These are the release notes of NVIDIA® ConnectX®-4 onwards adapter cards for NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere 7.0. This driver supports the following uplinks to servers.
Version | OS | Uplink Speed |
4.19.71.1 | ESXi 7.0 | 10/25/40/50/100/200GbE |
Content of MLNX-NATIVE-ESX Driver Package
ESXi 7.0:
Mellanox-nmlx5_4.19.71.1-1OEM.700.1.0.15525992.zip - Hypervisor bundle for ESXi 7.0 contains the following kernel modules:
nmlx5_core
nmlx5_rdma
MLNX-NATIVE-ESX Rev 4.19.71.1 supports the following Mellanox Ethernet HCA and their corresponding firmware version:
HCAs | Minimal Recommended Firmware Rev. |
ConnectX-4 | 12.28.2006 |
ConnectX-4 Lx | 14.29.1016 |
ConnectX-5 / ConnectX-5 Ex | 16.29.1016 |
ConnectX-6 | 20.29.1016 |
ConnectX-6 Dx | 22.29.1016 |
ConnectX-6 Lx | 26.29.1016 |
For the latest firmware versions, visit: https://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware/firmware-downloads
Guest OS users may choose to work with Inbox Drivers or take latest MLNX_OFED available for download from NVIDIA website.
Tested Hypervisors | HCAs | Guest Operating System |
SR-IOV | ConnectX-4 ConnectX-4 Lx ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex ConnectX-6 ConnectX-6 Dx ConnectX-6 Lx | Windows Server 2016 DC RedHat 8.0 RedHat 7.5 RedHat 7.3 RedHat 6.10 RedHat 6.3 SLES 12 SP4 SLES 12 SP3 |
Paravirtualizeda (Ethernet Only) | ConnectX-4 ConnectX-4 Lx ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex ConnectX-6 ConnectX-6 Dx ConnectX-6 Lx | Windows Server 2016 DC |
a. Paravirtualized RDMA is supported only in Linux Operating Systems and in this release it was tested for RedHat 7.5 only.