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

    Refer to the hardware IB documentation and ETH documentation for the list of supported devices.


    Supported Version

    ConnectX-6 Firmware

    20.43.8004

    /

    20.43.8002

    /

    20.43.3608

    DOCA-HOST

    2.9.3 / 2.9.2

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

    MLNX_OFED

    24.10-3.2.5.0

    /

    24.10-1.1.4.0

    /

    24.10-0.7.0.0

         

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

    MLNX_EN (MLNX_OFED based code)

    24.10-3.2.5.0

    /

    24.10-1.1.4.0

    /

    24.10-0.7.0.0

         

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

    WinOF-2

    24.10.50010

    /

    24.7.50000

    /

    24.4.50000

     

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

    MFT

    4.30.1-1210

    /

    4.30.1-113

    /

    4.30.1-8

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

    mstflint

    4.30.1-1210

    /

    4.30.1-113

    /

    4.30.1-8

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

    FlexBoot

    3.7.500

    UEFI

    14.37.13

    MLNX-OS

    3.12.2002 onwards

    Cumulus

    5.11.0.0026 onwards

    NVIDIA Quantum Firmware

    27.2014.2084

    onwards

    SwitchX-IB 2 Firmware

    15.2010.5108

     onwards

    SwitchX-IB Firmware

    11.2008.3328

     onwards

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