Networking MLNX_OFED Software

General Support

Supported Operating Systems

Operating System

Architecture

Default Kernel Version (Primary)/
Tested with Kernel Version (Community)

OS Support Model

ASAPOVS-Kernel SR-IOV

ASAP2 OVS-DPDK SR-IOV

UCX-CUDA Version

Ubuntu20.04

AArch64

5.4.0-26-generic

Primary

(tick)

(tick)

11.8

ppc64le

5.4.0-26-generic

Primary

(tick)

(tick)

(cross)

x86_64

5.4.0-26-generic

Primary

(tick)

(tick)

11.8

Ubuntu22.04

AArch64

5.15.0-25-generic

Primary

(tick)

(cross)

11.8

ppc64le

5.15.0-25-generic

Primary

(tick)

(cross)

(cross)

x86_64

5.15.0-25-generic

Primary

(tick)

(cross)

11.8

Ubuntu22.10

x86_64

5.19.0-15-generic

Primary

(tick)

(cross)

(cross)

UOS20.1020

AArch64

4.19.90-2109.1.0.0108.up2.uel20.aarch64

Primary

(cross)

(cross)

(cross)

x86_64

4.19.90-2109.1.0.0108.up2.uel20.x86_64

Primary

(cross)

(cross)

(cross)

UOS20.1040

AArch64

4.19.0-arm64-server

Primary

(cross)

(cross)

(cross)

x86_64

4.19.0-server-amd64

Primary

(cross)

(cross)

(cross)

Citrix XenServer Host7.1

x86_64

4.4.0+2

Primary

(cross)

(cross)

(cross)

Citrix XenServer Host8.2

x86_64

4.19.0+1

Primary

(cross)

(cross)

(cross)

RHEL/Rocky8.7

x86_64

4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64

Primary

(tick)

(cross)

11.8

RHEL/Rocky9.1

x86_64

5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64

Primary

(tick)

(cross)

11.8

Kernel 6.1

x86_64

6.1

Primary

(tick)

(cross)

(cross)

32 bit platforms are no longer supported in MLNX_EN.

Upgrade/Downgrade Matrix

This section reflects which versions were tested and verified for upgrade and downgrade.

Target Version

Versions Verified for Upgrade/Downgrade

Release Type

Release Date

5.9-0.5.6.0

GA

5.8-1.1.2.1

GA-LTS (Update #1)

November 2022

5.7-1.0.2.0

GA

July 2022

MLNX_OFED Version Interoperability 

This section reflects which versions were tested and verified for multi-version environments.

Target Version

Verified OFED Version Interoperability

Release Type

Release Date

5.9-0.5.6.0

GA

5.8-1.1.2.1

GA-LTS (Update #1)

November 2022

Supported NIC Firmware Versions 

As of version 5.1, ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 Pro or Connect-IB adapter cards are no longer supported. To work with a version that supports these adapter cards, please refer to version 4.9 long-term support (LTS).

This current version is tested with the following NVIDIA adapter card firmware versions:

Adapter Card

Bundled Firmware Version 

Comments

ConnectX-7

28.36.2050

N/A

For the official firmware versions, please see https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ → Support → Support → Firmware Download.

Supported Non-Linux Virtual Machines

The following are the supported non-Linux Virtual Machines in this current version:

NIC

Windows Virtual Machine Type

Minimal WinOF Version

Protocol

ConnectX-4

Windows 2012 R2 DC

MLNX_WinOF2 2.50

IB, IPoIB, ETH

ConnectX-4 Lx

Windows 2016 DC

MLNX_WinOF2 2.50

IB, IPoIB, ETH

ConnectX-5 family

All Windows server editions

MLNX_WinOF2 2.50

IPoIB, ETH

ConnectX-6 family

MLNX_WinOF2 2.50

IPoIB, ETH

Support in ASAP2—Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing®

ASAP2 Requirements

  • iproute >= 4.12 (for tc support)

  • Upstream Open vSwitch >= 2.8 for CentOS 7.2 NVIDIA openvswitch

ASAP2-Supported Adapter Cards

  • ConnectX-7

  • ConnectX-6 Lx

  • ConnectX-6 Dx

  • ConnectX-5

Unsupported Functionalities/Features/NICs

The following are the unsupported functionalities/features/NICs in the current version:

  • ConnectX-2 adapter card

  • ConnectX-3 adapter card

  • ConnectX-3 Pro adapter card

  • Connect-IB adapter card

  • Soft-RoCE 

  • RDMA experimental verbs library (mlnx_lib)

  • CIFS (Common Internet File System) module installation.

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