Supported Operating Systems

Operating System	Platform
Debian 8.11-Kernel 4.4	x86_64
Debian 9.4	x86_64
Debian 9.5	x86_64
Debian 9.5-Kernel 4.4	x86_64
Debian 9.6-Kernel 4.4	x86_64
EulerOS2.0 SP3	x86_64/AArch64 (Arm)
EulerOS2.0 SP5	x86_64
Fedora 27	x86_64
Fedora 29	x86_64
Kernel 4.20.14	x86_64
RHEL6.3/CentOS6.3	x86_64
RHEL6.8/CentOS6.8	x86_64
RHEL6.9/CentOS6.9	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)
RHEL6.10/CentOS6.10	x86_64
RHEL7.2/CentOS7.2	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power8)
RHEL7.3/CentOS7.3	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power8)
RHEL7.4/CentOS7.4	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power9)/ARM64
RHEL7.5/CentOS7.5	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)/PPC64LE/ARM64
RHEL7.6/CentOS7.6	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)/PPC64LE
RHEL7.6 ALT (Pegas 1.2 LE for P9)	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power9)
RHEL8.0 (beta)	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power9)
SLES11 SP3	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)
SLES11 SP4	x86_64/PPC64 (Power8)
SLES12 SP2	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power8)
SLES12 SP3	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power8)
SLES12 SP4	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power8)
SLES15	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power8)
SLES15 SP1 (beta)	x86_64
Ubuntu 14.04.05	x86_64
Ubuntu 16.04.04^*	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power9)
Ubuntu 18.04.01	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power8)/PPC64LE (Power9)
Ubuntu 18.04.02	x86_64/PPC64LE (Power9)
XenServer 6.5	x86_64
XenServer 7.1	x86_64

* Ubuntu 16.04.05 and 16.04.06 can be used only with Kernels of version 4.4.0-143 or below.

Notes:

32 bit platforms are no longer supported in MLNX_OFED.
For RPM based distributions, if you wish to install OFED on a different kernel, you need to create a new ISO image, using mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh script. See the MLNX_OFED User Manual for instructions.
Upgrading MLNX_OFED on your cluster requires upgrading all of its nodes to the newest version as well.

Supported Non-Linux Virtual Machines

The following are the supported non-Linux Virtual Machines in this current MLNX_OFED version:

HCA	Windows Virtual Machine Type	WinOF version	Protocol
ConnectX-3	Windows 2012 R2 DC	MLNX_VPI 5.50	IPoIB, ETH
ConnectX-3 Pro	Windows 2016 DC	MLNX_VPI 5.50	IPoIB, ETH
ConnectX-4	Windows 2012 R2 DC	MLNX_WinOF2 2.10	IB, IPoIB, ETH
ConnectX-4 Lx	Windows 2016 DC	MLNX_WinOF2 2.10	IB, IPoIB, ETH

Tested Hypervisors in Paravirtualized and SR-IOV Environments

Tested Hypervisors	HCAs	Operating System
SR-IOV	All	RHEL6.10 KVM
		RHEL7.5 KVM
		RHEL7.6 KVM
		SLES12 SP3 KVM
		Ubuntu18.04.1 KVM
		Debian 8.11 KVM Kernel 4.4
		Debian 9.4 KVM
		Debian 9.5 KVM Kernel 4.14
	ConnectX-4	XenServer 7.0 (IB only)
	ConnectX-4	XenServer 7.2 (IB only)
	ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5	RHEL7.6 KVM
		SLES15 KVM
		Ubuntu16.04.5 KVM
		EulerOS2.0 SP5 KVM (IB only)
Paravirtualized	ConnectX-3/ConnectX-4	RHEL 7.5 KVM
		Ubuntu 16.04.4 KVM
		Ubuntu 18.04.1 KVM
	ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5	RHEL 7.4 KVM
		RHEL 7.6 KVM
		XenServer 7.0 (IB only)
		XenServer 7.2 (IB only)

ASAP²™ Supported Operating Systems

Below is a list of all the OSs that support Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing (ASAP2) in MLNX_OFED package:

RHEL 7.4
RHEL 7.5
RHEL 7.6
CentOS 7.2 (default Kernel + Kernel 4.9)
Ubuntu 18.04 (Kernel 4.15)

Hardware and Software Requirements

The following are the hardware and software requirements of the current MLNX_OFED version.

