Removing Mellanox Ethernet and Other In-box Drivers

Do the following to remove unneeded Mellanox drivers for the VMware vSphere ESXi host:

  1. From the ESXi system’s direct console (DCUI), access the main screen, and then press Alt+F1 to open a virtual console window.

  2. Log in as root.

  3. Enter the following ESXCLI commands to remove Mellanox Ethernet drivers:

    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-mlx4-ib
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n scsi-ib-iser
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-rdma-cm
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-ib-addr
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-ib-cm
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-ib-umad
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-ib-sa
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-ib-mad
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-ib-core

  4. Enter the following ESXCLI commands to remove other Mellanox in-box drivers:

    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-mlx4-en
    #> esxcli software vib remove -n net-mlx4-core

  5. Reboot the ESXi host.