Supported Operating Systems

Operating System	Architecture	Default Kernel Version
ALIOS7.2	AArch64	4.19.48-006.ali4000.alios7.aarch64
BCLINUX21.10SP2	AArch64	4.19.90-2107.6.0.0098.oe1.bclinux.aarch64
BCLINUX8.2	x86_64	4.19.0-240.23.11.el8_2.bclinux.x86_64
CTYUNOS2.0	AArch64	4.19.90-2102.2.0.0062.ctl2.aarch64
CTYUNOS2.0	x86_64	4.19.90-2102.2.0.0062.ctl2.x86_64
Debian10.8	AArch64	4.19.0-14-arm64
Debian10.8	x86_64	4.19.0-14-amd64
Debian10.9	x86_64	4.19.0-16-amd64
Debian11.2	AArch64	5.10.0-10-arm64
Debian11.2	x86_64	5.10.0-10-amd64
EulerOS2.0sp10	AArch64	4.19.90-vhulk2110.1.0.h860.eulerosv2r10.aarch64
EulerOS2.0sp10	x86_64	4.18.0-147.5.2.4.h694.eulerosv2r10.x86_64
EulerOS2.0sp9	AArch64	4.19.90-vhulk2006.2.0.h171.eulerosv2r9.aarch64
EulerOS2.0sp9	x86_64	4.18.0-147.5.1.0.h269.eulerosv2r9.x86_64
Fedora32	x86_64	5.6.6-300.fc32.x86_64
KYLIN10	AArch64	4.19.90-17.ky10.aarch64
KYLIN10	x86_64	4.19.90-17.ky10.x86_64
KYLIN10SP2	AArch64	4.19.90-24.4.v2101.ky10.aarch64
KYLIN10SP2	x86_64	4.19.90-24.4.v2101.ky10.x86_64
Oracle Linux 7.9	x86_64	5.4.17-2011.6.2.el7uek.x86_64
Oracle Linux 8.2	x86_64	5.4.17-2011.1.2.el8uek.x86_64
Oracle Linux 8.3	x86_64	5.4.17-2011.7.4.el8uek.x86_64
Oracle Linux 8.4	x86_64	5.4.17-2102.201.3.el8uek.x86_64
Oracle Linux 8.5	x86_64	5.4.17-2136.300.7.el8uek.x86_64
Oracle Linux 8.6	x86_64	5.4.17-2136.307.3.1.el8uek.x86_64
OPENEULER20.03SP1	AArch64	4.19.90-2012.4.0.0053.oe1.aarch64
OPENEULER20.03SP1	x86_64	4.19.90-2012.5.0.0054.oe1.x86_64
OPENEULER20.03SP3	AArch64	4.19.90-2112.8.0.0131.oe1.aarch64
OPENEULER20.03SP3	x86_64	4.19.90-2112.8.0.0131.oe1.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.2	x86_64	3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.4	ppc64	3.10.0-693.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-693.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.5	ppc64	3.10.0-862.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-862.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.5alternate	AArch64	4.14.0-49.el7a.aarch64
RHEL/CentOS7.6	ppc64	3.10.0-957.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-957.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.6alternate	AArch64	4.14.0-115.el7a.aarch64
RHEL/CentOS7.6alternate	ppc64le	4.14.0-115.el7a.ppc64le
RHEL/CentOS7.7	ppc64	3.10.0-1062.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-1062.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.8	ppc64	3.10.0-1127.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-1127.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.9	ppc64	3.10.0-1160.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-1160.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS8.0	AArch64	4.18.0-80.el8.aarch64
	ppc64le	4.18.0-80.el8.ppc64le
	x86_64	4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS8.1	AArch64	4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64
	ppc64le	4.18.0-147.el8.ppc64le
	x86_64	4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS8.2	AArch64	4.18.0-193.el8.aarch64
	ppc64le	4.18.0-193.el8.ppc64le
	x86_64	4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS8.3	AArch64	4.18.0-240.el8.aarch64
	ppc64le	4.18.0-240.el8.ppc64le
	x86_64	4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS8.4	AArch64	4.18.0-305.el8.aarch64
	ppc64le	4.18.0-305.el8.ppc64le
	x86_64	4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS8.5	AArch64	4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64
	ppc64le	4.18.0-348.el8.ppc64le
	x86_64	4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64
RHEL8.6	AArch64	4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.aarch64
	ppc64le	4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.ppc64le
	x86_64	4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64
RHEL9.0	AArch64	5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.aarch64
	ppc64le	5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.ppc64le
	x86_64	5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64
SLES12SP3	ppc64le	4.4.73-5-default
SLES12SP3	x86_64	4.4.73-5-default
SLES12SP4	AArch64	4.12.14-94.41-default
	ppc64le	4.12.14-94.41-default
	x86_64	4.12.14-94.41-default
SLES12SP5	AArch64	4.12.14-120-default
	ppc64le	4.12.14-120-default
	x86_64	4.12.14-120-default
SLES15SP2	AArch64	5.3.18-22-default
	ppc64le	5.3.18-22-default
	x86_64	5.3.18-22-default
SLES15SP3	AArch64	5.3.18-57-default
	ppc64le	5.3.18-57-default
	x86_64	5.3.18-57-default
SLES15SP4	AArch64	5.14.21-150400.22-default
	ppc64le	5.14.21-150400.22-default
	x86_64	5.14.21-150400.22-default
Ubuntu18.04	AArch64	4.15.0-20-generic
	ppc64le	4.15.0-20-generic
	x86_64	4.15.0-20-generic
Ubuntu20.04	AArch64	5.4.0-26-generic
	ppc64le	5.4.0-26-generic
	x86_64	5.4.0-26-generic
Ubuntu22.04	AArch64	5.15.0-25-generic
	ppc64le	5.15.0-25-generic
	x86_64	5.15.0-25-generic
UOS20	AArch64	4.19.0-arm64-server
UOS20	x86_64	4.19.0-server-amd64
UOS20.1020	AArch64	4.19.90-2109.1.0.0108.up2.uel20.aarch64
UOS20.1020	x86_64	4.19.90-2109.1.0.0108.up2.uel20.x86_64
Citrix XenServer Host7.1	x86_64	4.4.0+2
Citrix XenServer Host8.2	x86_64	4.19.0+1
Kernel 5.17	AArch64	5.17
	ppc64le	5.17
	x86_64	5.17

