MLNX_OFED Supported Operating Systems

Operating System	Platform	Default Kernel Version
BCLinux 7.3	x86_64	3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64
BCLinux 7.4	x86_64	3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64
BCLinux 7.5	x86_64	3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64
BCLinux 7.6	x86_64	3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS 6.3	x86_64	2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS 6.10	x86_64	2.6.32-754.el6.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS 7.2	x86_64	3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64
	PPC64	3.10.0-327.el7.ppc64
	PPC64LE	3.10.0-327.el7.ppc64le
RHEL/CentOS 7.3	x86_64	3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS 7.4	x86_64	3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64
	PPC64	3.10.0-693.el7.ppc64
	PPC64LE	3.10.0-693.el7.ppc64le
RHEL 7.4 ALT	Aarch64	4.11.0-44.el7a.aarch64
RHEL/CentOS 7.5	x86_64	3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64
	PPC64	3.10.0-862.el7.ppc64
	PPC64LE	3.10.0-862.el7.ppc64le
RHEL 7.5 ALT	Aarch64	4.14.0-49.el7a.aarch64
RHEL/CentOS 7.6	x86_64	3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64
	PPC64	3.10.0-957.el7.ppc64
	PPC64LE	3.10.0-957.el7.ppc64le
RHEL 7.6 ALT	Aarch64	4.14.0-115.el7a.0.1.aarch64
RHEL 7.6 ALT	PPC64LE	4.14.0-115.el7a.ppc64le
RHEL/CentOS 7.7	x86_64	3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64
	PPC64	3.10.0-1062.el7.ppc64
	PPC64LE	3.10.0-1062.el7.ppc64le
RHEL/CentOS 7.8	x86_64	3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64
RHEL/CentOS 8.0	x86_64	4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64
	Aarch64	4.18.0-80.el8.aarch64
	PPC64LE	4.18.0-80.el8.ppc64le
RHEL/CentOS 8.1	x86_64	4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64
	Aarch64	4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64
	PPC64LE	4.18.0-147.el8.ppc64le
RHEL/CentOS 8.2 (beta)	x86_64	4.18.0-187.el8.x86_64
Debian 8.9	x86_64	3.16.0-4-amd64
Debian 8.11	x86_64	3.16.0-6-amd64
Debian 9.6	x86_64	4.9.0-8-amd64
Debian 9.9	x86_64	4.9.0-9-amd64
Debian 9.11	x86_64	4.9.0-11-amd64
Debian 10.0	x86_64	4.19.0-5-amd64
Debian 10.0	Aarch64	4.19.0-5-arm64
Fedora 30	x86_64	5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64
OL 6.10	x86_64	4.1.12-124.16.4.el6uek.x86_64
OL 7.4	x86_64	4.1.12-94.3.9.el7uek.x86_64
OL 7.7	x86_64	4.14.35-1902.3.2.el7uek.x86_64
OL 8.0	x86_64	4.18.0-80.7.2.el8_0.x86_64
OL 8.1	x86_64	4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64
SLES11 SP3	x86_64	3.0.76-0.11-default
SLES11 SP4	x86_64	3.0.101-63-default
SLES11 SP4	PPC64	3.0.101-63-ppc64
SLES12 SP3	x86_64	4.4.73-5-default
SLES12 SP3	PPC64LE	4.4.73-5-default
SLES12 SP4	x86_64	4.12.14-94.41-default
	Aarch64	4.12.14-94.41-default
	PPC64LE	4.12.14-94.41-default
SLES12 SP5	x86_64	4.12.14-120-default
SLES12 SP5	Aarch64	4.12.14-120-default
SLES15 SP0	x86_64	4.12.14-23-default
SLES15 SP1	x86_64	4.12.14-195-default
	Aarch64	4.12.14-195-default
	PPC64LE	4.12.14-195-default
SLES15 SP2 (beta)	x86_64	5.3.18-10-default
Ubuntu 14.04	x86_64	3.13.0-27-generic
Ubuntu 16.04	x86_64	4.4.0-22-generic
Ubuntu 16.04	PPC64LE	4.4.0-21-generic
Ubuntu 18.04	x86_64	4.15.0-20-generic
	Aarch64	4.15.0-29-generic
	PPC64LE	4.15.0-20-generic
Ubuntu 19.04	x86_64	5.0.0-13-generic
Ubuntu 19.10	x86_64	5.3.0-19-generic
Ubuntu 20.04 (beta)	x86_64	5.4.0-18-generic
Euler 2.0 SP3	Aarch64	4.1.44-06.132.vhulk1711.1.1.aarch64
Euler 2.0 SP8	Aarch64	4.19.36-vhulk1906.1.0.h288.eulerosv2r8.aarch64

