This version supports the following uplinks to servers.
Uplink/Adapter Card |
Driver Name |
Uplink Speed |
BlueField-2 |
mlx5 |
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BlueField |
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ConnectX-6 Lx |
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ConnectX-6 Dx |
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ConnectX-6 |
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ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex |
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ConnectX-4 Lx |
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ConnectX-4 |
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Innova™ IPsec EN |
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Connect-IB® |
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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.
Speed that supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes in Force mode and Auto-Negotiation mode.
Speed that supports PAM4 mode only.
BlueField is supported as a standard ConnectX-5 Ethernet NIC only.
BlueField2 is supported as a standard ConnectX-6 Dx Ethernet NIC only.
This version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) driver supports the following NVIDIA network adapter card firmware versions.
HCA |
Recommended Firmware Rev. |
BlueField®-2 |
24.33.1048 |
BlueField |
18.33.1048 |
ConnectX®-6 Lx |
26.33.1048 |
ConnectX-6 Dx |
22.33.1048 |
ConnectX-6 |
20.33.1048 |
ConnectX-5 |
16.33.1048 |
ConnectX-4 Lx |
14.32.1010 |
ConnectX-4 |
12.28.2006 |
Innova IPsec EN |
14.22.1002 |
Connect-IB |
10.16.1002 |
Driver |
Support |
mlx4_core, mlx4_en, mlx4_ib |
Ethernet |
mlx5_core (includes Ethernet functionality), mlx5_ib |
Ethernet |
Driver |
Support |
mlx4—RoCE v1/v2 |
Yes |
mlx5—RoCE v1/v2 |
Yes |
Driver |
Support |
mlx4—VXLAN offload |
Yes |
mlx5—VXLAN offload |
Yes (without RSS) |
Driver |
Support |
mlx4 |
NVIDIA PMD is enabled by default. |
mlx5 |
NVIDIA PMD is enabled by default. |
Driver |
Support |
mlx4 |
No |
mlx5 |
Yes |