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Hi,

I'm trying to install the latest Mellanox OFED drivers on a ESXi 5.5 host but I get a dependency error

Code: 
/tmp # esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/MLNX-OFED-ESX-1.8.2.4-10EM-500.0.0.472560.zip --no-sig-check
[DependencyError]
VIB Mellanox_bootbank_net-mlx4-en_1.9.9.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 requires com.mellanox.mlx4_core-9.2.2.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
Please refer to the log file for more details.
/tmp #


Any idea how/where I can find this "com.mellanox.mlx4_core-9.2.2.0" ?
 
unzip the zip file - it may be buried in there in a non-manifested location.
 
That error is that it cannot replace the inbox net-mlx4-en driver due to a hard requirement for the inbox net-mlx4-core driver its trying to remove.

Basically the inbox drivers have to be removed to get the OFED to install correctly.

use the command
esxcli software vib remove -n=net-mlx4-en -n=net-mlx4-core

This command will remove the two vibs (net-mlx4-core and net-mlx4-en) that are already installed due to being inbox drivers. After that you should reboot the host, and then install the OFED driver.

Welcome to Infiniband!
 
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Thank you dasaint, I have solved using older mellanox drivers but I will try on a test node as you suggested. Anyway the inbox drivers needs to be installed anyway? I install them after the mellanox?

If you have time and want to take a look there: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1846599
I'm almost finished all my ideas to solve this..

P.S. Imhotep installing the vib directly did not worked (yes I have used the -v option :p )
 
@vFX the OFED drivers contain different drivers than the Inbox (think of them as ASYNC) removing the inbox and using the OFED really aims towards using IPoIB rather than the 40GBe Style (which the inbox really aims for)... since you are using Connect-X2 cards i assume are possibly HCA?

You are aiming to use IPoIB?
 
yes I'm using IPoIB, so I don't need the vmware drivers? just the MLNX OFED (and optionally opensm if it's not running on the other node)
 
Correct... OFED contains all the drivers u need :)

P.S. Selling off some of my older Infiniband Gear if anyone is interested!
 
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