NVIDIA DOCA Release Notes
NVIDIA DOCA SDK release notes containing information on new features, software interoperability, and known issues.
DOCA 2.9.0 introduces NVIDIA® BlueField® networking platform (DPU or SuperNIC) enhancements for high-performance and secure AI bare-metal cloud and DOCA-Host updates for supported BlueField and NVIDIA® ConnectX® devices. With programmable congestion control (PCC) and data-path acceleration (DPA). DOCA SDK provides an extensive framework for developers.
The DOCA release notes contain the following subpages:
BlueField-3 devices are not supported with MLNX_OFED as the host driver and are required to use DOCA-Host.
BlueField DPUs with the following SKUs require an 8-pin ATX power supply cable connection when powering up. Without this connection to the power supply cable, the device will not complete the power-on procedure and will not function properly.
*B3220 DPUs – 900-9D3B6-00CV-AA0 and 900-9D3B6-00SV-AA0
*B3240 DPUs – 900-9D3B6-00CN-AB0 and 900-9D3B6-00SN-AB0
*B3210 DPUs – 900-9D3B6-00CC-AA0 and 900-9D3B6-00SC-AA0
*B3210E DPUs – 900-9D3B6-00CC-EA0 and 900-9D3B6-00SC-EA0
Refer to the NVIDIA DOCA Installation Guide for Linux for information on:
Setting up DOCA SDK on your BlueField networking platform or SmartNIC
Supported BlueField platforms
By default, installing DOCA profiles with standard Linux tools (yum, apt) installs both doca-runtime and doca-devel (previously doca-sdk).
doca-runtimeincludes all the components, libs, drivers, and tools used in the production environment by the DOCA admindoca-develincludes all the components, libs, drivers, and tools used for development, including reference applications, compilers, etc.
Starting with DOCA 2.8.0, the default installation of BlueField-Bundle and DOCA-Host profiles will only include DOCA runtime. doca-devel can be installed manually as needed.
Uplink/Adapter Card | Driver Name | Uplink Speed |
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ConnectX-6 Lx |
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ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex |
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ConnectX-4 Lx |
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ConnectX-4 |
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For questions, comments, and feedback, please contact us at doca-feedback@nvidia.com.