Mellanox QM8700 Switch Firmware Upgrade

Infrastructure & Networking Switches and Gateways InfiniBand/VPI Switch Systems
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Hello,
I have a Mellanox QM8700 Switch and i wanted to update the firmware or better say the MLNX OS.
But i can’t find the firmware images and release notes so i can check if can do the upgrade as it is a very old firmware Version from 2019.

[standalone: master] (config) # show asic-version

Module Device Version

MGMT QTM 27.2000.2626

[standalone: master] (config) # show version
Product name: MLNX-OS
Product release: 3.8.2102
Build ID: 1-dev
Build date: 2019-11-26 21:48:40
Target arch: x86_64
Target hw: x86_64
Built by: jenkins@c776fa44be2b
Version summary: X86_64 3.8.2102 2019-11-26 21:48:40 x86_64

Product model: x86onie
Host ID: B8CEF61C83A6
System serial num: MT2102J18745
System UUID: fac8642e-55d0-11eb-8000-b8cef61db19a

Uptime: 4d 23h 46m 57.536s
CPU load averages: 3.03 / 3.04 / 3.00
Number of CPUs: 4
System memory: 492 MB used / 7309 MB free / 7801 MB total
Swap: 0 MB used / 0 MB free / 0 MB total

On the nvidia download center for Mellanox Switches i only can see MQM8790

mellanoxdriver
mellanoxdriver724×424 20.7 KB

Does somebody know even if i should find the right drivers if i can upgrade from this old version to the latest ?

Thanks in advance

Kind Regards

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Dear Customer,

Many thanks for your inquiry on the Nvidia Community.
As a kind of Managed switches, please upgrade the MLNX OS to upgrade the Firmware.
Please log in to your ESP account and download MLNX OS. Please read the Release Notes carefully before OS upgrading.
https://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/

Switch OS software packages include the switch firmware and the CPU software for the specific switch board CPU (x86 or PPC).

Installing the CPU software also automatically installs the embedded firmware. Similarly, once the OS is upgraded, the firmware is upgraded as well.

You can refer the below link to upgrade MLNX OS via WEB:

Many thanks,
Mellanox Technical Support

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Thank you.
I can’t find a way to create an enterprise account could you please share the link ? I only found the check the coverage and i could see that the warranty expired on 02/03/2024 does it mean also my license for accessing enterprise support is ran out ?

Kind Regards

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Dear customer,​

Please extend the warranty period so we can provide support.​

Best regards