These are the release notes of NVIDIA® ConnectX®-4 onwards adapter cards for NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere 6.5. This driver supports the following uplinks to servers.
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Version |
OS |
Uplink Speed |
|---|---|---|
|
4.16.71.1 |
ESXi 6.5 |
10/25/40/50/100GbE |
Content of MLNX-NATIVE-ESX Driver Package
ESXi 6.5:
Mellanox-nmlx5_4.16.71.1-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673.zip - Hypervisor bundle for ESXi 6.5 contains the following kernel modules:
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nmlx5_core
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nmlx5_rdma
Supported HCAs Firmware Versions
MLNX-NATIVE-ESX Rev
4.16.71.1
supports the following Mellanox Ethernet HCA and their corresponding firmware version:|
HCAs |
Minimal Recommended Firmware Rev. |
|---|---|
|
ConnectX-4 |
12.28.2006 |
|
ConnectX-4 Lx |
14.29.1016 |
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ConnectX-5 / ConnectX-5 Ex |
16.29.1016 |
|
ConnectX-6 |
20.29.1016 |
|
ConnectX-6 Dx |
22.29.1016 |
|
ConnectX-6 Lx |
26.29.1016 |
For the latest firmware versions, visit: https://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware/firmware-downloads
Tested Hypervisors in Paravirtualized and SR-IOV Environments
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Tested Hypervisors |
HCAs |
Guest Operating System |
|---|---|---|
|
SR-IOV |
ConnectX-4 ConnectX-4 Lx ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex ConnectX-6 ConnectX-6 Dx ConnectX-6 Lx |
Windows Server 2016 DC RedHat 8.0 RedHat 7.5 RedHat 7.3 RedHat 6.10 RedHat 6.3 SLES 12 SP4 SLES 12 SP3 |
|
|
ConnectX-4 ConnectX-4 Lx ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex ConnectX-6 ConnectX-6 Dx ConnectX-6 Lx |
Windows Server 2016 DC
|
a. Paravirtualized RDMA is supported only in Linux Operating Systems and in this release it was tested for RedHat 7.5 only.
^b. Paravirtualized RDMA is supported in ESXi 6.5U1 build and above.^
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