Supported Community Operating Systems

Community OS	Architecture	Tested with Kernel Version
BCLINUX7.6	x86_64	3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64
BCLINUX7.7	AArch64	4.19.25-203.el7.bclinux.aarch64
BCLINUX7.7	x86_64	3.10.0-1062.el7.bclinux.x86_64
BCLINUX8.1	x86_64	4.19.0-193.1.3.el8.bclinux.x86_64
Debian9.13	AArch64	4.9.0-13-arm64
Debian9.13	x86_64	4.9.0-13-amd64
EulerOS2.0sp5	x86_64	3.10.0-862.14.1.5.h591.eulerosv2r7.x86_64
EulerOS2.0sp8	AArch64	4.19.36-vhulk1907.1.0.h748.eulerosv2r8.aarch64
RHEL/CentOS7.5	ppc64	3.10.0-862.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-862.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.5alternate	AArch64	4.14.0-49.el7a.aarch64
RHEL/CentOS7.6alternate	aarch64	4.14.0-115.el7a.aarch64
RHEL/CentOS7.6alternate	ppc64le	4.14.0-115.el7a.ppc64le
RHEL/CentOS7.7	ppc64	3.10.0-1062.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-1062.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS7.8	ppc64	3.10.0-1127.el7.ppc64
	ppc64le	3.10.0-1127.el7.ppc64le
	x86_64	3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64
SLES12SP2	x86_64	4.4.21-69-default
SLES12SP3	ppc64le	4.4.73-5-default
SLES12SP3	x86_64	4.4.73-5-default
SLES12SP4	AArch64	4.12.14-94.41-default
	ppc64le	4.12.14-94.41-default
	x86_64	4.12.14-94.41-default
Ubuntu16.04	ppc64le	4.4.0-21-generic
Ubuntu16.04	x86_64	4.4.0-21-generic
Alma 8.5	x86_64	4.18.0-348.12.2.EL8_5.X86_64
Anolis OS 8.4	AArch64	4.18.0-348.2.1.AN8_4.AARCH64
Anolis OS 8.4	x86_64	4.18.0-305.AN8.X86_64
CentOS Stream	AArch64	-
	ppc64le	-
	x86_64	4.18.0-365.EL8.X86_64
Fedora 35	x86_64	5.16.8-200.fc35.x86_64
OpenEuler OS 22.03 LTS	AArch64	5.10.0-60.18.0.50.OE2203.AARCH64
OpenEuler OS 22.03 LTS	x86_64	5.10.0-60.18.0.50.oe2203.x86_64
OpenSUSE 15.3	AArch64	-
	ppc64le	-
	x86_64	5.3.18-150300.59.43-DEFAULT
Photon OS 3.0	x86_64	4.19.225-3.ph3
Rocky 8.5	AArch64	-
Rocky 8.5	x86_64	4.18.0-348.12.2.EL8_5.X86_64
Rocky 8.6	AArch64	4.18.0-372.9.1.EL8.AARCH64
Rocky 8.6	x86_64	4.18.0-372.9.1.el8.x86_64

