I posted on the Mellanox community forums regarding S/w downloads for second-hand switches and this is the response I got:
"Typically the support site and new versions download is reserved for contracted customers.
You can certainly purchase a support contract for this switch. Mellanox support can help with that."
I guess I'm just worried that with whatever platform I end up using whether or not it's some UNIX distro/hypervisor or Windows /w Hyper-V that at a bare minimum I'll be able to manage VLANs or IP configs at the switch level?
I take it that these "managed" switches nullify the need to have openSM run on individual nodes that are interconnected with ConnectX adapters, right?
Would love to get some final information about those things before I end up with a 250 dollar paperweight.