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 Lx adapters firmware. This firmware supports the following protocols:

    • Ethernet - 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 50GbE

    • 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.

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



    Supported Devices

    This firmware supports the devices and protocols listed below: 








    NVIDIA SKU

    Legacy OPN

    PSID

    Device Name

    900-9X662-0053-ST1

    MCX631102AN-ADA

    MT_0000000531

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE ; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; No Crypto

    900-9X662-0083-ST0

    MCX631102AC-ADA

    MT_0000000532

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE ; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto and Secure Boot

    900-9X662-0063-ST0 

    MCX631102AE-ADAT

    MT_0000000545

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto; No Secure Boot

    900-9X625-0053-SB0

    MCX631432AN-ADA

    MT_0000000546

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE OCP3.0; With Host management ; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; No Crypto; Thumbscrew (Pull Tab) Bracket

    900-9X625-0083-SB0

    MCX631432AC-ADA

    MT_0000000547

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE OCP3.0; With Host management ; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto and Secure Boot; Thumbscrew (Pull Tab) Bracket

    900-9X659-0015-SB1 

    MCX631435AN-GDAB

    MT_0000000548

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 50GbE; OCP3.0; With Host management ; Single-port QSFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; No Crypto; Thumbscrew (Pull Tab) Bracket

    900-9X659-0045-SB0 

    MCX631435AC-GDAB

    MT_0000000549

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 50GbE; OCP3.0; With Host management ; Single-port QSFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto and Secure Boot; Thumbscrew (Pull Tab) Bracket

    900-9X659-0025-SB0 

    MCX631435AE-GDAB

    MT_0000000550

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 50GbE; OCP3.0; With Host management ; Single-port QSFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto; No Secure Boot; Thumbscrew (Pull Tab) Bracket

    900-9X625-0073-SB1

    MCX631432AS-ADA

    MT_0000000551

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE OCP3.0; With Host management ; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Secure Boot; No Crypto; Internal Lock Bracket

    900-9X625-0063-SB0 

    MCX631432AE-ADAB

    MT_0000000552

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE OCP3.0; With Host management ; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto; No Secure Boot; Thumbscrew (Pull Tab) Bracket

    900-9X662-0073-ST0

    MCX631102AS-ADA

    MT_0000000575

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 25GbE; Dual-port SFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Secure Boot; No Crypto;

    900-9X601-0025-ST0 

    MCX631105AE-GDAT

    MT_0000000587

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 50GbE ; Single-port QSFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto; No Secure Boot; Tall Bracket

    900-9X601-0015-SQ0 

    MCX631105AN-GDAT

    MT_0000000589

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 50GbE ; Single-port QSFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; No Crypto; Tall Bracket

    900-9X601-0045-ST0 

    MCX631105AC-GDAT

    MT_0000000590

    ConnectX-6 Lx EN adapter card; 50GbE ; Single-port QSFP28; PCIe 4.0 x8; Crypto and Secure Boot; Tall Bracket


    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 Lx Firmware

    26.39.4082

    /

    26.39.3560

    /

    26.39.3004

    MLNX_OFED

    23.10-4.0.9.1

    /

    23.10-3.2.2.0

    /

    23.10-2.1.3.1

     

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

    MLNX_EN (MLNX_OFED based code)

    23.10-4.0.9.1

    /

    23.10-3.2.2.0

    /

    23.10-2.1.3.1

     

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

    WinOF-2

    23.10.51000

    /

    23.10.50000

    /

    23.7.50000

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

    MFT

    4.26.1-18

    /

    4.26.1-6

    /

    4.26.1

     

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

    mstflint

    4.26.1-18

    /

    4.26.1-6

    /

    4.26.1

     

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

    FlexBoot

    3.7.300

    UEFI

    14.32.17

    Cumulus

    5.4 onwards



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