Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT)
The Mellanox Firmware Tools (MFT) package is a set of firmware
management tools used to:
- Generate a standard or customized Mellanox firmware image
Querying for firmware information
- Burn a firmware image
The following is a list of the available tools in MFT,
together with a brief description of what each tool performs.
mst
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This tool provides the following
functions:
* Starts/stops the register access driver
* Lists the available mst devices
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mlxburn
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This tool provides the following
functions:
* Generation of a standard or customized Mellanox
firmware image for burning (in binary or .mlx format)
* Burning an image to the Flash/EEPROM attached to a
Mellanox HCA or switch device
* Querying the firmware version loaded on an
Mellanox network adapter
* Displaying the VPD (Vital Product Data) of an
Mellanox network adapter |
flint
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This tool burns a firmware binary
image or an expansion ROM image to the Flash device of a Mellanox
network adapter/bridge/switch device. It includes query functions to
the burnt firmware image and to the binary image file. |
Debug utilities
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A set of
debug utilities (e.g., itrace, fwtrace, mlxtrace, mlxdump, mstdump, mlxmcg, wqdump, mcra, mlxi2c, i2c, mget_temp, and pckt_drop) |
MFT Releases: Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, VMware ESX Server