Mellanox ConnectX-3 EN duplicate permanent MAC address issue

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tedaz

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I bought two second-hand ConnectX-3 (Model No CX311A, P/N MCX311A-XCAR) .
These two cards work as expectation except these two cards have exact same permanent MAC address, please refer the attached photos and snapshot.

The labels shown mac address should be "E4 1D 2D 6D XX XX", but the OS/driver shown mac address "00 02 C9 05 6A A8" for both cards.

I've manually changed one card's "current mac address" to make them connectable. But it is really inconvenient to manually change the temperate mac every time after OS installing.

It is definitely the permanent mac address been modified due to what ever purpose.

Is there anyway to re-flash something to change the permanent mac address?
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tedaz

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Thanks for @klui help, yes, these two cards' permanent mac address successfully changed, and after the reboot the system, these two cards supported RDMA.

Code:
mst status -v

MST devices:
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  mt4099_pci_cr0         bus:dev.fn=01:00.0
  mt4099_pciconf0        bus:dev.fn=01:00.0
============================================================
flint -d /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0 -qq q

Image type:            FS2
FW Version:            2.42.5000
FW Release Date:       5.9.2017
Product Version:       02.42.50.00
Rom Info:              type=UEFI version=skipped cpu=skipped
                       type=PXE version=skipped devid=skipped cpu=skipped
Device ID:             4099
Description:           Node             Port1            Port2            Sys image
GUIDs:                 0002c90300056aa8 0002c90300056aa9 0002c90300056aaa 0002c90300056aab
MACs:                                       0002c9056aa8     0002c9056aa9
VSD:
PSID:                  MT_1170110023
============================================================
flint -d /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0 -mac E41D2D6DB6B0 sg

-W- GUIDs are already set, re-burning image with the new GUIDs ...
    You are about to change the Guids/Macs/Uids on the device:

                        New Values              Current Values
        Node  GUID:     0002c90300056aa8        0002c90300056aa8
        Port1 GUID:     0002c90300056aa9        0002c90300056aa9
        Port2 GUID:     0002c90300056aaa        0002c90300056aaa
        Sys.Image GUID: 0002c90300056aab        0002c90300056aab
        Port1 MAC:          e41d2d6db6b0            0002c9056aa8
        Port2 MAC:          e41d2d6db6b1            0002c9056aa9

 Do you want to continue ? (y/n) [n] : Y
Burning FS2 FW image without signatures - OK
Restoring signature                     - OK
============================================================
flint -d /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0 -guid 00E41D2D6DB6B0 sg

-W- GUIDs are already set, re-burning image with the new GUIDs ...
    You are about to change the Guids/Macs/Uids on the device:

                        New Values              Current Values
        Node  GUID:     0000e41d2d6db6b0        0002c90300056aa8
        Port1 GUID:     0000e41d2d6db6b1        0002c90300056aa9
        Port2 GUID:     0000e41d2d6db6b2        0002c90300056aaa
        Sys.Image GUID: 0000e41d2d6db6b3        0002c90300056aab
        Port1 MAC:          e41d2d6db6b0            e41d2d6db6b0
        Port2 MAC:          e41d2d6db6b1            e41d2d6db6b1

 Do you want to continue ? (y/n) [n] : y
Burning FS2 FW image without signatures - OK
Restoring signature                     - OK
============================================================
flint -d /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0 -qq q

Image type:            FS2
FW Version:            2.42.5000
FW Release Date:       5.9.2017
Product Version:       02.42.50.00
Rom Info:              type=UEFI version=skipped cpu=skipped
                       type=PXE version=skipped devid=skipped cpu=skipped
Device ID:             4099
Description:           Node             Port1            Port2            Sys image
GUIDs:                 0000e41d2d6db6b0 0000e41d2d6db6b1 0000e41d2d6db6b2 0000e41d2d6db6b3
MACs:                                       e41d2d6db6b0     e41d2d6db6b1
VSD:
PSID:                  MT_1170110023
============================================================
reboot the computer
 

tedaz

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These two cards also experiencing "Wrong VPD format" issue, would you please give me a help?

Code:
mlxburn -d mt4099_pciconf0 -vpd
-E- Failed to Read VPD: -E- Wrong VPD format
child process exited abnormally
Code:
mlxburn -d mt4099_pci_cr0 -vpd
-E- Failed to Read VPD: -E- Wrong VPD format
child process exited abnormally