[Starlingx-discuss] stx 6.0 aio mellenox connectX 40GB dual card

M. Vefa Bicakci vefa.bicakci at windriver.com
Fri Mar 25 18:51:23 UTC 2022


Hi,

With StarlingX 6.0, the Mellanox OFED device drivers were updated to version 5.3. According to the following link, nVidia/Mellanox has stopped supporting ConnectX-3 cards such as the one you have (MCX384A) since driver version v5.1:

  https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/display/MLNXOFEDv512620/Release+Notes

As noted at the aforementioned link, Mellanox OFED v4.9 LTS continues to support ConnectX-3 cards. StarlingX supports only the latest version of the Mellanox OFED drivers. Hence, StarlingX no longer ships with a version of the drivers that support ConnectX-3 cards.

Also note that ConnectX-3 cards use the mlx4 driver instead of the mlx5 driver, as indicated here:

  https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/display/MLNXOFEDv494080/Introduction

Thank you,

Vefa

On 2022-03-25 12:59, Khalil, Ghada wrote:
> Hi Linda, can someone from the OS team comment on this?
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> i just deployed a stx 6.0 aio dual on bare metal yet after booting and logging into the system i dont see the mellanox connectX 40Gb interfaces i also dont see a mlx5_en kernel module to load
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> server is a Dell C6220 with Dual-Port 40Gb/s QSFP Mezzanine Network Card MCX384A-BCAA 3CYRK
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