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number. Please contact Mellanox System Support if you cannot find the firmware binary for your mezzanine card.
The following steps describe how to retrieve the PSID (firmware identification) and programmed firmware version of your mezzanine card. They also describe how to update the card with the lat- est firmware version available.
1.Retrieve the PSID and firmware version:
a.Install the MFT package. The package is available at www.mellanox.com => Products => Software/Drivers => InfiniBand & VPI Software/Drivers => Firmware Tools. Make sure to download the package corresponding to your computer’s operating system.
b.Enter: mst start
c.Get the Mellanox mst device name using the command "mst status". The mst device name will be of the form: /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0
d.Get the PSID (firmware identification) and programmed firmware version using the command
>flint
Image type: ConnectX
FW Version: 2.9.4000
Device ID: | 4099 |
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Chip Revision: | 0 | Port1 |
Description: | Node | |
Port2 | Sys image |
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GUIDs: | 000002c900000200 000002c900000201 | |
000002c900000202 000002c900000203 |
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MACs: | 000002c90201 |
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000002c90200 |
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Board ID: | (MT_1020110019) |
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VSD: | MT_1020110019 |
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PSID: |
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2.Compare the programmed firmware version with the latest available.
a.Go to Mellanox’s web site: http://www.mellanox.com/supportdownloader. See Figure 15
b.Enter your card PSID to display the latest firmware
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