Firmware Compatible Products
These are the release notes for the NVIDIA® ConnectX®-8 SuperNIC firmware. This firmware supports the following protocols:
InfiniBand - EDR, HDR1002, HDR2, NDR2002, NDR2, XDR2
Ethernet - 25GbE, 50GbE1, 100GbE1, 200GbE 2, 400GbE2
PCI Express Gen6., supporting backwards compatibility for v5.0, v4.0, v3.0, v2.0 and v1.1
1. Speed that supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes in Force mode and Auto-Negotiation mode.
2. Speed that supports PAM4 mode only.
When connecting an NVIDIA-to-NVIDIA adapter card in ETH PAM4 speeds, Auto-Neg should always be enabled.
Orderable Part Number (OPN) |
PSID |
Description |
900-9X81E-00EX-ST0 |
MT_0000001167 |
NVIDIA ConnectX-8 C8180 HHHL SuperNIC; 800Gbs XDR IB (default mode) / 2x400GbE; Single-cage OSFP; PCIe 6 x16 with x16 PCIe Socket Direct/Multi Host Extension option; Crypto Enabled; Secure Boot Enabled |
900-9X81Q-00CN-ST0 |
MT_0000001222 |
NVIDIA ConnectX-8 C8240 HHHL SuperNIC; 400GbE (default mode) / 400Gb/s IB; Dual-port QSFP112; PCIe 6 x16 with x16 PCIe Socket Direct / Multi Host Extension option; Crypto Enabled; Secure Boot Enabled |
Driver Software, Tools and Switch Firmware
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-8 Firmware |
40.44.0208 |
DOCA-HOST |
2.9.0-5.3.X Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
WinOF-2 |
24.10.51000 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
MFT |
4.30.2-20 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
mstflint |
4.30.2-20 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
FlexBoot |
3.7.500 |
UEFI |
14.36.21 |
MLNX-OS |
3.11.1004 onwards |
NVOS |
25.02.1934 onwards |
Cumulus |
5.11.0.0026 onwards |
NVIDIA Quantum-3 Firmware |
35.2014.2038 onwards |
NVIDIA Quantum-2 Firmware |
31.2014.2082 onwards |