Mellanox Windows 64-bit Server Operating System drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro Ethernet adapters

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This package provides the Windows 64-bit drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro Ethernet Adapters and is supported on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with the following operating systems: Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.
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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes:
- Fixed a BSOD that occurred on servers with more than 64 cores as the Tx traffic did not honor the Tx affinity implied by the TSS, when the number of potential RSS
CPUs was greater than 64.
- Fixed a BSOD that occurred while installing WinOF v5.35 due to stack usage overrun.
- Fixed an issue that could cause BSOD when resizing a number of Queue Pairs
(QPs) in Virtual Multiple Machine Queue (VMMQ) mode, while running stress traffic to the VM
- Removed the following redundant VM Event Log messages: 122, 104, 144
- Fixed a wrong Link State value in the VSTAT.

Enhancements:
- DMN is a bus driver (mlx4_bus.sys) feature that generates dumps and traces from various components, including hardware, firmware and software, upon internally detected issues (by the resiliency sensors), user requests (mlxtool) or ND application requests via the extended Mellanox ND API. DMN is unsupported on VFs.
- Added support for systems with up to 252 logical processors when Hyperthreading is enabled and up to 126 logical processors when Hyperthreading is disabled
- Added support for RSC solution in TCP/IP traffic to reduce CPU overhead.
- Added support for extended NDSPI to control CQ moderation.
- Added a new counter for packets with no destination resource.
- Added a new registry key that allows users to configure the E2E Congestion Control feature.
- Added to the vlan_config tool the ability to create VLANs for the Physical Function (PF) in addition to the Virtual Function (VF)
- Added support for collecting firmware MST dumps in cases of system bug check.
- Added an event log message (ID 273) that is printed when the number of resources to load the VF is insufficient.
- Added a counter for the number of packets discarded due to an invalid QP number.
- Added DSCP based counters to support traffic where no VLAN/priority is present.
- RoCE TTL default value has been changed from 128 to 16.
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Version

05.50.03, 05.50.03

Release date

12 Feb 2019

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_70FDX_WN64_05.50.03_03.EXE
File Size: 145.4 MB
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Format Description:
Dell Update Packages in native Microsoft Windows 64-bit format do not require that Microsoft WOW64 be installed on the Microsoft Windows Server.
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MD5:
1a8535c917affdad3d7d60e73ee1c3e3
SHA1:
4b1cc7830ce6ca1f6297f2e20e1f518de9fe5247
SHA-256:
b6d18ca9637054c5271348d27aa5e173d3da0518ad25dfc8178931467588b002

File Format: External release notes
File Name: Release.txt
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MD5:
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SHA1:
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SHA-256:
b1ac068bbc3e7e8a8f8488fb3842bf2298677a8996a55f44615daed347aaf155

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Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
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2. Read over the release information presented in the dialog window.
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4. Click the Install button.
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