Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver download and installation

Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Mellanox Technologies Ltd.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_15B3&DEV_1018&REV_00.

1. Install Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 2.0.19824.0 released on 2018-07-02.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Mellanox Technologies Ltd..
Download size of the driver: 1022504 bytes (998.54 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.5 stars by 75177 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Mellanox ConnectX-5 Virtual Adapter driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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