Bug Fixes History

NVIDIA ConnectX-7 Adapter Cards Firmware Release Notes v28.35.3502 LTS

Internal Ref.

Issue

3333959

Description: Enabled ACS for single port cards.

Keywords: ACS

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3426519

Description: Added a new condition to check the port split number to resolve an issue that caused the port LEDs to be OFF.

Keywords: Port split

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3426493

Description: Fixed the NEGOTIATE_ALGORITHMS response according to the SPDM specification.

Keywords: SPDM

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3492613

Description: Fixed an issue that caused the system not to detect the PCIe device during slot DC power cycle tests.

Keywords: PCIe device, DC power cycle tests

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3491989

Description: Fixed an issue that caused the virtio-blk traffic to get stuck when working on vDPA over VFE mode.

Keywords: virtio-blk, virtio full emulation, vDPA

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3426533

Description: Fixed an issues that occurred during secure firmware update when decrypting and authenticating each chunk of data using its authentication tag. The issue appeared when the main code chunk was split between the user chunks and any GCM operation (e.g., flash read with decryption). This GCM operation broke the GCM context for main chunk authentication and therefore failed.

Keywords: Secure firmware update, GCM, code chunk

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3467228

Description: Fixed an issue that resulted in the interface type being shown as "unsupported" in CMIS modules.

Keywords: CMIS

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3337212

Description: Fixed an issue that prevent the ConnectX-7 OCP 3.0 card from detecting that the PCIe link was down during slot AC power cycle.

Keywords: PCIe link AC power cycle

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3337214

Description: Fixed an issue that resulted in device link down, and the device not being able to get traffic when moving between two states DETECT and POLLING CONFIG in RTL.

Keywords: RTL, link down, traffic

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3467221

Description: Added the option to clear the DPC registers after warm reboot.

Keywords: DPC

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3467220

Description: Fixed wrong credits configuration when MAX_ACC_OUT_READ was configured.

Keywords: Configuration

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

3426465

Description: Fixed a rare issue that prevented the hardware from handling an error flow that occurred when accessing the DPA cluster L2 cache from the firmware processor. In this case the firmware processor hardware requested a VA=>PA translation from the internal mmio, and the address translation was broken by the mmio on the 4K page boundary.

Keywords: Error handling, mmio, firmware processor

Discovered in Version: 28.35.2000

Fixed in Release: 28.35.3006

Internal Ref.

Issue

3217896

Description: Fixed RDE PATCH operation status code reported in case the property is "read-only".

Keywords: RDE

Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012

Fixed in Release: 28.35.2000

3241357

Description: Fixed an issue in MCTP-over-PCIe, where the VDM message with the type Route-to-Root Complex, the target ID was not set as 0x0.

Keywords: MCTP-over-PCIe, VDM message

Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012

Fixed in Release: 28.35.2000

3227764

Description: Updated the GET_CERTIFICATE response fields according to the SPDM v1.1.0 specification. Added the following certificate chain header fields: length, reserved, root hash.

Keywords: SPDM

Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012

Fixed in Release: 28.35.2000

3124378

Description: Updated counters and their path to allow NeoHost to run properly on ConnectX7 adapter cards with secure firmware.

Keywords: NeoHost, counters

Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012

Fixed in Release: 28.35.2000

3215393

Description: Fixed an issue that caused the virtual QoS mechanism to stop traffic from reaching the full line rate of 200GbE on each direction when LAG was enabled.

Keywords: Virtual QoS mechanism, 200GbE, LAG

Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012

Fixed in Release: 28.35.2000

Internal Ref.

Issue

3110205

Description: Fixed inconsistent TCP performance when sending multiple streams.

Keywords: Performance

Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002

Fixed in Release: 28.34.4000

3138401

Description: Fixed an issue that caused host's PCI device to disappear after running 12V cycles in a loop while there was traffic between the hosts in a Multi-Host platform.

Keywords: PCI device, Multi-Host platform, 12V cycles

Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002

Fixed in Release: 28.34.4000

3148833

Description: Fixed an issue that resulted in lack of communication with the BMC from the host (IPv4/IPv6) when using BMC version v2022.22.1.

Keywords: BMC

Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002

Fixed in Release: 28.34.4000

3143956

Description: When connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to ConnectX-7 adapter card, once in few fwresets the link may raise in 1G speed instead of the highest speed enabled.

Keywords: Speed rate

Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002

Fixed in Release: 28.34.4000

Internal Ref.

Issue

2931516

Description: Added support for SPDM Get_measurements command.

