2-Port 100Gb EDR IB
PCIe x16 Adapter
(FC:
EC3F, EC3E)
*******
PLEASE
READ THIS ENTIRE NOTICE *********
DATE: July 17, 2019
1.0 Microcode and
Document Revision History
|
Firmware
Level |
Description |
|
12.24.8000 |
Impact: Usability Severity:
ATT (The
following are from vendor Bug Fixes History from fw
release notes that could potentially affect POWER products) Fixed an
issue that prevented IB QP counters for Acks/Responses from working as
a result the NACK/OOS counters showed as zero Fixed a
false signature error reported by the firmware during retransmissions. Fixed an
issue that showed the link as down even when the link was up due to
missing asynchronous event. Fixed an
issue that occasionally caused the link to drop after running the
'reboot' command due to I2C being stuck. Fixed an
issue which displayed diagnostic counters only on the adapter that was
initialized first, which is the counter's owner. Fixed a
rare issue that caused the firmware to hang. Fixed an issue that wrongly reportedly the maximum temperature in a setup as the current temperature regardless of the actual temperature. |
|
The Firmware Levels Below Are No Longer
Supported By IBM Once They Have Been
Removed From The Microcode Down Load Website. It is best practices to update to the latest FW
level not only for IBM support of these products, but for optimal
performance and to ensure that all of the
required HW/FW fixes are installed. Once new FW has been released to
the field, we will provide a 6 month grace period for customers to
update these products to the currently supported FW level
. Please
Update To The Latest Level At Your Earliest
Convenience |
|
|
12.20.1010 |
Impact: Usability
Severity: ATT http://www.mellanox.com/pdf/firmware/ConnectX4-FW-12_20_1010-release_notes.pdf |
|
12.17.2020 |
Please
refer to link http://www.mellanox.com/pdf/firmware/ConnectX4-FW-12_17_2020-release_notes.pdf |
|
12.16.1006 |
Please
refer to link http://www.mellanox.com/pdf/firmware/ConnectX4-FW-12_16_1006-release_notes.pdf |
|
12.12.1100 |
Original
release |
|
Document
Revision History |
Description |
|
11/2/2015 |
Creating
readme file with latest microcode – 12.12.1100 |
|
6/21/2016 |
Update to level 12.16.1006 |
|
12/13/2016
|
Update to
level 12.17.2020 |
|
11/02/2017 |
Update to
level 12.20.1010 |
|
07/17/2019 |
Update to
level 12.24.8000 |
This
Readme file is intended to give directions on how to update the
microcode found on the 2-Port 100 Gb
EDR IB adapter.
Special
Requirement:
Reboot of
the OS is required.
Non-Concurrent
Download:
The
microcode installation does NOT support concurrent download.
NOTE: It is
recommended that the installation be scheduled during a
maintenance window or during non-peak production periods.
Approximately
20 minutes.
Feature
Codes:
EC3F
High Profile 2-Port 100 Gb EDR IB adapter
EC3E
Low Profile 2-Port
100 Gb EDR IB adapter
CCIN 2CEA
To
burn FW for IB adapters here are the
instructions (for Linux):
1.
Start the MFT software suite by running “mst
start”
at the command line:
#mst
start
Starting
MST (Mellanox Software Tools) driver set
Loading
MST PCI module - Success
Loading
MST PCI configuration module - Success
Create
devices
You
can ignore the "unable to initialize libusb:
-99" error.
This occurs on systems without a USB port present.
If
the system does not have the mst
command available, please install the Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT)
available
here: http://www.mellanox.com/page/management_tools
2. # mst status
MST
modules:
------------
MST PCI
module is not loaded
MST PCI
configuration module loaded
MST
devices:
------------
/dev/mst/mt4115_pciconf0
- PCI configuration cycles access.
domain:bus:dev.fn=0000:01:00.0
addr.reg=88 data.reg=92
Chip revision
is: 00
3.
Verify the current Firmware level with
flint
-d /dev/mst/mt4115_pciconf0
q
# flint -d
/dev/mst/mt4115_pciconf0 q
Image type:
FS3
FW Version:
12.24.8000
FW Release
Date: 29.1.2019
Product
Version:
rel-12_24_8000
Description: UID
GuidsNumber
Base GUID:
e41d2d0300c9c766
4
Base MAC:
0000e41d2dc9c766
4
Image VSD:
Device VSD:
PSID:
IBM2190110032
Security
Attributes: N/A
This
command reveals the current version of the FW;
which is 12.24.8000 in this particular case. If the version is less than that, please
update.
Please
note the value for PSID. This will
determine which image is needed in
later steps.
4.
Download the firmware RPM file to the destination machine.
Use this
method to download the new
microcode to a Linux system:
NOTE: The
instructions that follow are specific Linux commands.
Linux commands are CASE (lower and upper) SENSITIVE, and must
be
entered exactly as shown, including filenames.
rpm
-ivh /tmp/fw-ConnectX4-rel-12_24_8000-00WT039_Ax.bin.Linux.rpm
rpm
-e <package_name>
where <package_name>
is the name of the package that was returned in the message. Return to
Step 2
and attempt to install the file again.
5.
Verify the contents of the image before flashing:
ls
-l /lib/firmware/fw-ConnectX4-rel-12_24_8000-00WT039_Ax.bin to verify
file size: 16744768
sum
/lib/firmware/fw-ConnectX4-rel-12_24_8000-00WT039_Ax.bin to verify
Checksum: 58962
6.
Update the FW with "flint -d <device id> -i
<image filename> burn"
Using
the device id from step 3: /dev/mst/mt4115_pciconf0
#
flint -d /dev/mst/mt4115_pciconf0 -i
/lib/firmware/fw-ConnectX4-rel-12_24_8000-00WT039_Ax.bin
burn
Current FW version on flash: 12.20.1010
New FW version:
12.24.8000
Note: The new FW version is not
newer than
the current FW version on flash.
Do you want to continue ?
(y/n) [n] : y
Burning
FW image without signatures -
OK
Restoring
signature
- OK
7.
At this point we have burned the new FW on to the Mellanox adapter.
However,
this FW will not take effect till the system is rebooted.
Reloading
the drivers is not enough; it requires
the system to be rebooted.