Updating Firmware After Installation
The firmware can be updated using one of the following methods:
To update the device online on the machine from Mellanox site, use the following command line:
mlxfwmanager --online -u -d <device>
Example:
# mlxfwmanager --online -u -d 0000:01:00.0
Querying Mellanox devices firmware ...
Device #1:
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Device Type: ConnectX6
Part Number: MCX653106A-HDA_Ax
Description: ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; HDR IB (200Gb/s) and 200GbE; dual-port QSFP56; PCIe4.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6
PSID: MT_0000000225
PCI Device Name: 0000:01:00.0
Base MAC: 98039b970cc2
Versions: Current Available
FW 20.26.4012 20.27.1016
PXE 3.6.0101 3.5.0903
UEFI 14.21.0016 14.20.0025
Status: Up to date
In case you ran the mlnxofedinstall script with the ‘--without-fw-update’ option or you are using an OEM card and now you wish to (manually) update firmware on your adapter card(s), you need to perform the steps below. The following steps are also appropriate in case you wish to burn newer firmware that you have downloaded from Mellanox Technologies’ Web site (http://www.mellanox.com > Support > Firmware Download).
Get the device’s PSID.
mlxfwmanager_pci | grep PSID PSID: MT_1210110019
Download the firmware BIN file from the Mellanox website or the OEM website.
Burn the firmware.
mlxfwmanager_pci -i <fw_file.bin>
Reboot your machine once the firmware burning is completed.
Firmware can be automatically updated upon system boot.
The firmware update package (mlnx-fw-updater) is installed in the “/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater” folder, and the openibd service script can invoke the firmware update process if requested on boot.
If the firmware is updated, the following message will be printed to the system’s standard logging file:
fw_updater: Firmware was updated. Please reboot your system for the changes to take effect.
Otherwise, the following message will be printed:
fw_updater: Didn't detect new devices with old firmware.
Please note that this feature is disabled by default. To enable the automatic firmware update upon system boot, set the following parameter to “yes” “RUN_FW_UPDATER_ONBOOT=yes” in the openibd service configuration file “/etc/infiniband/openib.conf”.
You can opt to exclude a list of devices from the automatic firmware update procedure. To do so, edit the configurations file “/opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater/mlnx-fw-updater.conf” and provide a comma separated list of PCI devices to exclude from the firmware update.
Example:
MLNX_EXCLUDE_DEVICES="00:05.0,00:07.0"