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 | 
| NVbug 3971388 | Description: Reading of the MAX_ACC register value that can support debugging performance is currently not supported. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: Performance | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.2020 | |
| 3342918 | Description: On rare occasions, the port might get stuck (in all speeds) during the link up flow when using optical modules. | 
| Workaround: Toggle the port to fix the issue. | |
| Keywords: Port link up, port toggling, optical modules | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.2020 | |
| 3098880 | Description: Firmware cannot reach the line rate with a single QP while running GPUDirect traffic. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: Line rate, MCX750500B-0D0K / MCX750500B-0D00 | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.2020 | |
| - | Description: Core log files and error monitoring from OOB are currently blocked by the BMC platform that supports ConnectX-7 host management protocols. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: BMC, MCX750500B-0D0K / MCX750500B-0D00 | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.2020 | |
| 3257759 | Description: Firmware reset is disabled by default. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: Firmware reset, MCX750500B-0D0K / MCX750500B-0D00 | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.2020 | |
| 3263559 | Description: Firmware does not load after warm reboot. | 
| Workaround: Perform a full power cycle to load the firmware. | |
| Keywords: Warm reboot, power cycle, MCX750500B-0D0K / MCX750500B-0D00 | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.2020 | |
| 3262845 | Description: In the ConnectX-7 adapter card with P/N MCX750500B-0D0K, t he "Fatal Error Reporting Enable" bit controls both the fatal and the non-fatal ERR MSG forwarding. The "Non-Fatal Error Reporting Enable" bit does not affect the ERR MSG forwarding. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: Fatal Error Reporting Enable" bit, PCIe, MCX750500B-0D0K | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.1010 | |
| 3327847 | Description: CNP received, handled, and ignored counters in the hardware counters cannot work after moving to Programmable Congestion Control mode. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: CNP, Programmable Congestion Control | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.1010 | |
| 3312483 | Description: WoL packets may not working properly if sent to Unicast destination MAC. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: WoL packets, Unicast destination MAC | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.1010 | |
| 3339919 | Description: 
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| Workaround: To raise in Force flow, configure the speed, FEC and precoding. | |
| Keywords: Link up speed | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.1010 | |
| 3339818 | Description: When performing a stress toggling on a ConnectX-7 adapter card that is connected to the MMA1Z00-NS400 cable and the speed is set to 100G_1x with interleaved FEC, a long linkup time of up to 5 min may occur. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: Toggling, MMA1Z00-NS400 | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.1010 | |
| 3329109 | Description: MFS1S50-H003E cable supports only HDR rate when used as a split cable. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: HDR, split cable, MFS1S50-H003E | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.1010 | |
| 2844036 | Description: When using the "Dual Write" feature with QP buffer bigger than the maximum outstanding WQEs (128), the data being sent on the standby QP can be corrupted. | 
| Workaround: Limit the QP buffer size when using "Dual Write" up to 128 WQEs. | |
| Keywords: Dual-write, QP | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.36.1010 | |
| 2348641 | Description: SFP 1G-BaseT transceivers are currently not supported. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: SFP 1G-BaseT transceivers | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012 | |
| 3178339 | Description: PCIe PML1 is disabled. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: PCIe PML1 | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.35.1012 | |
| 3138665 | Description: PLDM firmware update process fails in case 1304 bytes chunk size is chosen. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: PLDM firmware update | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 | |
| 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. | |
| Keywords: 400G_8x, linkup | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 | |
| 3033910 | Description: BAR misses caused by a memory write/read actions are not reported in the AER and the device status. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: BAR miss, AER | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 | |
| 3140645 | Description: 3rd party servers may hang after warm reboot due to the PCIe switch. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: PCIe, 3rd party servers | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.4000 | |
| - | Description: Changing dynamic PCIe link width is not supported. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: PCIe | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 | |
| 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. | |
| Keywords: SPDM | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 | |
| 3141072 | Description: The "max_shaper_rate" configuration query via QEEC mlxreg returns a value translated to hardware granularity. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: RX Rate-Limiter, Multi-host | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 | |
| 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 | |
| Keywords: GTP encapsulation | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.34.1002 | |
| 3081264 | Description: 10G/40G speeds are not supported on MFS1S00-XXXX modules (200G optics) in ConnectX-7 adapter cards. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: Optical cables | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 | |
| 3070590 | Description: PLL modules are not supported in ConnectX-7 ethernet adapter cards. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: PLL | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 | |
| 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 | |
| Keywords: Optical cables, ConnectX-5, NVIDIA Spectrum | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 | |
| 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. | |
| Keywords: Optical cables, NRZ, ConnectX-6 Dx, NVIDIA Spectrum-3, 200GbE optical cable | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.33.4030 | |
| 2993531 | Description: PML1 is disabled by default. Enabling it might result in server hanging. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: PML1 | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028 | |
| - | 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 | |
| Keywords: Firmware upgrade | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028 | |
| - | Description: Downgrading from firmware 28.33.2028 to any previous Engineering Sample firmware is not supported. | 
| Workaround: N/A | |
| Keywords: Firmware downgrade | |
| Discovered in Version: 28.33.2028 |