User Manual Revision History

23.10

November 2023

• Added IPsec Full Offload

• Added a note to NVME-oF - NVM Express over Fabrics.

23.07

September 2023

No changes to the User Manual.

August 2023

• Updated "Interrupt Request (IRQ) Naming" under Ethernet Interface.

• Removed the "IPsec Crypto Offload" section from the Ethernet Network chapter.

• Removed all "Connected Mode" indications, and the "IPoIB Mode Setting" section from IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB).

• Removed Running OpenSM, and updated Running OpenSM as Daemon under NVIDIA SM.

23.04

May 2023

• Removed "Installing NEO-Host Using mlnxofedinstall Script" subsection from the Installing MLNX_OFED section

• Added note under "Enrolling NVIDIA's x.509 Public Key On your Systems" subsection in the UEFI Secure Boot section

• Updated the NVIDIA SM (OpenSM) section

Jun 2023

• Added an important note to IPsec Crypto Offload

5.7

August 2022

• Added Out of Order (OOO) under RoCE section

• Added section describing Dumping Steering Info

5.6

April 2022

• Added OpenFlow Meters section

• Added Installation on Community Operating Systems section

5.5

December 2021

• Added "Forward to Multiple Destinations" section

• Added "Open vSwitch Metering" section

• Added "Multiport eSwitch Mode" section

• Added "Bridge Offload" section

• Added "TC Configuration for ConnectX-6 Dx and Above" subsection

5.4-3

October 2021

• Removed LASH Routing Algorithm

5.4-2

August 2021

• Added CT CT NAT section

• Added Representor Metering section

• Updated VF Metering section

• Removed sysfs VXLAN portion of the Enabling VXLAN Hardware Stateless Offloads section

5.4

June 2021

• Updated SR-IOV Live Migration

5.3-1

March 31,2021

• Added PTP Cyc2time Hardware Translation Offload section

• Added Connection Tracking Performance Tuning section

• Added VF Metering section

• Added note under OVS-DPDK Hardware Offloads section

• Updated Persistent Naming section

• Updated command under Connection Tracking Offload section

• Added sFlow description under OVS-DPDK Hardware Offloads section

5.2

February 14, 2021

• Added Setting up MLNX_OFED YUM Repository Using --add-kernel-support section

• Added Setting up MLNX_OFED apt-get Repository Using --add-kernel-support section

January 19, 2021

Added OpenSSL with kTLS Offload section

January 4, 2021

• Added Offloaded Traffic Sniffer section

• Added Tx Port Time-Stamping section

• Added VLAN Push/Pop section

• Added sFLOW section

• Added E2E Cache section

• Added Geneve Encapsulation/Decapsulation section

• Added Parallel Offloads section

• Updated SR-IOV VF LAG section

• Removed Installing MLNX_OFED on Innova™ IPsec Adapter Cards section

• Removed Updating Firmware and FPGA Image on Innova IPsec Cards section

5.1-2

September 17, 2020

Added Packet Pacing for Hairpin Queues section

5.1

July 28, 2020

Updated the content of the entire document following the removal of support for ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 Pro and Connect-IB adapter cards, as well as the deprecation of RDMA experimental verbs library (mlnx_lib)

Added SR-IOV Live Migration section

Added SR-IOV VF LAG section

5.0-2

April 23, 2020

Added Interrupt Request (IRQ) Naming section

April 6, 2020

Added Kernel Transport Layer Security (kTLS) Offloads section

5.0

March 3, 2020

• Added IPSec Crypto Offload section

• Added OVS-DPDK Hardware Offloads section

• Updated OVS Hardware Offloads Configuration section

4.7

December 29, 2019

• Added Configuring Uplink Representor Mode section

December 13, 2019

• Added Performance Tuning Based on Traffic Patterns section

• Added "num_of_groups" entry to table mlx5_core Module Parameters

• Added .Mediated Devices v5.4-0.5.1.1-Beta section

September 29, 2019

• Updated Additional Installation Procedures section

4.6

May 13, 2019

• ethtool section updates: Added description of -f flashing option to Ethtool Supported Options table

April 30, 2019

• ethtool section updates:

  • Updated the description of ethtool -s eth advertise autoneg on counter under Ethtool

  • Added the following counters under Ethtool:

    • ethtool --show-fec eth

    • ethtool --set-fec eth encoding auto|off|rs|baser 

• Added Devlink Parameters section

• Added Limit Bandwidth per Group of VFs section

• Added Disabling RoCE section

• Added RDMA-CM QP Timeout Control section

• Added RDMA-CM Application Managed QP section

4.5

December 19, 2018

• Reorganized Chapter 2, “Installation”: Consolidated the separate installation procedures under Installing NVIDIA OFED and Additional Installation Procedures

• Added Installing NEO-Host Using mlnxofedinstall Script

November 29, 2018

Added the following sections:

• Local Loopback Disable

• Offsweep Balancing