[ofw] OFED for Windows on 2008R2 SP1

[Smith, Stan]

Hi Matt,
  I just downloaded winOFED 2.3 and installed on svr2008R2 x64 (ConnectX HCA [MT26418]) using the following command window command; no issues?

'start/wait msiexec /i OFED_2-3_win7_x64.msi /qn'

Without the 'start/wait' prefix the MS installer will run in the background as the cmd prompt will reappear giving the illusion the install has finished; can be confusing.
Generally the preferred approach when doing unattended installs is to specify 'start/wait'.

If the system has never had an OFED install, the signing certificate prompting, as witnessed in your screen shots, can cause problems with /qn.
See the Release Notes discussion on Svr2008 HPC unattended installs: certificate injection prior to winOFED install.

After a failed install, what if anything does vstat say? Pop a new cmd window after the install to get the correct %PATH% setup.

Stan.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matthew Wallis [mailto:mattw at vpac.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:33 PM
>To: Smith, Stan
>Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
>Subject: Re: [ofw] OFED for Windows on 2008R2 SP1
>
>
>Hmm, on removing and re-installing the driver, I'm getting different error messages.
>This one talks about the mlx_bus not resetting properly or something similar, and says
>I should check the event log for more details. However the event log only has entries
>from  5 minutes prior to the installation, so I'm pretty sure they have nothing to do with
>the installation problem.
>
>Screen shots :
>http://www.madmonks.org/~mattw/ib
>
>Unfortunately the error dialog box takes it upon itself to close before I get a chance to
>take a screen shot of it.
>
>I'm probably going to re-image one of the nodes shortly, so I'll have a chance to work
>with a clean install.
>
>Matt.
>
>On 14/04/2011, at 8:05 AM, Matthew Wallis wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Stan,
>>              Yes, that's the command I ran, yes I was logged in as a Domain Administrator at the
>> time. An alert dialog was raised, I don't recall the error code, but I'll try running it again
>shortly
>> and let you know.
>>
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>> On 14/04/2011, at 2:11 AM, Smith, Stan wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> 2008R2 SP1 was not yet released when winOFED 2.3 was released 12/28/10; so no.
>>> Just to be clear, from a command prompt window with Admin privs, you typed
>>> ' msiexec /i OFED_2-3_win7_x64.msi /qn'.
>>> How was the error reported? Notifier box, %ERRORLEVEL%, was there an associated error code?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Stan.
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Matthew Wallis
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:50 PM
>>>> To: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
>>>> Subject: [ofw] OFED for Windows on 2008R2 SP1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>             Just wondering if anyone has tested the unattended install on 2008R2 SP1?
>>>> Ran the installer using msiexec /i OFED_2-3_win7_x64.msi /qn and got an error back
>>>> telling me that the mlx_hca didn't install properly, and yet the GUI install works fine.
>>>>
>>>> Using the Server 2008R2 HPC Edition from the HPC website, updated to SP1.
>>>>
>>>> Matt.
>>>>
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