full] <mst device> > <dump file>_FW_VERSION

where the -full flag dumps all internal registers

positional arguments:

device

The device name

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show help message and exit

-v, -version, --version

show program's version number and exit

-full, --full

Dump more expanded list of addresses

-ignore_fail, --ignore_fail

Continue dumipng, even if some addresses fails

-c CSV, -csv CSV, --csv CSV

Database path

--cause address.offset

Specify address and offset

--i2c_secondary I2C_SECONDARY

I2C secondary [0-127]

Example:

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[root@mymach]# mstdump /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0 > mt4099_12_16_2600.dmp

This dumps the internal configuration data of the device into the mt4099.dmp file.

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