Linux operating system
Administrator privileges on your machine(s)
Disk Space: 1GB

For the OFED Distribution to compile on your machine, some software packages of your operating
system (OS) distribution are required.
To install the additional packages, run the following commands per OS:

Operating System	Required Packages Installation Command
RHEL/OL/Fedora	`yum install perl pciutils python gcc-gfortran libxml2-python tcsh libnl.i686 libnl expat glib2 tcl libstdc++ bc tk gtk2 atk cairo numactl pkgconfig ethtool lsof`
XenServer	`yum install perl pciutils python libxml2-python libnl expat glib2 tcl bc libstdc++ tk pkgconfig ethtool`
SLES 11 SP2	`zypper install perl pciutils python libnl-32bit libxml2-python tcsh libnl libstdc++46 expat glib2 tcl bc tklibcurl4 gtk2 atk cairo pkg-config ethtool`
SLES 11 SP3	`zypper install perl pciutils python libnl-32bit libxml2-python tcsh libstdc++43 libnl expat glib2 tcl bc tk libcurl4 gtk2 atk cairo pkg-config ethtool lsof`
SLES 12	`zypper install pkg-config expat libstdc++6 libglib-2_0-0 lib- gtk-2_0-0 tcl libcairo2 tcsh python bc pciutils libatk-1_0-0 tk python-libxml2 lsof libnl3-200 ethtool lsof`
SLESS 15	`python ethtool libatk-1_0-0 python2-libxml2-python tcsh lib- stdc++6-devel-gcc7 libgtk-2_0-0 tcl libopenssl1_1 libnl3-200 make libcairo2 expat libmnl0 insserv-compat pciutils lsof lib- glib-2_0-0 pkg-config tk`
Ubuntu/Debian	`apt-get install perl dpkg autotools-dev autoconf libtool auto- make1.10 automake m4 dkms debhelper tcl tcl8.4 chrpath swig graphviz tcl-dev tcl8.4-dev tk-dev tk8.4-dev bison flex dpatch zlib1g-dev curl libcurl4-gnutls-dev python-libxml2 libvirt-bin libvirt0 libnl-dev libglib2.0-dev libgfortran3 automake m4` `pkg-config libnuma logrotate ethtool lsof`
Debian 8	`apt-get install libnl-3-200 automake debhelper curl dkms logrotate libglib2.0-0 python-libxml2 graphviz tk tcl libvirt- bin coreutils pkg-config autotools-dev flex autoconf pciutils quilt module-init-tools libvirt0 libstdc++6 dpkg libgfortran3 procps lsof libltdl-dev gcc dpatch chrpath grep m4 gfortran bison libnl-route-3-200 swig perl make ethtool lsof`

Supported HCAs Firmware Versions

This current MLNX_OFED version supports the following Mellanox network adapter cards firmware versions:

HCA	Recommended Firmware Rev.	Additional Firmware Rev. Supported
ConnectX®-3	2.42.5000	2.40.7000
ConnectX®-3 Pro	2.42.5000	2.40.7000
ConnectX®-4	12.25.1020	12.24.1000
ConnectX®-4 Lx	14.25.1020	14.24.1000
ConnectX®-5	16.25.1020	16.24.1000
ConnectX®-5 Ex	16.25.1020	16.24.1000
ConnectX®-6 (beta)	20.25.1500	N/A
Innova IPsec EN	16.25.1020	14.24.1000
BlueField™	18.25.1020	N/A
Connect-IB®	10.16.1200	10.16.1020

For the official firmware versions, please see:
http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=firmware_download

Compatibility Matrix

This MLNX_OFED version is compatible with the following:

Mellanox Product	Description/Version
MLNX-OS®	MSB7xx0 w/w MLNX-OS® version 3.7.1000 (see note 2 below)
Unified Fabric Manager (UFM®)	v6.1
HCOLL (see note 1 below)	v4.2
Open MPI	v4.0.x
MFT	v4.11.0

Notes:

MLNX_OFED was tested with this switch. However, additional switches may be supported as well.
HCOLL is now the default FCA version used in HPC-X, starting from HPC-X v1.8. This version replaces FCA v2.x.

RDMA CM and RoCE Modes

RoCE Modes Matrix

Software Stack / Inbox Distribution	RoCEv1 (IP Based GIDs) Supported as of Version		RoCEv2 Supported as of Version		RoCEv1 & RoCEv2 (RoCE per GID) Supported as of Version
Software Stack / Inbox Distribution	ConnectX-3/ ConnectX-3 Pro	ConnectX-4/ ConnectX-4 Lx/ ConnectX-5/ ConnectX-5 Ex	ConnectX-3 Pro	ConnectX-4/ ConnectX-4 Lx/ ConnectX-5/ ConnectX-5 Ex	ConnectX-3 Pro/ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx/ ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex
MLNX_OFED	2.1-x.x.x	3.0-x.x.x	2.3-x.x.x	3.0-x.x.x	3.0-x.x.x
Kernel.org	3.14	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
RHEL	6.6, 7.0	-	-	-	-
SLES	12	-	-	-	-
Ubuntu	14.04.4, 16.04, 15.10	-	-	-	-

Note: Support for ConnectX-5 and ConnectX-5 Ex adapter cards in MLNX_OFED starts from v4.0.

RDMA CM Default RoCE Mode

The default RoCE mode on which RDMA CM runs is RoCEv2 instead of RoCEv1, starting from MLNX_OFED v4.1. RDMA_CM session requires both the client and server sides to support the same RoCE mode. Otherwise, the client will fail to connect to the server.
For further information, refer to RDMA CM and RoCE Version Defaults Community post.

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