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@@ -5,18 +5,100 @@ HCCL OFI wrapper introduced to act as a thin layer connecting between HCCL and l
 # Version
 1.0.<br />
 
-# HCCL OFI Wrapper
-To use HCCL over libfabric, this wrapper should be built.<br />
+# Prerequisites
+To use HCCL over OFI libfabric:
+1. libfabric should be downloaded and installed.<br />
+2. HCCL OFI Wrapper should be downloaded and built.<br />
+
+## Download and install libfabric
+libfabric should be downloaded and installed in order to use it.<br />
+Please follow the instructions below:<br />
+1.  Define required version to be installed
+    ```
+    export REQUIRED_VERSION=1.16.1
+    ```
+2.  Download libfabric tarball from: https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases
+    ```
+    wget  https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases/download/v$REQUIRED_VERSION/libfabric-$REQUIRED_VERSION.tar.bz2 -P /tmp/libfabric
+    ```
+3.  Store temporary download directory in stack
+    ```
+    pushd /tmp/libfabric
+    ```
+4.  Open the file
+    ```
+    tar -xf libfabric-$REQUIRED_VERSION.tar.bz2
+    ```
+5.  Define libfabric root location
+    ```
+    export LIBFABRIC_ROOT=<libFabric library location>
+    ```
+6.  Create folder for libfabric
+    ```
+    mkdir -p ${LIBFABRIC_ROOT}
+    ```
+7.  Change permissions for libfabric folder
+    ```
+    chmod 777 ${LIBFABRIC_ROOT}
+    ```
+8.  Change directory to libfabric folder created after opening tar file
+    ```
+    cd libfabric-$REQUIRED_VERSION/
+    ```
+9.  Configure libfabric
+    ```
+    ./configure --prefix=$LIBFABRIC_ROOT --enable-debug
+    ```
+10. Build and install libfabric
+    ```
+    make -j 32 && make install
+    ```
+11. Remove temporary download directory from stack
+    ```
+    popd
+    ```
+12. Delete temporary download directory
+    ```
+    rm -rf /tmp/libfabric
+    ```
+13. Include LIBFABRIC_ROOT in LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
+    ```
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBFABRIC_ROOT/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+    ```
 
-Required steps:
-1. Download and install libfabric
-2. `git clone https://github.com/HabanaAI/hccl_ofi_wrapper.git`
-3. `export LIBFABRIC_ROOT=<libFabric library location>`
-4. `cd hccl_ofi_wrapper`
-5. `make`
-6. `cp libhccl_ofi_wrapper.so /usr/lib/habanalabs/libhccl_ofi_wrapper.so`
-7. `ldconfig`
-8. `export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:<hccl_ofi_wrapper.so location>`
+    Installation can be verified by running: `fi_info --version`.<br />
+    For more information please see: https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
 
+## Build HCCL OFI wrapper
+To use libfabric library, HCCL OFI wrapper should be built.<br />
+Please follow the instructions below:<br />
+1. Clone wrapper from https://github.com/HabanaAI/hccl_ofi_wrapper
+   ```
+   git clone https://github.com/HabanaAI/hccl_ofi_wrapper.git
+   ```
+2. Define LIBFABRIC_ROOT
+   ```
+   export LIBFABRIC_ROOT=/tmp/libfabric-1.16.0
+   ```
+3. Change directory to hccl_ofi_wrapper
+   ```
+   cd hccl_ofi_wrapper
+   ```
+4. Build wrapper
+   ```
+   make
+   ```
+5. Copy wrapper to /usr/lib/habanalabs/
+   ```
+   cp libhccl_ofi_wrapper.so /usr/lib/habanalabs/libhccl_ofi_wrapper.so
+   ```
+6. Run ldconfig utility
+   ```
+   ldconfig
+   ```
+7. Include libhccl_ofi_wrapper.so location in LD_LIBRARY_PATH:
+   ```
+   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/habanalabs/
+   ```