NVIDIA Network Operator v24.10.0

Platform Support

Component

Version

Notes

Kubernetes >=1.27 and <=1.30.4
Helm v3.5+ For information and methods of Helm installation, please refer to the official Helm Website.
Node Feature Discovery >=0.15.6 and <=0.16.3 When deploying the Network Operator and GPU Operator on the same cluster, ensure only one instance of Node Feature Discovery (NFD) is installed. We recommend using the version included with the GPU Operator.

The following component versions are deployed by the Network Operator:

Component

Container Image

Notes

Node Feature Discovery registry.k8s.io/nfd/node-feature-discovery:v0.15.6 Optionally deployed. May already be present in the cluster with proper configuration.
NVIDIA DOCA Driver container nvcr.io/nvidia/mellanox/doca-driver:24.10-0.7.0.0-0
k8s-rdma-shared-device-plugin ghcr.io/mellanox/k8s-rdma-shared-dev-plugin:v1.5.2
sriov-network-device-plugin ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-device-plugin:v3.8.0
containernetworking CNI plugins ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/plugins:v1.5.0
whereabouts CNI ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/whereabouts:v0.7.0
multus CNI ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni:v4.1.0
IPoIB CNI ghcr.io/mellanox/ipoib-cni:v1.2.0
IB Kubernetes ghcr.io/mellanox/ib-kubernetes:v1.1.0
NV IPAM Plugin ghcr.io/mellanox/nvidia-k8s-ipam:v0.2.0
NIC Feature Discovery ghcr.io/mellanox/nic-feature-discovery:v0.0.1 Only one instance of NFD should be deployed.
DOCA Telemetry nvcr.io/nvidia/doca/doca_telemetry:1.16.5-doca2.6.0-host
  • NVIDIA RDMA-capable network adapters:
    • NVIDIA ConnectX NICs
      • ConnectX-5 or newer

    • NVIDIA BlueField Network Platforms
      • BlueField-2 DPU (NIC mode)

      • BlueField-3 DPU (NIC mode)

      • BlueField-3 SuperNIC (NIC mode)

  • NVIDIA GPU Operator Version 24.3.x or newer (required for the workloads using NVIDIA GPUs and GPUDirect RDMA technology)

The following network adapters have been tested with the Network Operator:

  • ConnectX-6 Dx

  • ConnectX-7

  • BlueField-2 NIC Mode

  • BlueField-3 NIC Mode

The following ARM based systems has been tested with Network Operator:

System

Network Adapters

OS

Notes

NVIDIA IGX Orin ConnectX-7 Ubuntu 22.04 (ARM64) GA (RoCE only, without GPUDirect RDMA)
NVIDIA Grace ARM Server BlueField-3 NIC Mode Ubuntu 22.04 (ARM64) / OCP 4.16 GA (RoCE only, without GPUDirect RDMA)

NVIDIA Network Operator has been validated in the following scenarios:

Operating System

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Notes

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.27-1.30.4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.27-1.30.4 RT kernels support
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.27-1.30.4
Red Hat Core OS 4.14-4.16 RT kernels support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4, 9.3, 9.2, 9.0 1.27-1.30.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 8.6 1.27-1.30.4 RT kernels support

NVIDIA Network Operator has been validated in the following scenarios:

Operating System

Containerd

CRI-O

Notes

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Yes No
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Yes No
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Yes No
Red Hat Core OS No Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Yes Yes
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