NVIDIA ConnectX-6 DE Adapter Cards Firmware Release Notes v22.46.3048

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.

Note

When connecting an NVIDIA-to-NVIDIA adapter card in ETH PAM4 speeds, Auto-Neg should always be enabled.

Note

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: Refer to the hardware documentation for the list of supported devices.

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

22.46.3048 / 22.46.1006 / 22.45.1020

DOCA-HOST

3.1.0 / 3.0.0

Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

WinOF-2

25.7.50000 / 25.4.50020 / 25.1.51010

Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

MFT

4.33.0-169 / 4.32.0-120 / 4.31.0-149

Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

FlexBoot

3.8.100

UEFI

14.39.13

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

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