Mellanox Windows 64-bit Server Operating System drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet adapters, version 04.90.00

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This package provides the Windows 64-bit drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-3 Ethernet Adapters and is supported on Dell PowerEdge servers with the following operating systems: Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Fixes & Enhancements

FIXES:
Generic
- Added support for new Mellanox OUI: E4:1D:2D. Mellanox card with this OUI would not work with the previous versions of WinOF
- Fixed CM CPU consumption for a long period of time while in DPC context
- Added to MLNX_System_Snapshot Mellanox specific counters and data from Get-Mlnx* Cmdlets

Resiliency
- Reset Flow improvements: redesigned and simplified it to resolve race conditions with parallel resets

Ethernet
- Added ETS with DSCP support
- Fixed stability issues
- Fixed failure when deleting Virtual Ethernet Interfaces right after creating it
- Fixed duplicated values of Receive Completion Method in UI on Windows Server 2012 R2
- Improved completion memory access speed
- Improved RX descriptors memory access
- Improved the scalability of VMQ to allow running more VMs reliably
- Enabled ETS per flow according to the DSCP value in the IP header
- Reduced memory footprints of Ethernet interfaces
- Changed default VMQ/VPort affinity to use the first RSS CPU
- Changed behavior in VMQ/SR-IOV mode by making all traffic of the default VPORT/VMQ use the same CPU

NDK
- Improved CPU utilization
- Changed ndkgetremotetokenfrommr() to return value in network byte order

Performance
- Fixed the UI crash when working with a single port
- Fixed wrong ND_* performance tests duration calculation
- Fixed the higher limit of ThreadPoll to be 200,000

Installation
- Fixed CIM failure after installation in maintenance mode
- Fixed loading of old driver after driver upgrade that requires system reboot to complete the process
- Fixed RoCE disable by default after installation of WinOF in Windows 8.1 Client

ND
- Fixed seg fault when executing ND application with no device installed or when a wrong device identifier is used
- Fixed wrong reported value of supported number of SGE in 32 bit DLLs
- Increased the number of supported SGEs in 32 bit DLLs to 2

Changes in UI
- Replaced the terms 'LBFO' and 'Bundle' with 'Teaming' and 'team' respectively.

CIM/WMI
- Fixed failure when calling Get-MlnxFirmwareIdentity if not all devices are up


ENHANCEMENTS:
- UDP Source port
- ETS with DSCP
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Version

04.90.00, 04.90.00

Release date

11 Mar 2015

Download Type

Driver

Category

Network, Ethernet & Wireless

Importance

Recommended
Dell Technologies recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains changes to maintain overall system health. It ensures that the system software remains current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software) and may include other new features.
Available formats
File Format: Update Package for MS Windows 64-Bit.
File Name: Network_Driver_2R76K_WN64_04.90.00_03.EXE
File Size: 124.76 MB
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