NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNIC Firmware Release Notes v40.46.3048

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.

Note

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

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

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

40.46.3048 / 40.46.1006 / 40.45.1200

DOCA-HOST

3.1.0

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

4.33.0-3002 / 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

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