VMware InfiniBand Driver: Firmware - Driver Compatibility Matrix
Below is a list of the recommend VMware driver / firmware sets for
Mellanox products.
|
VMware ESX Version
|
Software Type
|
Product
|
Driver Version
|
Device
|
Firmware Version
|
| ESXi5.5/6.0 |
OFED
Drivers |
MLNX
OFED ESX (RDMA) 5.5/6.0 |
2.4.0 | ConnectX®-3 | 2.36.5000 and above |
| ConnectX®-3 Pro | 2.36.5000 and above | ||||
| Customized device | Check the OEM web pages | ||||
| ESXi5.5 | OFED Drivers | MLNX OFED ESX (RDMA) 5.5 | 2.3.3.1 | ConnectX®-3 | 2.36.5000 and above |
| ConnectX®-3 Pro | 2.36.5000 and above | ||||
| Customized device | Check the OEM web pages | ||||
| OFED Drivers | MLNX OFED ESX (RDMA) 5.1/5.5 | 1.8.2.4 | ConnectX®-2 | 2.9.1200 and above | |
| ConnectX®-3 | 2.30.8000 and above | ||||
| ConnectX®-3 Pro | 2.30.8000 and above | ||||
| Customized device | Check the OEM web pages | ||||
| ESXi5.x | OFED Drivers | MLNX OFED ESX (RDMA) 5.0/5.1 | 1.8.2.0 |
ConnectX®-2 | 2.9.1000 and above |
| ConnectX®-3 | 2.30.3000 and above | ||||
| ConnectX®-3 Pro | Not Supported | ||||
| Customized device | Check the OEM web pages | ||||
| CIMProvider |
Mellanox Adapter CIM Provider |
1.0 | - |
- |
|
| Mellanox Firmware Tools |
MFT |
3.5.1 |
- |
- |
|
| Diagnostic Tools |
RDMA diagnostics tools |
N/A |
- |
- |
|
| OFED Drivers | MLNX OFED ESX (RDMA) 5.0/5.1 | 1.8.1 | ConnectX®-2 | 2.9.1000 and above | |
| ConnectX®-3 | 2.11.0500 and above | ||||
| ConnectX®-3 Pro | Not Supported | ||||
| Customized device | Check the OEM web pages |