Stefan and Killian, thank you this was just that I needed. Cheers, Jesper
On 28 Nov 2017, at 17.00, Dietrich, Stefan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello Jesper, in case you missed it, there is an OEM firmware download area on the Mellanox page: http://www.mellanox.com/page/firmware_table_dell?mtag=oem_firmware_download Those firmwares have the Dell branding and I was able to apply those updates without problems on Dell machines. Regards, Stefan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "linux-poweredge" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 2:41:36 PM Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Mellanox ConnectX-4 Ethernet in DSU Good discussions came out of this thread, but no answers to my question ;-) Last year I bought a bunch of R630, R730xd and some C4130. They were all configured with Mellanox ConnectX-4 from Dell and I have installed CentOS 7 on them. I guess, since I bought it as a boxed solution, that Dell would support this network card in DSU. But not so far. The firmware apparently has a Dell tag on them, which means that I can't even flash a stock Mellanox firmware on them with mstflint. I have seen there are a few Dell guys listening to this mail list, perhaps they have a comment? Cheers, Jesper Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen Scientific Computing Centre for Structural Biology Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Aarhus University Gustav Wieds Vej 10C 8000 Aarhus C E-mail: [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ] Tlf: +45 50906203 On 2017-11-27 17:59, Rene Shuster wrote: Looks like some of you need to start reading changelogs. Excerpt from the widely popular R730 and the release of 2.4.3 BIOS: * The Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v4 based system may have CPU Internal error (iERR) and Machine Check error when idle. * Rarely, the system may stop responding because of a power failure during the boot process. On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Stefan M. Radman < [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ] > wrote: David, For what it's worth: Firmware updates for the sake of updating firmware might not be a good idea but ... I've been more successful with frequent (e.g. quarterly) incremental updates than "Jumbo Patches" every couple of years. Keeps you practicing your updates, change management and rollback procedures. Your mileage may vary. Stefan On Nov 27, 2017, at 2:13 PM, David Newall < [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ] > wrote: On 27/11/17 23:18, Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen wrote: The firmware on the cards are rather old and could need an update Perhaps, if it's not broken, don't fix it. I get the impression that a lot of people are spending a lot of time regularly upgrading the firmware of their machines for no reason other than that a newer version is available. This, perhaps, is asking for trouble. I'm sure this is not the advice you were hoping for, probably not even advice that is welcome, but I think it's wise. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ] [ https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge | https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge ] _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ] [ https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge | https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge ] -- Tech III * AppControl * Endpoint Protection * Server Maintenance Buncombe County Schools Technology Department Network Group [ http://comicsanscriminal.com/ | ComicSans Awareness Campaign ] _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ] [ https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge | https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge ] _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
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