2.1Firmware Rev 2.31.5050 Changes and New Feature
Added support for GeneralInfo SMP MAD
Updated capability mask in GeneralInfo SMP/GMP MAD
Added support for PortCountersVL MAD
Added support for PortSamplesControl/PortSamplesResults/PortSamplesExtended MADs
INI
Added Exponential Backoff Timer support. It is enabled via the rtm_ini parameter. The default value is 0
Flow Steering (DMFS)
Added VLAN steering to Device Managed Flow Steering (DMFS)
Non-Volatile configuration tool
Added support for Non-Volatile configuration of TLVs to set device attributes:
Query and set of configurations is available through PRM ACCEES_REG command
PRM ACCESS_REG command is now also supported through the tools_hcr command interface
Added support for MTF mlxconfig tool
Management protocols
Added IPv6 support for NC-SI and IPMI Pass-Through
Added support for the same unicast MAC simultaneously for both IPMI and NC-SI
PCIe
Added enhancements for receiver equalization in Gen3:
Enhancements are enabled by the INI. The default value is disabled.
Please contact Mellanox support if required to enable it.
PCIe power optimizations for 8X/4X links
Side Band protocols
SMBUS optimizations
Physical and Virtual Functions reset flows
Added new Physical and Virtual Functions reset flows support
PXE support
Added support for 64Bit BIOS mode
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PRM
Added IEEE802.3 CL73 autoneg support to the QUERY_PORT command.
Added factory MAC address reporting to the Query_Port command.
Added support for reverting virtual MAC configuration per port and restoring to factory MAC through MOD_STAT_CFG command.
Added support for inline TLV read through MOD_STAT_CFG command.
Added current MTU reporting to the QUERY_PORT command.
Added support query for additional MAC addresses per port (up to 7) through the QUERY_PORT command.
Cables
Added bad cable detection and reporting feature support