Known Issues
VF Network Function Limitations in SRIOV Legacy Mode
Dual Port Device |
Single Port Device |
127 VF per PF (254 functions) |
127 |
VF Network Function Limitations in Switchdev Mode
Dual Port Device |
Single Port Device |
127 VF per PF (254 functions) |
127 |
VF+SF Network Function Limitations in Switchdev Mode
Dual Port Device |
Single Port Device |
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ConnectX-7 has the same feature set and limitations as ConnectX-6 adapter card. For the list of ConnectX-6 Known Issues, please go to https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/connectx6fw.
The below are limitations related to ConnectX-7 only.
Internal Ref. |
Issue |
3525865 |
Description: Unexpected system behavior might be observed if the driver is loaded while reset is in progress. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: Sync 1 reset, firmware reset |
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Discovered in Version: 28.35.3006 |
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3261861 |
Description: Connecting an HDR device to an NDR device with Optical cables longer than 30m causes degradation in the bandwidth. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: HDR-to-NDR, cables |
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Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012 |
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3178339 |
Description: PCIe PML1 is disabled. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: PCIe PML1 |
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Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012 |
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3138665 |
Description: PLDM firmware update process fails in case 1304 bytes chunk size is chosen. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: PLDM firmware update |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 |
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3110297 |
Description: When ConnectX-7 adapter card is configured to use the Auto-Negotiation mode, 400G_8x linkup cannot be raised. |
Workaround: Configure the adapter card to use Force mode. |
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Keywords: 400G_8x, linkup |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 |
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3033910 |
Description: BAR misses caused by a memory write/read actions are not reported in the AER and the device status. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: BAR miss, AER |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 |
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3140645 |
Description: 3rd party servers may hang after warm reboot due to the PCIe switch. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: PCIe, 3rd party servers |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 |
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3147207 |
Description: The SPDM challenge command returns the hash of all the measurements without their headers. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: SPDM |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 |
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3147219 |
Description: SPDM Get Measurements might return an invalid signature while executed without the included measurements (request param2 = 0). |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: SPDM |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 |
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Description: Changing dynamic PCIe link width is not supported. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: PCIe |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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2169950 |
Description: When decapsulation on a packet occurs, the FCS indication is not calculated correctly. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: FCS |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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3174038 |
Description: SPDM requests received while CPLD burn flow is in progress may be answered with incorrect responses. |
Workaround: Avoid activation of the two flows in tandem. |
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Keywords: SPDM |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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3141072 |
Description: The "max_shaper_rate" configuration query via QEEC mlxreg returns a value translated to hardware granularity. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: RX Rate-Limiter, Multi-host |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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3106146 |
Description: Live migration of MPV affiliated function pair is not supported when port numbers are changed. Each function should stay on the same port number as before migration. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: MPV live migration |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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3077026 |
Description: When connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to ConnectX-7 adapter card and one side is configured to RM Loopback, and the port is toggled, link flap maybe experienced. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: Link flap |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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3077026 |
Description: When connecting with MMS4X00-NL400 transceiver at 200Gb/s, instability may be experienced upon link up. |
Workaround: Wait approximately 30 seconds for stabilization. |
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Keywords: Transceiver, Link Up |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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2870970 |
Description: GTP encapsulation (flex parser profile 3) is limited to the NIC domain. Encapsulating in the FDB domain will render a 0-size length in GTP header. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: GTP encapsulation |
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Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 |
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3081264 |
Description: 10G/40G speeds are not supported on MFS1S00-XXXX modules (200G optics) in ConnectX-7 adapter cards. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: Optical cables |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 |
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3070590 |
Description: PLL modules are not supported in ConnectX-7 ethernet adapter cards. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: PLL |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 |
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3073517 |
Description: When connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to a ConnectX-5 or an NVIDIA Spectrum switch and trying to raise 10G/40G over 100G optics cable is not supported. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: Optical cables, ConnectX-5, NVIDIA Spectrum |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 |
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3073517 |
Description: When connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to a ConnectX-5 or an NVIDIA Spectrum switch, configuring first 10G/40G and then configuring back 100G we result in linkup failure. |
Workaround: Toggle both ConnectX-7 and ConnectX-5 or the NVIDIA Spectrum switch |
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Keywords: ConnectX-5, NVIDIA Spectrum, linkup |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 |
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3070409 |
Description: When connecting a ConnectX-7 adapter card to a ConnectX-6 Dx or an NVIDIA Spectrum-3 switch, NRZ speeds are not raised when using 200GbE optical cable. |
Workaround: Configure PHY_FEC_OVERRIDE on the ConnectX-7 side for the requested speed. |
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Keywords: Optical cables, NRZ, ConnectX-6 Dx, NVIDIA Spectrum-3, 200GbE optical cable |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 |
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2993531 |
Description: PML1 is disabled by default. Enabling it might result in server hanging. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: PML1 |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028 |
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Description: Upgrading to firmware 28.33.2028 from any previous Engineering Sample (earlier than version 28.98.2406) must be done before installing WinOF-2 v2.90 driver and requires going through the following steps:
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Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: Firmware upgrade |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028 |
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Description: Downgrading from firmware 28.33.2028 to any previous Engineering Sample firmware is not supported. |
Workaround: N/A |
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Keywords: Firmware downgrade |
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Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028 |