Release Notes

Release Notes Update History

Version	Date	Description
24.07-0.6.1.0	August 14, 2024	Initial release of this document version. This release introduces Bug Fixes in This Version.

Note

As of MLNX_OFED version v5.1-0.6.6.0, the following are no longer supported.

ConnectX-3
ConnectX-3 Pro
Connect-IB
RDMA experimental verbs libraries (mlnx_lib)

To utilize the above devices/libraries, refer to version 4.9 long-term support (LTS).

Release Notes contain the following sections:

Supported NIC Speeds

The Linux Driver operates across all NVIDIA network adapter solutions supporting the following uplinks to servers:

Uplink/Adapter Card	Driver Name	Uplink Speed
BlueField-2	mlx5	InfiniBand: SDR, FDR, EDR, HDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE ¹ , 100GbE ¹
BlueField		InfiniBand: SDR, QDR, FDR, FDR10, EDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE
ConnectX-7		InfiniBand: EDR, HDR100, HDR, NDR200, NDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE ¹ , 100GbE ¹ , 200GbE ², 400GbE
ConnectX-6 Lx		Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE ¹
ConnectX-6 Dx		Ethernet: 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE ¹ , 100GbE ¹ , 200GbE ¹
ConnectX-6		InfiniBand: SDR, FDR, EDR, HDR Ethernet: 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE ¹ , 100GbE ¹ , 200GbE ¹
ConnectX-5/ConnectX-5 Ex		InfiniBand: SDR, QDR, FDR, FDR10, EDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE
ConnectX-4 Lx		Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE
ConnectX-4		InfiniBand: SDR, QDR, FDR, FDR10, EDR Ethernet: 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 56GbE ³ , 100GbE

Speed that supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes in Force mode and Auto-Negotiation mode.
Speed that supports PAM4 mode only.
56GbE is an NVIDIA proprietary link speed and can be achieved while connecting an NVIDIA adapter card to NVIDIA SX10XX switch series or when connecting an NVIDIA adapter card to another NVIDIA adapter card.

Embedded Components

Package	Revision	Licenses
clusterkit	1.14.462-1.2407061	BSD
dpcp	1.1.49-1.2407061	BSD-3-Clause
fwctl	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.5.7.1	GPLv2
hcoll	4.8.3228-1.2407061	Proprietary
ibarr	0.1.3-1.2407061	(GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-2-Clause
ibdump	6.0.0-1.2407061	BSD2+GPL2
ibsim	0.12-1.2407061	GPLv2 or BSD
ibutils2	2.1.1-0.21800.MLNX20240804.ga4352587.2407061	Mellanox Confidential and Proprietary
iser	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.5.7.1	GPLv2
isert	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.5.7.1	GPLv2
kernel-mft	4.29.0-131	Dual BSD/GPL
knem	1.1.4.90mlnx3-OFED.23.10.0.2.1.1	BSD and GPLv2
libvma	9.8.60-1	GPLv2 or BSD
libxlio	3.31.2-1	GPLv2 or BSD
mlnx-en	24.07-0.6.1.0.g51d9270	GPLv2
mlnx-ethtool	6.9-1.2407061	GPL
mlnx-iproute2	6.9.0-1.2407061	GPL
mlnx-nfsrdma	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.5.7.1	GPLv2
mlnx-nvme	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.5.7.1	GPLv2
mlnx-ofa_kernel	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.6.1.1	GPLv2
mlnx-tools	24.07-0.2407061	GPLv2 or BSD
mlx-steering-dump	1.0.0-0.2407061	GPLv2
mpitests	3.2.24-2ffc2d6.2407061	BSD
multiperf	3.0-3.0.2407061	BSD 3-Clause, GPL v2 or later
ofed-docs	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.6.1	GPL/BSD
ofed-scripts	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.6.1	GPL/BSD
openmpi	4.1.7a1-1.2407061	BSD
opensm	5.20.0.MLNX20240804.ef1f438a-0.1.2407061	GPLv2 or BSD
openvswitch	2.17.8-1.2407061	ASL 2.0 and LGPLv2+ and SISSL
perftest	24.07.0-0.44.g57725f2.2407061	BSD 3-Clause, GPL v2 or later
rdma-core	2407mlnx52-1.2407061	GPLv2 or BSD
rshim	2.0.41-0.g5e402e1	GPLv2
sharp	3.8.0.MLNX20240804.aaa5caab-1.2407061	Proprietary
sockperf	3.10-0.git5ebd327da983.2407061	BSD
srp	24.07-OFED.24.07.0.5.7.1	GPLv2
ucx	1.17.0-1.2407061	BSD
xpmem	2.7.3-1.2407061	GPLv2 and LGPLv2.1
xpmem-lib	2.7-0.2310055	LGPLv2.1