Installing Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN on Ubuntu 16.04 notes

[Patrick]

I did a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04 on a machine that had 2x ConnectX-3 Pro EN cards (the dual 40GbE versions). The Mellanox instructions were written for pre-Ubuntu 16.04 I believe since you need Python 2.7.

Here are the steps you need:

sudo apt-get -y install debhelper autotools-dev dkms zlib1g-dev python
wget http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/Drivers/mlnx-en-3.3-1.0.0.0.tgz
tar xzvf mlnx-en-3.3-1.0.0.0.tgz
cd mlnx-en-3.3-1.0.0.0/
sudo ./install.sh

That stopped all of the installation errors (first dependency and second the install failed on a setup python script.)

Success:

Device #1:
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  Device Type:      ConnectX3
  Part Number:      MCX314A-BCB_A1-A3
  Description:      ConnectX-3 EN network interface card; 40GigE; dual-port QSFP; PCIe3.0 x8 8GT/s; RoHS R6
  PSID:             MT_1090110023
  PCI Device Name:  47:00.0
  Port1 MAC:        0002c9f67ec0
  Port2 MAC:        0002c9f67ec1
  Versions:         Current        Available
     FW             2.10.0800      2.36.5000
     PXE            3.3.0420       3.4.0718

  Status:           Update required

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Found 1 device(s) requiring firmware update...

Device #1: Updating FW ... Done

Somewhat exciting since I just purchased another six of the MCX314A cards so I will be doing this, a lot.

Also links to the Mellanox EN Download Center: http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=27
and the Installation guide: http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/Mellanox_EN_for_Linux_User_Manual_v3_30.pdf