The following instructions describe how to install RDMA release packages on an Oracle Linux 9 system:

1. Ensure that you have subscribed to the ULN channel or have enabled the yum repository that contains the RDMA-related user space packages for Oracle Linux 9.

   • If you're installing packages from ULN, subscribe to the ol9_x86_64_RDMA channel.

   • If you're installing packages from the Oracle Linux yum server, enable the ol9_RDMA yum repository.

2. Clean the yum cached files from all the enabled repositories by running the following command:

   sudo dnf clean all

3. Install the RDMA packages for UEK 8.

   • Use the following commands to install the core packages:

     sudo dnf install rdma-core
     sudo dnf install libibverbs-utils
     sudo dnf install librdmacm-utils
     sudo dnf install mstflint
     sudo dnf install mlnx-tools
     sudo dnf install rds-tools

     • If installing on a bare-metal system, install the infiniband-diags package:

       sudo dnf install infiniband-diags

     • If installing on a guest VM, install the infiniband-diags-guest package:

       sudo dnf install infiniband-diags-guest

   • (Optional) If you require the perftest package, install the package by running:

     sudo dnf install perftest

   • (Optional) If you require the qperf package, install the package by running:

     sudo dnf install qperf

   • (Optional) If you require the libpcap package, install the package by running:

     sudo dnf install libpcap

   • (Optional) If you require the ibacm package, install the package by running:

     sudo dnf install ibacm

   • (Optional) If you require the srp_daemon package, install the package by running:

     sudo dnf install srp_daemon

You can upgrade the Oracle-supported RDMA packages on Oracle Linux 9 by using the dnf update command.

If you're upgrading a system that has the oracle-rdma-release or oracle-rdma-release-guest package installed, if the package version is lower than version 0.18.1-1 and you intend to upgrade to version 0.18.1-1, or later, you must first manually remove the rdma-core-devel package. Remove this package by using the rpm -e --nodeps command, which removes the package outside of the standard yum or DNF package manager control and leaves any dependencies intact, for example:

sudo /bin/rpm -e --nodeps rdma-core-devel
sudo dnf update

sudo dnf remove oracle-rdma-release*