NVIDIA 699210040230 DPU Firmware 24.35.3502-LTS

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.

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed an issue that prevented the Power Controller Control bit in the Slot Control register from returning to default when forcing the Unplug sequence.
- Fixed an assert with ext_synd as 0x8ce5 during a power cycle process for a virtio case on the customized server with an independent power supply.

Known Issues:

- Unexpected system behavior might be observed if the driver is loaded while reset is in progress.
- Firmware reset sync 1 is currently not working properly. Occasionally, running it does not reset to the device.
- CRC is included in the traffic byte counters as a port byte counter.
- Multi PF is not supported in NVIDIA BlueField-2 Multi-Host environments. Setting 4 PFs (mlxconfig NUM_OF_PF-4) on a Multi-Host environment may trigger firmware asserts and the ARcatVerM may hang.
- When decapsulation on a packet occurs, the FCS indication is not calculated correctly.
- The "max_shaper_rate" configuration query via QEEC mlxreg returns a value translated to hardware granularity.
- Live migration of MPV affiliated function pair is not supported when port numbers are changed. Each function should stay on the same port number as before migration.
- GTP encapsulation (flex parser profile 3) is limited to the NIC domain. Encapsulating in the FDB domain will render a 0-size length in GTP header.
- Asynchronous reboot of Arm while the RSHIM driver is active may cause Poisoned Completion to return and consequently cause a host crash.
- Some pre-OS environments may fail when sensing a hot plug operation during their boot stage.
- Servers do not recover after configuring PCI_SWITCH_EMULATION_NUM_PORT to 32 followed by power cycle.
- When working with 3rd party device (e.g., Paragon) in 25GbE speed, the 25GbE speed must be configured in force mode.
- Occasionally, when rising a logical link, the link recovery counter is increase by 1.
- Forward action for IPoIB is not supported on RX RDMA Flow Table.

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.

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