NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNIC Firmware Release Notes v40.46.1006

Bug Fixes in this Firmware Version

Internal Ref.

Issue

4286902

Description: Fixed a race condition in DPA process termination during the exception flow, where a failed process could be missed and not reported to the user.

Keywords: DPA

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4401109

Description: Fixed an issue where RTTs on IFA1 were not sent when IFA1 and IFA2 were configured in cumulative slots.

Keywords: PCC, multi probe, IFA

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4486431

Description: Fixed an issue where issuing multiple parallel queries of DPA_THREAD objects with the same object ID could fail.

Keywords: DPA

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4443601

Description: Fixed a firmware issue where PXE failed to boot when both LAG ports were up.

Keywords: PXE, LAG

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4475307

Description: Fixed an issue where PCC DCQCN used incorrect parameter values when link speed was 400Gbps or higher.

Keywords: PCC DCQCN, congestion control.

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4480427

Description: Fixed incorrect calculation of start address and mode for the CQE buffer in DPA CQ, which could cause CQEs to be written to the wrong address when the buffer is not 4K-aligned and spans a second page boundary.

Keywords: CQ, CQE Buffer, DPA

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4402022

Description: Fixed an issue where Wake-on-LAN (WoL) may not function correctly on certain multihost configurations.

Keywords: Wake-on-LAN (WoL)

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4445479

Description: Added a fixed estimated power value for Hvdd in the INI configuration.

Keywords: Hvdd

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4426779

Description: Updated the handling of the PLDM Type-5 'Activate Firmware' command to ensure the update flow does not fail when 'self-contained activation' is requested. Although the 'Self Contained Activation Is Not Supported' completion code will still be returned, the component will now be successfully marked as pending.

Keywords: PLDM

Detected in version: 40.44.1036

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

4366117

Description: Configuring a small MTU leads to fragmentation of packets critical for the PXE boot process. As a result, the PXE boot filters mistakenly discard these packets, causing the PXE boot to fail.

Keywords: PXE boot filters

Detected in version: 40.45.1020

Fixed in Release: 40.46.1006

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