Note: Executing the command with a signature request without measurements, can cause an invalid L1 hash calculation.

Keywords: SPDM

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3091233

Description: Added support for SPDM Challenge command.

Keywords: SPDM

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

2907008

Description: Fixed PCIe link down failures during PCIe speed change tests.

Keywords: PCIe, link down

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3134894

Description: Fixed an issue where set_flow_table_entry failed when aso_flow_meter action was used.

Keywords: ASO Flow Meter, FW Steering

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3039007

Description: Enabled Multi-Host RX Rate-limiter configuration via the QEEC mlxreg and the max_shaper_rate field.

Keywords: RX Rate-Limiter, Multi-host

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3059379

Description: Added "Command Unsupported" response code in cases when running the MCTP control command "Get Vendor Defined Messages Supported", and there were no supported VDMs.

Keywords: MCTP control command

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3133476

Description: Added the following new checks to commands' interface:

  • CREATE/MODIFY QP/DCT - blocking QP/DCT with adaptive routing (multi_path field) if gvmi has MKEY with Signature

  • CREATE_MKEY- blocking the signature option if gvmi has open QPs/DCTs with the adaptive_routing feature enabled

Keywords: Command checks

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3047521

Description: Implemented a firmware flow to power up/down the PLL from downstream links upon PERST assertion/de-assertion.

Keywords: PLL, PERST

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3132594

Description: MAC allocation in adapter cards that support Port-Per-Host feature ("host isolation") is reordered to fit the required range.

Note: After burning a new firmware, the user must power cycle the server, and run the DHCP flow to recover the MAC changes.

Keywords: MAC allocation, PortPerHost

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3085879

Description: On rare occasions, when connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to an NVIDIA Spectrum-3 switch system using the optical cable OPN MFA1A00-C003, the link up time is ~7sec.

Keywords: Optical cables, link up time

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

2994292

Description: Fixed a race condition occured between the duplicate read and QP commands (2RST, 2ERR and Destroy) in the signature that caused the command to hang.

Keywords: Race condition

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3023847

Description: Enabled sending and receiving traffic with a different LID than the host LID in MetroX applications.

Keywords: MetroX, LID based

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3023847

Description: Enabled sending and receiving traffic with a different LID than the host LID in MetroX applications.

Keywords: MetroX, LID based

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

2920813

Description: The an_disable flow is not supported in ConnectX-7 adapter cards for 25GbE and 50G_2x link speeds when using one of the following cables:

  • MT1841VS00827 (rev A4)

  • MT1830VS00895 (rev A3)

The flow is supported only when configuring FEC using the PPLM register.

Keywords: AN, cables, 25GbE, FEC

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3039348

Description: Host Chaining is currently not supported in ConnectX-7 adapter cards.

Keywords: Host Chaining

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3023751

Description: Link flapping may occur when using ConnectX-7 adapter cards with HDR optic cables.

Keywords: Link flapping, HDR optic cables

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3046168

Description: Congestion Control is not enabled when one link type of different ports is different.

Keywords: Congestion Control, Link Type, PCC

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3009525

Description: A Bit Error Rate (BER) of 1e-9 might occur when using optical cables.

Keywords: BER

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3036791

Description: Configuring 400G_8x in force mode is currently not supported.

Keywords: 400G_8x in force mode

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

3004352

Description: LRO is currently not supported.

Keywords: LRO

Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030

Fixed in Release: 28.34.1002

Internal Ref.

Issue

2969829

Description: On rare occasions, the HDR speed link up time when using the optical module MFA7U10-H010 might take up to 70sec.

Keywords: HDR, link up time, optical cable

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3024199

Description: When connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to an NVIDIA Quantum switch using the copper cable (MCP1600-E01AE30), the link is Down when in EDR speed.

Keywords: EDR, copper cable, NVIDIA Quantum

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

2947588

Description: Trying to query/burn the firmware using the flint utility when the image is pending (after firmware burn and before firmware reset), results in the action's failure.

Keywords: flint, query/burn firmware

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3047723

Description: When changing the protocols from ETH to IB on two ConnectX-7 adapter cards connected to each other, the ports on both sides must be toggled to get the link up.

Keywords: Linkup, port toggling, protocol change

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

3033874

Description: Connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to either a ConnectX-5 adapter card or to an NVIDIA Spectrum switch system is supported only when using a 100GbE optic cables and when configuring ConnectX-5 or the NVIDIA Spectrum switch system to Force Mode.

Keywords: Linkup connectivity

Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028

Fixed in Release: 28.33.4030

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