Document Conventions and Related Documents

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Term	Description
MFT	NVIDIA^® Firmware tools
MST	Software tools and it is the name of the script that starts/stops the driver used by MFT tools
mlx	Extension of the text firmware file which contains all the firmware content
ini	Extension of the firmware configuration file which is in INI format and contains card specific configurations.
bin	Extension of the binary firmware file which is a combination of INI and mlx file
MFA	Extension of the a firmware file that contains several binary files of firmware for different cards/boards
4th Generation ICs/ Group I of ICs	Contains the following devices: ConnectX-3 ConnectX-3 Pro
5th Generation ICs/ Group II of ICs	Contains the following devices and newer: Connect-IB Switch-IB Switch-IB 2 NVIDIA Spectrum NVIDIA Spectrum-2 ConnectX-4 ConnectX-4 Lx ConnectX-5 ConnectX-5 Ex ConnectX-6 ConnectX-6 Dx NVIDIA BlueField

Reference Documents and Downloads	Location
MFT web page	https://network.nvidia.com/products/adapter-software/firmware-tools/
Firmware Release Notes	https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/adapterfw
MLNX_OFED	https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/mlnxofedib
WinOF/WinOF-2	https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/winof2
VMware	https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/vmwareesxiasyncdrivers
FreeBSD	https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/freebsd