ConnectX-8 Firmware Release Notes

Firmware Compatible Products

These are the release notes for the NVIDIA® ConnectX®-8 SuperNIC firmware. This firmware supports the following protocols:

  • InfiniBand - EDR, HDR1002, HDR2, NDR2002, NDR2, XDR2

  • Ethernet - 25GbE, 50GbE1, 100GbE1, 200GbE2, 400GbE2

  • PCI Express Gen6., supporting backwards compatibility for v5.0, v4.0, 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.

Supported Devices

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-8 Firmware

40.46.1006

/

40.45.1202

/

40.45.1020

 

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

NVOS

25.02.3000 onwards

NVIDIA Quantum-3 Firmware

35.2014.3112 onwards

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