NVIDIA 699210040230 DPU Firmware 24.34.1002

Firmware which is added at the time of manufacturing, is used to run user programs on the device and can be thought of as the software that allows hardware to run. Embedded firmware is used to control the functions of various hardware devices and systems, much like a computer’s operating system (OS) controls the function of software applications. Firmware may be written into read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) or flash memory.

NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU provides innovative acceleration, security, and efficiency in every host. BlueField-2 data center infrastructure combines the power of the NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx with programmable Arm cores and hardware offloads for software-defined storage, networking, security, and management workloads.

NVIDIA BlueField-2 also delivers superior performance, security, and reduced TCO for cloud computing platforms, enabling organizations to efficiently build and operate virtualized, containerized, and bare-metal infrastructures at massive scale.

Changes and New Features:

- Added LLDPEnable, LLDPTransmit and LLDPReceive properties to the RDE Port schema implementation.
- Added a 22 nanosecond of propagation delay to the cable delay of the PPS signal when using PPS out.
- Added support for PPCC register with bulk operations, MAD for algorithm configuration and tunable parameters.
- Added support for programmable counters for PCC via PPCC register and MAD.

Bug Fixes:

 
- Fixed an issue that resulted in data corruption and NVMF queue getting stuck, following backend controller timeout and RNR NAK exceeded syndrome on initiator due to mistakes in access to the internal database NVMF Backend Controller as a result of wrong data in the database.
- Fixed an issue that caused some requests to get stuck in the pacer, thus not allowing detach NVMF namespace command to progress when the pacer was configured to use byte in flight limitation mechanism and NVMf backend controller timeout happened under traffic.
- Added a new NVconfig parameter “MULTI_PCI_RESOURCE_SHARE” to support modes that allow choosing the utilization of the card's resources on each host in Socket-Direct / Multi host setup.
- Added 50 Usec delay during PML1 exit to avoid any PCIe replay timer timeout.
- Fixed an issue where set_flow_table_entry failed when aso_flow_meter action was used. 
- Enabled Multi-Host RX Rate-limiter configuration via the QEEC mlxreg and the max_shaper_rate field.
- Added "Command Unsupported" response code in cases when running the MCTP control command "Get Vendor Defined Messages Supported", and there were no supported VDMs.
- Fixed a race condition occured between the duplicate read and QP commands (2RST, 2ERR and Destroy) in the signature that caused the command to hang.
- Added support for dynamic MSI-X when in SmartNIC mode.
- Fixed an issue where vPort counters had wrong values.
- A hardware issue in the illegal_flowq that raises even when there is drop, results in the adapter card getting stuck during high scale traffic.
- Creating a Channel Service Object with bad parameters that lead to command rollback, results in the command getting stuck.

About Network Adapter Drivers:

When connected, the operating system usually installs a generic driver that helps the computer to recognize the newly attached device.

However, proper software must be applied if you want to make use of all features that the network adapter has available. This task also allows computers to properly recognize all device characteristics such as manufacturer, chipset, technology, and others.

Updating the adapter's drivers and utilities version might improve overall performance and stability, increase transfer speeds, fix different compatibility problems and several network-related errors, as well as bring various other changes.

To install this release, simply get the package, extract it if necessary, run the setup, and follow the instructions displayed on-screen. When done, don't forget to perform a system restart and reconnect the network adapter to make sure that all changes take effect properly.

Without further ado, if you intend to apply this version, click the download button and install the package. Moreover, check with our website as often as possible so that you don't miss a single new release.