32 bit platforms are no longer supported in MLNX_OFED
For RPM-based distributions, to install OFED on a different kernel, create a new ISO image using mlnx_add_kernel_support.sh script (see the MLNX_OFED User Manual for instructions)
Upgrading MLNX_OFED on a cluster requires upgrading all of its nodes to the newest version as well
If using MLNX_OFED 4.9 LTS with MLNX_OFED 5.x with upstream verbs, MLNX_OFED 4.9 must be installed with --upstream-libs flag so the verbs libraries match.
A combination of 4.9 LTS default verbs and MOFED 5.x upstream verbs is not supported.
All operating systems listed above are fully supported in Paravirtualized and SR-IOV environments with Linux KVM Hypervisor

Supported Non-Linux Virtual Machines

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

NIC	Windows Virtual Machine Type	Minimal WinOF Version	Protocol
ConnectX-4	Windows 2012 R2 DC	MLNX_WinOF2 2.50	IB, IPoIB, ETH
ConnectX-4 Lx	Windows 2016 DC	MLNX_WinOF2 2.50	IB, IPoIB, ETH
ConnectX-5 family	All Windows server editions	MLNX_WinOF2 2.50	IPoIB, ETH
ConnectX-6 family	All Windows server editions	MLNX_WinOF2 2.50	IPoIB, ETH

Support in ASAP²—Accelerated Switch and Packet Processing®

ASAP² Supported Operating Systems

OVS-Kernel SR-IOV Based Supported Operating Systems

Below is a list of all the operating systems that support OVS-Kernel ASAP²in the current software package.

BCLinux 7.7
BCLinux 8.1
Debian 10.9
Debian 11.2
RHEL/CentOS 7.4
RHEL/CentOS 7.5
RHEL/CentOS 7.6
RHEL/CentOS 7.7
RHEL/CentOS 7.8
RHEL/CentOS 8.0
RHEL/CentOS 8.1
RHEL/CentOS 8.2
RHEL/CentOS 8.3
RHEL/Centos 8.4
RHEL/Centos 8.5
RHEL 8.6
RHEL 9.0
Oracle Linux 7.8
Oracle Linux 8.1
Oracle Linux 8.2
Oracle Linux 8.3
Oracle Linux 8.4
SLES12 SP4
SLES12 SP5
SLES15 SP2
SLES 15 SP3
SLES 15 SP4
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 22.04

OVS-DPDK SR-IOV Based Supported OSs

Below is a list of all the operating systems that support OVS-DPDK ASAP² in the current software package.

