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 adapters firmware. This firmware supports the following protocols:

    • InfiniBand - SDR, QDR, FDR, EDR, HDR100, HDR

    • 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 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: 



    NVIDIA SKU

    Legacy OPN

    PSID

    Device Name

    900-9X603-0056-DT0 

    MCX653106A-EFAT

    MT_0000000219

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; 100Gb/s (HDR100; EDR IB and 100GbE); dual-port QSFP56; PCIe3.0/4.0 2x8 in a row

    900-9X6B4-0056-DT1 

    MCX614106A-CCAT

    MT_0000000220

    ConnectX-6 EN adapter card; 100GbE; dual-port QSFP56; Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6B4-0058-DT1 

    MCX614106A-VCAT

    MT_0000000221

    ConnectX-6 EN adapter card; 200GbE; dual-port QSFP56; Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6AF-0016-ST1 

    MCX653105A-ECAT

    MT_0000000222

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; 100Gb/s (HDR100; EDR IB and 100GbE); single-port QSFP56; PCIe3.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6AF-0018-MT2 / 900-9X6AF-0018-SS0 

    MCX653105A-HDAT / MCX653105A-HDAL

    MT_0000000223

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; HDR IB (200Gb/s) and 200GbE; single- port QSFP56; PCIe4.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6AF-0056-MT1 

    MCX653106A-ECAT

    MT_0000000224

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; H100Gb/s (HDR100; EDR IB and 100GbE); dual-port QSFP56; PCIe3.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6AF-0058-ST1 / 900-9X6AF-0058-SS0 

    MCX653106A-HDAT / MCX653106A-HDAL

    MT_0000000225

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; HDR IB (200Gb/s) and 200GbE; dual-port QSFP56; PCIe4.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6B4-0018-DT2 

    MCX654105A-HCAT

    MT_0000000226

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; HDR IB (200Gb/s) and 200GbE; single- port QSFP56; Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6B4-0056-DT0 

    MCX654106A-ECAT

    MT_0000000227

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; 100Gb/s (HDR100; EDR InfiniBand and 100GbE); dual-port QSFP56; Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6B4-0058-DT0 

    MCX654106A-HCAT

    MT_0000000228

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; HDR IB (200Gb/s) and 200GbE; dual-port QSFP56; Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16; tall bracket; ROHS R6

    900-9X6AF-0018-MT1 

    MCX613105A-VDAT

    MT_0000000234

    ConnectX-6 EN adapter card; 200GbE; single-port QSFP56; PCIe4.0 x16; ROHS R6

    900-9X6AF-0056-ST0 

    MCX613106A-CCAT

    MT_0000000235

    ConnectX-6 EN adapter card; 100GbE; dual-port QSFP56; PCIe3.0 x16; ROHS R6

    900-9X6AF-0058-MT1 

    MCX613106A-VDAT

    MT_0000000236

    ConnectX-6 EN adapter card; 200GbE; dual-port QSFP56; PCIe4.0 x16; ROHS R6

    900-9X603-0016-DT0 

    MCX653105A-EFAT

    MT_0000000237

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; 100Gb/s (HDR100; EDR IB and 100GbE); single-port QSFP56; PCIe3.0/4.0 Socket Direct 2x8 in a row; ROHS R6

    900-9X6B4-0018-DT1

    MCX614105A-VCAT

    MT_0000000284

    ConnectX-6 EN adapter card kit; 200GbE; single-port QSFP56; Socket Direct 2x PCIe3.0 x16

    900-9X657-0008-SI0 

    MCX613436A-VDAI

    MT_0000000294

    ConnectX-6 EN adapter card; 200GbE for OCP 3.0; with host management; Dual-port QSFP56; PCIe 4.0 x16; Internal Lock

    900-9X657-0016-SI0 

    MCX653435A-EDAI

    MT_0000000295

    ConnectX®-6 VPI adapter card, 100Gb/s (HDR100, EDR IB and 100GbE) for OCP 3.0, with host management, Single-port QSFP56, PCIe 3.0/4.0 x16, Internal Lock 

    900-9X657-0018-SI0 / 900-9X657-0018-SE0 

    MCX653435A-HDAI / MCX653435A-HDAE

    MT_0000000296

    ConnectX®-6 VPI adapter card, 200Gb/s (HDR IB and 200GbE) for OCP 3.0, with host management, Single-port QSFP56, PCIe4.0 x16, Internal Lock 

    900-9X657-0058-SI2 / 900-9X657-0058-SB0 

    MCX653436A-HDAI / MCX653436A-HDAB

    MT_0000000297

    ConnectX®-6 VPI adapter card, 200Gb/s (HDR IB and 200GbE) for OCP 3.0, with host management, Dual-port QSFP56, PCIe4.0 x16, Internal Lock 

    900-9X628-0016-ST0 

    MCX651105A-EDAT

    MT_0000000473

    ConnectX®-6 VPI adapter card, 100Gb/s (HDR100, EDR IB and 100GbE, single-port QSFP56, PCIe4.0 x8, tall bracket

    900-9X657-0018-MI0

    MCX653435M-HDAI

    MT_0000000601

    ConnectX-6 VPI adapter card; 200Gb/s (HDR IB and 200GbE) for OCP 3.0; with host management; Single-port QSFP56; Multi Host or Socket Direct; PCIe4.0 x16; Internal Lock







    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 Firmware

    20.40.1000

    /

    20.39.2048

    /

    20.39.1002

    MLNX_OFED

    24.01-0.3.3.1

    /

    23.10-1.1.9.0

    /

    23.10-0.5.5.0

     

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

    MLNX_EN (MLNX_OFED based code)

    24.01-0.3.3.1

    /

    23.10-1.1.9.0

    /

    23.10-0.5.5.0

     

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

    WinOF-2

    24.1.50000

    /

    23.10.50000

    /

    23.7.50000

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

    MFT

    4.27.0

    /

    4.26.1

    /

    4.26.0

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

    mstflint

    4.27.0

    /

    4.26.1

    /

    4.26.0

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

    FlexBoot

    3.7.300

    UEFI

    14.33.10

    MLNX-OS

    3.10.5002 onwards

    Cumulus

    5.4 onwards

    NVIDIA Quantum Firmware

    27.2012.1010

    onwards

    SwitchX-IB 2 Firmware

    15.2010.5108

     onwards

    SwitchX-IB Firmware

    11.2008.3328

     onwards






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