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 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: 


    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 Lx Firmware

    26.43.3608

    /

    26.43.2566

    /

    26.43.2026

    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

    Cumulus

    5.11.0.0026 onwards

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