SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP3 Inbox Driver Release Notes

These are the release notes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP3 Inbox Driver. This document provides instructions on drivers for CONNECTX®-based adapter cards with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP3 Inbox Driver environment.

Supported Uplinks to Servers

This version supports the following uplinks to servers.

Uplink/NICs	Driver Name	Uplink Speed
BlueField-2	mlx5	InfiniBand: SDR, FDR, EDR, HDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE², 100GbE²
BlueField		InfiniBand: SDR, QDR, FDR, FDR10, EDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE
ConnectX-6 Dx		Ethernet: 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE², 100GbE², 200GbE²
ConnectX-6 Lx		Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE²
ConnectX-6		InfiniBand: SDR, FDR, EDR, HDR Ethernet: 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE², 100GbE², 200GbE²
ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex		InfiniBand: SDR, QDR, FDR, FDR10, EDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE
ConnectX-4 Lx		Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE
ConnectX-4		InfiniBand: SDR, QDR, FDR, FDR10, EDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 56GbE¹, 100GbE

56GbE is an NVIDIA proprietary link speed and can be achieved while connecting an NVIDIA adapter card to
NVIDIA SX10XX switch series or when connecting an NVIDIA adapter card to another NVIDIA adapter card.
Supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes.

BlueField is supported as a standard ConnectX-5 Ethernet NIC only.
BlueField-2 is supported as a standard ConnectX-6 Dx Ethernet NIC. On the DPU, BlueField-2 is only supported as technical preview see also: https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/15-SP3/index.html section 2.8.1.2

Supported Adapter Card Firmware Versions

SLES15-SP3 driver supports the following NVIDIA network adapter cards firmware versions.

Adapter Card	Recommended Firmware Version
Connect-IB	10.16.1002
BlueField	18.29.2002
BlueField-2	24.29.2002
ConnectX-6 Lx	26.29.2002
ConnectX-6 Dx	22.29.2002
ConnectX-6	20.29.2002
ConnectX-5	16.29.2002
ConnectX-4 Lx	14.29.2002
ConnectX-4	12.28.2006
ConnectX-3/ ConnectX-3Pro	2.42.5000

SR-IOV Support

Driver	Support
mlx4_core, mlx4_en, mlx4_ib	Ethernet InfiniBand: Technical Preview
mlx5_core (includes ETH functionality), mlx5_ib	Ethernet InfiniBand: Technical Preview

Technical Preview is not a fully supported production feature.

RoCE Support

Driver	Support
mlx4—RoCE v1/v2	Yes
mlx5—RoCE v1/v2	Yes

VXLAN Support

Driver	Support
mlx4—VXLAN offload	Yes
mlx5—VXLAN offload	Yes (without RSS)

Open vSwitch Hardware Offloads Support

Driver	Support
mlx4	No
mlx5	Yes

DPDK Support

Driver	Support
mlx4	NVIDIA PMD is enabled by default.
mlx5	NVIDIA PMD is enabled by default.

Last updated: June 20, 2022