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1. Log into the installation machine as root.

2. Mount the ISO image on your machine and copy its content to a shared location in your network.

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   # mount -o ro,loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>-<CPU arch>.iso /mnt

3. Download and install NVIDIA GPG-KEY:
   The key can be downloaded via the following link: http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox (save the link is if the browser does not open the file).

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   # wget http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox --2014-04-20 13:52:30-- http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox Resolving www.nvidia.com... 72.3.194.0 Connecting to www.nvidia.com|72.3.194.0|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1354 (1.3K) [text/plain] Saving to: ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox? 100%[=================================================>] 1,354 --.-K/s in 0s 2014-04-20 13:52:30 (247 MB/s) - ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox? saved [1354/1354]

4. Install the key.

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   # sudo rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 6224c050: NOKEY Retrieving key from file:///repos/MLNX_OFED/<MLNX_OFED file>/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox Importing GPG key 0x6224C050: Userid: "Mellanox Technologies (Mellanox Technologies - Signing Key v2) <support@mellanox.com>" From : /repos/MLNX_OFED/<MLNX_OFED file>/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox Is this ok [y/N]:

5. Check that the key was successfully imported.

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   # rpm -q gpg-pubkey --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n' | grep Mellanox gpg-pubkey-a9e4b643-520791ba gpg(Mellanox Technologies <support@mellanox.com>)

6. Create a yum repository configuration file called "/etc/yum.repos.d/mlnx_ofed.repo" with the following content:

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   [mlnx_ofed] name=MLNX_OFED Repository baseurl=file:///<path to extracted MLNX_OFED package>/RPMS enabled=1 gpgkey=file:///<path to the downloaded key RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox> gpgcheck=1

7. Check that the repository was successfully added.

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   # yum repolist Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. repo id repo name status mlnx_ofed MLNX_OFED Repository 108 rpmforge RHEL 6Server - RPMforge.net - dag 4,597 repolist: 8,351

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