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.
All OSs 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 MLNX_OFED version:

NIC	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 2.40	IB, IPoIB, ETH
ConnectX-4 Lx	Windows 2016 DC	MLNX_WinOF2 2.40	IB, IPoIB, ETH

Support in ASAP²™

ASAP² Supported Operating Systems

OVS-Kernel SR-IOV Based Supported OSs

Below is a list of all the OSs that support OVS ASAP² in the current MLNX_OFED package.

RHEL 7.2
RHEL 7.4
RHEL 7.5
RHEL 7.6
Ubuntu 18.04 (Kernel 4.15)
Kernel 4.9
Kernel 4.14
Kernel 4.19
Kernel 4.20
Kernel 5.2
SLES15 SP1

OVS-DPDK SR-IOV Based Supported OSs

Below is a list of all the OSs that support OVS-DPDK ASAP² in the current MLNX_OFED package.

Adapter Card Type	Supported OSs
ConnectX	CentOS 7.7
BlueField	CentOS 7.5 with Kernel 4.20

ASAP² Requirements

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

ASAP² Supported Adapter Cards

ConnectX-5
ConnectX-6 Dx

NFS over RDMA (NFSoRDMA) Supported Operating Systems

Below is a list of all the OSs on which NFSoRDMA is supported.

SLES12 SP4
SLES12 SP5
SLES15 SP1
Ubuntu 18.04.3
RedHat 7.5
RedHat 7.6
RedHat 7.7
RedHat 7.8
RedHat 8.0
RedHat 8.1

Lustre Versions Supported by MLNX_OFED

Lustre 2.12.3
Lustre 2.13.0

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 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`

Supported NICs Firmware Versions

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

NIC	Recommended Firmware Rev.	Additional Firmware Rev. Supported
ConnectX®-3/ConnectX®-3 Pro	2.42.5000	2.40.7000
ConnectX®-4	12.27.1016	12.26.4012
ConnectX®-4 Lx	14.27.1016	14.26.4012
ConnectX®-5/ConnectX®-5 Ex	16.27.2008	16.27.1016
ConnectX®-6	20.27.2008	20.27.1016
ConnectX®-6 Dx¹	22.27.2008	22.27.1016
Innova IPsec EN	16.27.2008	16.27.1016
BlueField™	18.27.2008	18.27.1016
Connect-IB®	10.16.1200	10.16.1020

¹. Please note that ConnectX-6 Dx support in RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) and in Mellanox Accelerated Switching And Packet Processing (ASAP²) is at beta level.

For the official firmware versions, please see:
https://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware/firmware-downloads

MLNX_OFED v5.0-x supports ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro adapter cards. However, it is recommended not to install this version with these cards and instead wait for the release of MLNX_OFED v4.9 long term support release (LTS).

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.

MLNX_OFED Unsupported Functionalities/Features/NICs

The following are the unsupported functionalities/features/NICs in MLNX_OFED:

ConnectX®-2 Adapter Card
Relational Database Service (RDS)
Ethernet over InfiniBand (EoIB) - mlx4_vnic
mthca InfiniBand driver
Ethernet IPoIB (eIPoIB)
Soft-RoCE

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