RHEL/CentOS 7.4
RHEL/CentOS 7.5
RHEL/CentOS 7.6
RHEL/CentOS 7.7
RHEL/CentOS 7.8
RHEL/CentOS 8.0
RHEL/CentOS 8.1
RHEL/CentOS 8.2
RHEL/CentOS 8.3
RHEL/CentOS 8.4
RHEL/CentOS 8.5
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 20.04
SLES15 SP2

ASAP² Requirements

iproute >= 4.12 (for tc support)
Upstream Open vSwitch >= 2.8 for CentOS 7.2 NVIDIA openvswitch

ASAP² Supported Adapter Cards

ConnectX-5
ConnectX-6 Dx
ConnectX-6 Lx
ConnectX-7

UCX and CUDA Versions Compatible with MLNX_OFED

UCX Version	Built with CUDA version	Compatible with CUDA versions
1.13	11.6	11.x

NFS over RDMA (NFSoRDMA) Supported Operating Systems

NFSoRDMA Supported Operating Systems on Client and Target Sides

RHEL7.5
RHEL7.6
RHEL7.7
RHEL7.8
RHEL7.9
RHEL 8.1
RHEL8.2
RHEL8.4
RHEL8.5
RHEL8.6
RHEL9
SLES12SP4
SLES12SP5
SLES15SP2
SLES15SP3
SLES15SP4
Ubuntu-16.04
Ubuntu-18.04
Ubuntu-20.04
Ubuntu-22.04
Debian 10.9
Debian 11.2
Kernel 5.17

Lustre Versions Compatible with MLNX_OFED

Lustre 2.15.0
Lustre 2.12.9

NEO-Host Supported Operating Systems

RedHat 7.4
RedHat 7.5
RedHat 7.6
RedHat 7.7
RedHat 7.8
RedHat 7.9
RedHat 8.x
Oracle Linux 7.9
Oracle Linux 8.1
Oracle Linux 8.2
Oracle Linux 8.3
Fedora 32
SLES 12 SP3
SLES 12 SP4
SLES 12 SP5
SLES 15 SP2
SLES 15 SP3
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 20.04

GPUDirect Storage (GDS) Supported Operating Systems

Rhel 8.x
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 20.04

Hardware and Software Requirements

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/Oracle Linux/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 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`
SLES 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`

NVMe Supported Operating Systems

RHEL8.6
RHEL9.0
SLES15SP4
Ubuntu-22.04
Kernel 5.17
Fedora35
RHEL7.2/CentOS7.2
RHEL7.2/CentOS7.4
RHEL7.5/CentOS7.5
RHEL7.6/CentOS7.6
RHEL7.7/CentOS7.7
RHEL7.8/CentOS7.8
RHEL7.9/CentOS7.9
RHEL8.2
RHEL8.4
RHEL8.5
SLES12SP4
SLES12SP5
SLES15SP2
SLES15SP3
Ubuntu16.04
Ubuntu18.04
Ubuntu20.04
Debian 10.9
Debian 11.2

Supported NIC Firmware Versions

As of version 5.1, ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 Pro or Connect-IB NICs are no longer supported. To work with a version that supports these adapter cards, please refer to version 4.9 long-term support (LTS).

This current version is tested with the following NVIDIA NIC firmware versions:

Firmware versions listed are the minimum supported versions.

Adapter Card	Recommended Firmware Version	Additional Firmware Version Supported
BlueField®-2	24.34.1002	24.33.1048
BlueField	18.33.1048	N/A
ConnectX-7	28.34.1002	28.33.2028
ConnectX-6 Lx	26.34.1002	26.33.1048
ConnectX-6 Dx	22.34.1002	22.33.1048
ConnectX-6	20.34.1002	20.33.1048
ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex	16.34.1002	16.33.1048
ConnectX-4 Lx	14.32.1010	N/A
ConnectX-4	12.28.2006	N/A

For the official firmware versions, please see https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ → Support → Support → Firmware Download.

Unsupported Functionalities/Features/NICs

The following are the unsupported functionalities/features/NICs in the current version:

ConnectX-2 adapter card
ConnectX-3 adapter card
ConnectX-3 Pro adapter card
Connect-IB adapter card
Soft-RoCE
RDMA experimental verbs library (mlnx_lib)
Relational Database Service (RDS)
mthca InfiniBand driver
Ethernet IPoIB (eIPoIB)
CIFS (Common Internet File System) module installation

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