                      Mellanox CIM Provider Infrastructure
                                   (M_CIM_PI)
                          Early Drop Release Rev: 0.8.011

						 
Introduction:
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This early of the Mellanox Technologies CIM Provider  
includes the following class derivations as defined by the HP Infiniband Profile. 

* MLNX_SoftwareIdentity  
* MLNX_FirmwareIdentity
* MLNX_PCIDevice         
* MLNX_IBPort 
* MLNX_IBPortController
* MLNX_IBPortStatististics
* MLNX_IBLocation
* MLNX_IBGroupSystemSpecificCollection
* MLNX_IBPhysicalPackage
* MLNX_IBPortIBPortStatistics
* MLNX_IBPortControllerIBPort
* MLNX_IBPortGroupSystemSpecific
* MLNX_IBControllerFirmwareIdentity
* MLNX_IBControllerSoftwareIdentity
* MLNX_IBPortGroupSystemSpecfic
* MLNX_IBPhysicalElementLocation
* MLNX_PhysicalPackageIBPortController
* MLNX_IBHCAIndication

The following profiles are implemented through the above classes.

HP Infiniband 

The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by the 
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).

This early drop is provided as is and under no warranty.


Package Content
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/usr/bin/mcimsh	: shell auxiliary script
/usr/lib64/libMLNX_CIMProvider.so : provider shared library
/usr/lib64/libcimple.so : cimple shared library
/usr/lib64/libcimplecmpiadap.so : cimple cmpi adapter shared library
/usr/mellanox/MLNX_CIMProvider/*.mof : provider description


Supported OS Platforms:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.0 (Santiago) (x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.0 (Maipo) (x86)

Supported Mellanox HW
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* Mellanox  Connect-X Family

Supported Software
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The following is a list of Mellanox software components supported by
this release of CIM Providers.

* Firmware Tools 2.6 and above
* Connect-IB Driver 
* Infiniband-diags 1.6 and above

All Mellanox software components are available for download at 
www.mellanox.com.


Support CIM Brokers
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* Tog-Pegasus 2.12 (CMPI Modules)


Providers Registration
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A provider registration application is included with this package.
Please open a new command shell and run.

> rpm -ihv [platform rpm]

From the Mellanox CIM Directory.

To remove registration run:

> rpm -e [platform rpm]

Default Install Locations
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> /usr/bin: scripts and executables
> /usr/lib[64]: share libraries
> /usr/mellanox/MLNX_Provider: Readme.txt and mof files



Changes Since Last Release
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Changes 
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TODO:
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