Mellanox Windows 64-bit Server OS drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-5 Ex Ethernet adapters

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This package provides the Windows 64-bit drivers for Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx, ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-5 Ex 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 BSOD that occurs when iSCSI booting in UEFI mode on port 2 using Inbox drivers or WinOF 1.80 or lower drivers.
- The "NDISTest 6.5 - [2 Machine] - Stats" HLK test may fail due to inaccurate statistics caused by the counters caching mechanism in the driver.
- Updating the non-default vPort's VM network interface RSS parameter during heavy traffic in vRSS mode could cause the host and non-default vPorts network interfaces to reset, and a momentary disruption in network connectivity
- Modified the amount of requested MSI-X vectors dependency in the VM when in SR-IOV mode. Now the amount of requested MSI-X vectors depends on RSS configuration only and is no longer limited by the inf file
- Fixed an issue that caused the firmware upgrade process to fail when upgrading the driver to a newer version.
- In some scenarios, since the default LRO/RSC coalescing value is 4K, 100GbE bandwidth cannot be reached.
- When the VMQ mode is enabled in a virtual switch, the RSS-enabled network adapter supports only 60 VMNICs, in spite of the 124 advertised. Thus, only 60 VMQs for virtual NICs are available and HLK VMQ tests fail.
- Setting the *TransmitBuffers parameter to a value that is not a power of 2 causes a BSOD while sending packets.
- The description of the Send queues priority counter on the performance monitor is incorrect.
- The driver must be restarted in order to switch from RSS to NonRSS mode. Therefore, if a PowerShell command is used on a specific VM to an enabled/disabled VMMQ without restarting the driver, the RSS counters will keep increasing in performance. The correct description can be found in Mellanox WinOF-2 Diagnostics Counters section in the User Manual.
- In RoCE, the maximum MTU of WinOF-2 (4k) is greater than the maximum MTU of WinOF (2k). As a result, when working with MTU greater than 2k, WinOF and WinOF-2 cannot operate together.
- SR-IOV is not working on W2012 R2 using Taneeler card with V7XXW driver

Enhancements:
- Added to the Communication Manager the ability to check if incoming connections are not already from a connected QP, source.
- Added firmware trace (itrace) to other debug information dumped and logged in the Event Log file to enable easier analysis of issues.
- Reduced the driver and the firmware load and unload time.
- Added the following files to the DMN directory:
- 2 mst files
- Registry files
- Now the mstdump file directory is in the same as the DMN directory.
- Added the option to print the driver current configuration into the DMN logs.
- Added the option to log TPT errors instances to the ETL file.
- Added the option to log errors occurring in the memory address translation and protection mechanism to the event trace log file
- Added to the Event Trace for Windows (ETW) trace the information below about NB and NBL in case of a CQE error:
- NBL and NB pointers
- QueueID (vPortID)
- DMA address
- Packet header
- For a complete list, please review the Release.txt file.
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Version

02.00.03, 02.00.03

Release date

05 Nov 2018

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_V7XXW_WN64_02.00.03_02.EXE
File Size: 41.14 MB
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Format Description:
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MD5:
5dcdf59a4904df2e5eb30c09cac4d6e0
SHA1:
f4134acfb2cfc04eec4b8345a3dea3bb1524bca5
SHA-256:
1a4bfe2c62c319a6c2d0e4939350e37016c4772b42a1351201cbccf7a1bb5b84

File Format: External release notes
File Name: Release.txt
File Size: 63.8 KB
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MD5:
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SHA1:
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SHA-256:
1c27e03538d057a080b4e4b64923c879ecf98761dc1eb017c862b97d1332751f

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Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Mellanox Family of Server Adapters Drivers
Dell Update Package Instructions

Download
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2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation
1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file.
2. Read over the release information presented in the dialog window.
3. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window before proceeding.
4. Click the Install button.
5. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update

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