Oracle^® Dual Port 25/100 Gb Ethernet Adapter User's Guide, Mellanox

Install RoCE in VMware ESXi

Before You Begin

You must have at least ESXi-6.5.0 GA build 4564106 installed before you perform this procedure.

You must also have at least ESX6.5 L2 driver version 20.6.9.0 (RoCE supported L2 driver) installed.

1. Ensure that the MLXNENET L2 driver is installed with the disable_roce=0 module parameter.

   If the driver is not already installed with the parameter, set the module parameter:

   # esxcfg-module -s "disable_roce=0" mlxnenet

2. Copy the mlxneroce-driver version.vib file in the /var/log/vmware directory.

   $ esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v mlxneroce-driver version.vib

3. Reboot the machine.
4. Verify that the drivers are installed correctly.

   # esxcli software vib list | grep mlxneroce

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   Tip  -  By default, ECN is disabled for RoCE traffic. To disable RoCE traffic, use the tos_ecn=0 module parameter for mlxneroce.

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