Firmware Compatible Products
The chapter contains the following sections:
These are the release notes for the NVIDIA® ConnectX®-6 DE adapters firmware. This firmware supports the following protocols:
InfiniBand - SDR, QDR, FDR, EDR, HDR100, HDR
PCI Express 4.0, supporting backwards compatibility for v3.0, v2.0 and v1.1
1. Speed that supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes in Force mode and Auto-Negotiation mode.
When connecting an NVIDIA-to-NVIDIA adapter card in ETH PAM4 speeds, Auto-Neg should always be enabled.
Please make sure to use a PCIe slot that can supply the required power to the ConnectX-6 DE adapter card as stated in section Specifications in the adapter card’s User Manual.
This firmware supports the devices and protocols listed below:
NVIDIA SKU  | Legacy OPN  | PSID  | Device Name  | 
900-9X0BC-001H-ST1  | MCX683105AN-HDAT  | MT_0000000903  | Nvidia ConnectX-6 DE InfiniBand adapter, HDR, single-port QSFP, PCIe 4.0 x16, No Crypto, Tall Bracket  | 
The following are the drivers’ software, tools, switch/HCA firmware versions tested that you can upgrade from or downgrade to when using this firmware version:
Supported Version  | |
ConnectX-6 DE Firmware  | 22.45.1020 / 22.44.1036 / 22.43.1014  | 
DOCA-HOST  | 3.0.0 / 2.10.0 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.  | 
WinOF-2  | 25.4.50020 / 25.1.51010 / 24.10.50010 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.  | 
MFT  | 4.32.0-120 / 4.31.0-149 / 4.30.1-8 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.  | 
FlexBoot  | 3.7.500  | 
UEFI  | 14.38.16  | 
MLNX-OS  | 3.12.2002 onwards  | 
Cumulus  | 5.11.0.0026 onwards  | 
NVIDIA Quantum Firmware  | 27.2014.2084 onwards  | 
SwitchX-IB 2 Firmware  | 15.2010.5108 onwards  | 
SwitchX-IB Firmware  | 11.2008.3328 onwards  |