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Firmware Burning

Check the device’s PCI address.

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            lspci | grep Mellanox
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4]
04:00.1 InfiniBand controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4]
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx]
07:00.1 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx]
0a:00.0 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro]
21:00.0 InfiniBand controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27600 [Connect-IB]
24:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]

Identify the adapter card's PSID.

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            # mstflint -d 81:00.0 q
Image type:            FS4
FW Version:            16.26.4012
FW Release Date:       10.12.2019
Product Version:       16.26.4012
Rom Info:              type=UEFI version=14.19.17 cpu=AMD64
                       type=PXE version=3.5.805 cpu=AMD64
Description:           UID                GuidsNumber
Base GUID:             ec0d9a0300d42de4        8
Base MAC:              ec0d9ad42de4            8
Image VSD:             N/A
Device VSD:            N/A
PSID:                  MT_0000000009
Security Attributes:   N/A

Download the firmware BIN file from the Mellanox website that matches your card's PSID:
nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ → Support → Support → Firmware Download

Burn the firmware.

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            # mstflint -d <lspci-device-id> -i <image-file> b

Reboot your machine after the firmware burning is completed.

Validate new firmware burned successfully:

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            # ethtool -i ens3
driver: mlx5_core
version: 5.0-0
firmware-version: 16.32.1010 (MT_0000000009)
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:24:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: no
supports-priv-flags: yes