System Requirements
The following table presents the currently certified combinations of stacks and platforms, and supported CPU architectures for the current VMA version.
Specification | Value |
|---|---|
Network Adapter Cards | NVIDIA® ConnectX®-5 / NVIDIA® ConnectX®-5 Ex |
Firmware | v16.34.1002 |
Driver Stack |
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Supported Operating Systems and Kernels | All Linux 64 bit distributions supported by:
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CPU Architecture | x86_64 (Intel Xeon), arm64, ppc64 |
Minimum memory requirements | 1 GB of free memory for installation 800 MB per process running with VMA |
Minimum disk space requirements | 1 GB |
Transport | Ethernet/VPI |
VMA Release Contents
| Description | |
|---|---|
Binary RPM and DEB packages for 64-bit architecture for Linux distribution |
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Documentation | VMA Release Notes VMA Installation and Quick Start Guide VMA User Manual |
Certified Applications
The VMA library has been successfully tested and is certified to work with the applications listed in the following table.
| Application | Company / Source | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| sockperf | NVIDIA® (Open Source) | Bandwidth and Latency Benchmarking | Version 3.8 (https://github.com/mellanox/sockperf) |
| netperf | Open Source | Bandwidth and Latency Benchmarking | Version 2.6.0 |
| NetPIPE | Open Source | Network Protocol Independent Performance Evaluator | Version 3.7.2 |
| UMS (formerly LBM) | Informatica | Message Middleware Infrastructures | Version 6.7 |
