These are the release notes of Mellanox ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5 NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere6.7. Mellanox ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5 NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere6.7 supports the following uplinks to servers.
|
Version |
OS |
Uplink Speed |
|
4.17.15.16 |
ESXi 6.7, ESXi 6.7 U1 |
10/25/40/50/100GbE |
Content of MLNX-NATIVE-ESX Driver Package
ESXi 6.7:
MLNX-NATIVE-ESX-ConnectX-4-5_4.17.15.16-10EM-670.0.0.8169922.zip - Hypervisor bundle for ESXi 6.7 contains the following kernel modules:
nmlx5_core
nmlx5_rdma
MLNX-NATIVE-ESXRev 4.17.15.16 supports the following Mellanox Ethernet HCA:
|
HCAs |
Recommended Firmware Rev. |
Additional Firmware Rev. |
|
ConnectX-4 |
12.24.1000 |
12.23.1020 |
|
ConnectX-4 Lx |
14.24.1000 |
14.23.1020 |
|
ConnectX-5 |
16.24.1000 |
16.23.1020 |
|
ConnectX-5 Ex |
16.24.1000 |
16.23.1020 |
For the latest firmware versions, visit:
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Tested Hypervisors |
HCAs |
Guest Operating System |
|
SR-IOV |
ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex |
Windows Server 2012 R2 RedHat 6.5 RedHat 6.6 RedHat 7.1 RedHat 7.2 RedHat 7.3 RedHat 7.5 |
|
Paravirtualizeda (Ethernet Only) |
ConnectX-4/ConnectX-4 Lx |
RedHat 7.5 |
a. Paravirtualized RDMA is only tested Linux Operating Systems.