Networking ConnectX 6 Family Firmware Release Notes

Firmware Compatible Products

The chapter contains the following sections:

    These are the release notes for the NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 Dx adapters firmware. This firmware supports the following protocols:

    • Ethernet - 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE1, 100GbE1, 200GbE2

    • PCI Express 4.0, supporting backwards compatibility for v3.0, v2.0 and v1.1

    1. Speed that supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes in Force mode and Auto-Negotiation mode.

    2. Speed that supports PAM4 mode only.

    When connecting an NVIDIA-to-NVIDIA adapter card in ETH PAM4 speeds, Auto-Neg should always be enabled.

    Please make sure to use a PCIe slot that can supply the required power to the ConnectX-6 Dx adapter card as stated in section Specifications in the adapter card’s User Manual.

    Supported Devices

    This firmware supports the devices and protocols listed below: 

    Refer to the hardware documentation for the list of supported devices.

    Driver Software, Tools and Switch Firmware

    The following are the drivers’ software, tools, switch/HCA firmware versions tested that you can upgrade from or downgrade to when using this firmware version:


    Supported Version

    ConnectX-6 Dx Firmware

    22.47.3576

    / 22.47.2682 / 22.47.1088

    DOCA-HOST

    3.2.3 / 3.2.2

    Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

    WinOF-2

    25.10.51000 / 25.10.50020 / 25.10.50020 

    Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

    MFT

    4.34.1-25

    / 4.34.1-18 / 4.34.1-10

    Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

    FlexBoot

    3.8.201

    UEFI

    14.40.10

    Cumulus

    5.15.0 onwards

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