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

    26.46.1006

    /

    26.45.1020

    /

    26.44.1036

    DOCA-HOST

    3.1.0 / 3.0.0

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

    WinOF-2

    25.7.50000

    /

    25.4.50020

    /

    25.1.51010

     

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

    MFT

    4.33.0-169

    /

    4.32.0-120

    /

    4.31.0-149

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

    FlexBoot

    3.8.100

    UEFI

    14.39.13

    Cumulus

    5.13.0 onwards

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