DOCA SDK Documentation

Changes and New Features

DOCA 2.9.0 (and its LTS branch) is the final software version to support NVIDIA® ConnectX®-4 device. Starting January '25, ConnectX-4 will no longer be supported by future DOCA-Host releases.

NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 networking platforms are required to use DOCA-Host as the host driver. MLNX_OFED does not support BlueField-3 devices.

DOCA 2.9.0 (and its LTS branch) does not support ConnectX-8-based devices.

New Features and Updates

This is an LTS version which included updated BlueField firmware version for security hardening enhancements: This release contains important reliability improvements and security hardening enhancements. NVIDIA recommends upgrading your devices firmware to this release to improve the devices’ firmware security and reliability.

Backward Compatibility Breaking Changes in this Release

N/A

Updated Components in this LTS Version

Software Component

DOCA 2.9.3

DOCA 2.9.2

doca-openvswitch

2.9.3-0016-25.06-based-3.3.3

2.9.2-0010-25.02-based-3.3.3

bf-release

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf2-bmc-fw-signed

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf2-cec-fw-signed

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-fw-signed

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-gi-signed

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-8217991-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-900-9d3b6-00cv-a-alt-il1-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-900-9d3b6-00cv-a-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-900-9d3b6-00sv-a-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-900-9d3c6-00cv-da0-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-900-9d3c6-00cv-ga0-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-900-9d3c6-00sv-da-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-900-9d3c6-00sv-ga-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-bmc-nic-fw-sn37b36732-ax

4.9.3

4.9.2

bf3-cec-fw-signed

4.9.3

4.9.2

fwctl-modules

24.10-OFED.24.10.3.2.5.1.kver.5.10.0_136.12.0.88.4.ctl3s

24.10.OFED.24.10.2.1.8.1-1.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

iser

24.10-OFED.24.10.3.2.5.1

24.10.OFED.24.10.2.1.8.1-1.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

knem

1.1.4.90mlnx3-OFED.23.10.0.2.1.1

1.1.4.90mlnx3-OFED.23.10.0.2.1.1.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

libopensm

5.21.12.MLNX20250617.f74e01b8-0.1.2410325

5.21.0.MLNX20241126.d9aa3dff-0.1.2410114

libxlio

3.40.2-1

3.40.2-1

mft

4.30.1-113

4.30.1-113

mlnx-iproute2

6.10.0-1.2410325

6.10.0-1.2410218

mlnx-libsnap

1.6.0-2

1.6.0-2

mlnx-nfsrdma-modules

24.10-OFED.24.10.3.2.5.1.rhel8u6

24.10.OFED.24.10.2.1.8.1-1.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

mlnx-nvme-modules

24.10-OFED.24.10.3.2.5.1.rhel8u6

24.10.OFED.24.10.2.1.8.1-1.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

mlnx-ofed-kernel

24.10-OFED.24.10.3.2.5.1.bf.rhel8u6

24.10.OFED.24.10.2.1.8.1-1.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

mlnx-snap

3.8.0-7

3.8.0-7

ofed-scripts

24.10-OFED.24.10.3.2.5

24.10.OFED.24.10.2.1.8-1

opensm

5.21.12.MLNX20250617.f74e01b8-0.1.2410325

5.21.0.MLNX20241126.d9aa3dff-0.1.2410114

spdk

23.01.5-26

23.01.5-26

srp-modules

2410mlnx54-1.2410068

24.10.OFED.24.10.2.1.8.1-1.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

virtio-net-controller

24.10.45-1

24.10.37-1

xpmem

2.7.4-1.2410068.rhel8u6

2.7.4-1.2410068.kver.5.15.0-1060-bluefield

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