NVIDIA ConnectX-9 SuperNIC Firmware Release Notes v82.48.1000 (February 2026 GA Release)

Firmware Compatible Products

These are the release notes for the NVIDIA® ConnectX®-9 SuperNIC firmware. ConnectX-9 supports the following protocols:

  • InfiniBand - EDR, HDR1002, HDR2, NDR2002, NDR2, XDR2

  • Ethernet - 25GbE, 50GbE1, 100GbE 1, 200GbE 1, 400GbE 2

  • 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.

Note

Some of the Ethernet protocol speeds listed above are not supported by the firmware.. For more information, see Known Issues 4745177.

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-9 Firmware

82.48.1000

DOCA-HOST

3.3.0

Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

WinOF-2

26.1.50000

Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

MFT

4.35.0-159

Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes.

FlexBoot

3.9.101

UEFI

14.41.13

NVOS

25.02.6000 onwards

Quantum-3 FW (part of NVOS)

35.2016.2080 onwards

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