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Overview

These release notes provide information on new features and supported NICs in Linux Kernel Upstream.

Uplink/Adapter CardDriver NameUplink Speed
BlueField-2mlx5
  • 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-7
  • InfiniBand: EDR, HDR100, HDR, NDR200, NDR
  • Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE2, 100GbE2, 200GbE3
ConnectX-6 Lx
  • Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE2
ConnectX-6 Dx
  • Ethernet: 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE2, 100GbE2, 200GbE2
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
  1. 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.
  2. Speed that supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes in Force mode and Auto-Negotiation mode.
  3. Speed that supports PAM4 mode only.

Supported Adapter Card Firmware Versions

Linux Kernel Upstream supports the following NVIDIA network adapter cards firmware versions:

HCARecommended Firmware Rev.
ConnectX-728.33.1028
ConnectX-6 Lx26.33.1048
ConnectX-6 Dx22.33.1048

ConnectX-6

20.33.1048

BlueField-224.33.1048

BlueField

18.33.1048

ConnectX-5

16.33.1048

ConnectX-4 Lx

14.33.1048

ConnectX-4

12.28.2006