Reference

mlx5ib(4)

Mellanox ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX based 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb network adapter driver

NAME

mlx5ib – Mellanox ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX based 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb network adapter driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place these lines in your kernel configuration file:

options COMPAT_LINUXKPI device mlx5 device mlx5ib

To load the driver as a module at run-time, run this command as root:

kldload mlx5ib

To load the driver as a module at boot time, place this line in loader.conf(5):

mlx5ib_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The mlx5ib driver provides support for infiniband and Remote DMA over Converged Ethernet, RoCE, for PCI Express network adapters based on ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX.
For further hardware information and questions related to hardware requirements, see http://www.mellanox.com/.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE

The mlx5ib driver supports 100Gb, 50Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb and 10Gb network adapters. ConnectX-4 supports: 10/20/25/40/50/56/100Gb/s speeds. ConnectX-4 LX supports: 10/25/40/50Gb/s speeds (and reduced power consumption):

  • Mellanox MCX455A-ECAT

  • Mellanox MCX456A-ECAT

  • Mellanox MCX415A-CCAT

  • Mellanox MCX416A-CCAT

  • Mellanox MCX455A-FCAT

  • Mellanox MCX456A-FCAT

  • Mellanox MCX415A-BCAT

  • Mellanox MCX416A-BCAT

  • Mellanox MCX4131A-GCAT

  • Mellanox MCX4131A-BCAT

  • Mellanox MCX4121A-ACAT

  • Mellanox MCX4111A-ACAT

  • Mellanox MCX4121A-XCAT

  • Mellanox MCX4111A-XCAT

SUPPORT

For general information and support, go to the Mellanox support website at: http://www.mellanox.com/.

If an issue is identified with this driver with a supported adapter, email all the specific information related to the issue to ⟨[email protected]⟩.

SEE ALSO

mlx5en(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

The mlx5ib device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 12.0.

AUTHORS

The mlx5ib driver was written by Mellanox Technologies <[email protected]>.

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