如何使用MST工具查看Mellanox网卡端口状态与光模块信息-摩泰光电

1、MFT工具介绍

MFT，即Mellanox/NVIDIA Firmware Tools，是一套固件管理工具，用于查询固件信息、固件升级等，含mst、mlxburn、flint、Debug utilities 4个子工具，具体功能参考NVIDIA官方资料：

表1 NVIDIA MFT描述

NVIDIA Firmware Tools (MFT) The MFT package is a set of firmware management tools used to: · Generate a standard or customized NVIDIA 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.
MFT Tools
Tool	Description
mst	This tool provides the following functions: * Starts/stops the register access driver * Lists the available mst devices
mlxburn	This tool provides the following functions: * Generation of a standard or customized NVIDIA firmware image for burning (in binary or.mlx format) * Burning an image to the Flash/EEPROM attached to a NVIDIA HCA or switch device * Querying the firmware version loaded on an NVIDIA network adapter * Displaying the VPD (Vital Product Data)of an NVIDIA network adapter
flint	This tool burns a firmware binary image or an expansion ROM image to the Flash device of a NVIDIA network adapter/gateway/switch device.It includes query functions to the burnt firmware image and to the binary image file.
Debug Utilities	A set of debug utilities(e.g, itrace, fwtrace, mlxtrace, mlxdump, mstdump, mlxmcg, wqdump, mcra, mlxi2c, i2c, mget_temp, and pckt_drop)