NVIDIA Firmware Tools (MFT) Documentation v4.21.0

Changes and New Features

Component/ Tool

Description

Operating System

Rev. 4.21.0

mlxburn

Added support for mlxburn on ESXi OSes with Python version >= 3.6.

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mlxfwreset

For some configuration changes done using mlxconfig,

PCI rescan by the user is required. In this case, mlxfwreset will print the following warning message:

"-W- PCI rescan is required after device reset."

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flint

Querying Vendor Specific Firmware Information from an Nvidia AOC / Transceiver Querying a firmware cable transceiver is now done using the "flint" tool.

In case the Vendor Specific query command is not supported by the firmware, the CMIS standard query implemented by the firmware will be performed.

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resourceparse

resourceparse will present the union fields according to the selector.

Unions that do not have a selector, will be presented with all the fields as before.

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resourcedump

resourcedump performance enhancement. resourcedump tool now runs ~10X faster in mem mode with output to binary file.

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resourcedump

Updated the "--virtual-hca-id" value output to be in a hexadecimal format.

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mlxlink

Removed irrelevant "eye" info fields in the output of the "show eye" command for PCIe links.

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mlxlink

Removed the device status field from the PCIe info section.

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mlxlink

Re-formatted the serdes Tx parameter layout in the "show_sedes_tx" command.

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mlxlink

Added support for "show_eye" command for ConnectX-7 over PCIe links.

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fwtrace

Over-all fwtrace redesign to support new FW traces on Multi-Chip-Module (MCM) chips. Additionally, we added support for phy_uc and APU events.

For further information, see fwtrace Utility.

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mstdump

Added an optional parameter of the CSV path (-c | --csv) which loads the DB from the provided path instead of the default one.

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Bug Fixes

See Bug Fixes.

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