NVIDIA 900-9D3B4-00EN-E DPU Firmware 32.39.4082-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.

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Bug Fixes:

- Fixed an issue that prevented the SFF module from accessing the EEPROM data when removing the CMIS module and inserting the SFF module instead of it.
- Fixed an issue that caused the VDPA feature bits GUEST_TSO4 and GUEST_TSO6 to be set by default unexpectedly thus resulting in traffic interruption.
- Changed the PCI Gen 4-5 default CTLE VGA gain.
- Fixed a PCIe short link level issue.
- Fixed a PCIe link temperature level issue.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Virtio Block devices from being re-enabled after rebooting the server with an active Virtio Block device, due to the following internal firmware error "Failed to start pci device: open BLK device for vhca_id 0×2 failed" which appears in the Host Dmesg SNAP logs.
- Reduced the Memic size allocation per PF. pf_gvmi_iterator is now used to count the existing number of MEMIC PFs.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in setup crash when create_sq used invalid mbox. Now the invalid mbox is replaced with a valid DB.
- Fixed the ESW scheduling rate limiter behavior to present more accurate information for virtio_net VFs and irtio_blk VFs.
- Added address validation in MLNX OEM CMD 0x0032 (get debug info) to be 4-bytes aligned. 

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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