Connectx-3 00W0055 Firmware

[Vince123]

I just purchased a few connectx-3 EN cards off ebay.
This is a dual port card.
It is FRU PN: 00w0055. Rev: A2 The listing said IBM connectx-3 EN card.

When I do a search online I cant find any firmware updates for this card.
I'm not even sure its an IBM model.

Does anyone have any idea of where I could find the latest firmware for the card?
Or can it be flashed with Mallenox firmware?

 

[i386]

Flashing mellanox firmware on cx-2 en or cx-3 vpi cards worked for me without problems. Can't say if it is possible with your cx-3 en though.

Give it a try and post the results.

 

[Vince123]

Hi, Yes I was able to flash them as well.

They are now recognized as mellanox cards with the latest firmware.

Not sure if this matters but I flashed the first card to the latest Lenovo firmware first, These cards had a Lenovo psid number.
I then decided to flash to the latest mellanox firmware and that worked.

On the second card I tried to go direct to mellanox firmware but was unsuccessful, so I upgraded to Lenovo first, then to mellanox as I did with the first card.


I used FLINT with this flag "-allow_psid_change" that got around the psid check in the firmware update process

All were successful.

 

[747builder]

Hi, Yes I was able to flash them as well.

They are now recognized as mellanox cards with the latest firmware.

Not sure if this matters but I flashed the first card to the latest Lenovo firmware first, These cards had a Lenovo psid number.
I then decided to flash to the latest mellanox firmware and that worked.

On the second card I tried to go direct to mellanox firmware but was unsuccessful, so I upgraded to Lenovo first, then to mellanox as I did with the first card.


I used FLINT with this flag "-allow_psid_change" that got around the psid check in the firmware update process

All were successful.

i know this thread is old but where you get the lenovo firmware from? i cant find it. i just got about 6 of these cards.

 

[josiah]

i know this thread is old but where you get the lenovo firmware from? i cant find it. i just got about 6 of these cards.

Go to the Mellanox website -> Support & Education -> OEM Firmware Download -> Lenovo -> Lenovo Enterprise Scalable -> Archive (tab) -> Archived Firmware & Software

or follow this link: http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_table_Lenovo_archive

It will have a series of tabs for "Drivers" "Switches" "Firmware". You want to select "Firmware" (naturally). Then ctrl+f your PSID which for the 00W0054 model is probably IBM1080110023. This will bring you to the relevant entry. Update to this firmware first before cross-flashing and it should work.

Hope this helps!

 

[747builder]

Go to the Mellanox website -> Support & Education -> OEM Firmware Download -> Lenovo -> Lenovo Enterprise Scalable -> Archive (tab) -> Archived Firmware & Software

or follow this link: http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_table_Lenovo_archive

It will have a series of tabs for "Drivers" "Switches" "Firmware". You want to select "Firmware" (naturally). Then ctrl+f your PSID which for the 00W0054 model is probably IBM1080110023. This will bring you to the relevant entry. Update to this firmware first before cross-flashing and it should work.

Hope this helps!

Thank you much. now to verify what my PSID is.

 

[Blue)(Fusion]

I'm interested in doing the same. Which Mellanox firmware/PSID do I need to download to get the Mellanox firmware flashed?

I just updated to the latest Lenovo firmware with no issue:

area51 ~ # mstfwmanager -d 03:00.0
Querying Mellanox devices firmware ...

Device #1:
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  Device Type:      ConnectX3
  Part Number:      00W0054_Ax
  Description:      Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN Dual-port SFP+ 10GbE Adapter
  PSID:             IBM1080110023
  PCI Device Name:  03:00.0
  Port1 MAC:        0002c91bfe10
  Port2 MAC:        0002c91bfe11
  Versions:         Current        Available     
     FW             2.35.5100      N/A           
     PXE            3.4.0648       N/A           
     UEFI           14.8.0043      N/A           

  Status:           No matching image found

 

[josiah]

I crossflashed to
Version: 2.42.5000
OPN: MCX312A-XCBT

available here: http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_table_ConnectX3EN

The x-flash worked but I haven't had time to do extensive testing so it is always a good idea to back up your current info.

Let us know if you have any success and what the results are.

Cheers

 

[Jxck]

Did any of you with the IBM 00ww0055 Cx-3 EN happen to get Wake on lan working?