OS Vendor Support

Mellanox Ethernet drivers, protocol software and tools are supported by respective major OS Vendors and Distributions Inbox or by Mellanox where noted. Mellanox also supports all major processor architectures 

Ethernet Support for Linux (ConnectX EN)
Distribution Source Versions that support* Mellanox Network Adapters Adapter Cards Supported Supported CPU Architecture Software Components
MLNX_EN

RHEL5 U8, U9; RHEL6 U2, U3; OEL6.2 + 2.6.32-279.19.1; OEL6.3 + 2.6.32-279.19.1; SLES 11 SP1; SLES 11 SP2; 

 ConnectX, ConnectX EN, ConnectX-2, ConnectX-2 EN, ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 EN x86_64, x86, PPC

1.5.10: Stateless offload, LSO, RSS, Adaptive Interrupt moderation, HW Multicast filtering, Promiscuous mode. Ethtool based performance Optimization, HA/Teaming, VLAN Tx/Rx acceleration, Multi-core NAPI support.
NOTE: For MLNX_EN older versions, click here and check the Archive tab.
Ethernet Support for Windows (Mellanox Package and Open Fabrics WinOF support)
MLNX_WinOF VPI Windows 7; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 R2;  ConnectX, ConnectX EN, ConnectX-2, ConnectX-2 EN, ConnectX-3, ConnectX-3 EN x86_64, x86 3.0.0: Stateless offload, LSO, RSS, Interrupt moderation, Multicast, Promiscuous mode, VLAN support
NOTE: For MLNX_WinOF VPI older versions, click here and check the Archive tab.
VMware ESX Server (Ethernet)
MLX4_EN VMware ESX/ESXi 5.x ConnectX EN, ConnectX-2 EN x86_64, x86 1.6.1-2 MLX4_EN Base driver: Stateless offload, LSO, RSS, HW Multicast filtering, Promiscuous mode. Ethtool based performance Optimization, HA/Teaming, VLAN Tx/Rx acceleration, Multi-core, VMware NetQueue, Flex10
VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x ConnectX EN, ConnectX-2 EN x86_64, x86 1.5.7 MLX4_EN Base driver: Stateless offload, LSO, RSS, HW Multicast filtering, Promiscuous mode. Ethtool based performance Optimization, HA/Teaming, VLAN Tx/Rx acceleration, Multi-core, VMware NetQueue, Flex10
NOTE: VMware ESX 3.5 (U1, U2, U3, U4) older versions, click here and check the Archive tab.
OS Inbox Support for Linux Distributions
Distribution Source Versions that support* Mellanox InfiniBand Adapters Adapter Cards Supported Supported CPU Architecture Software Components
RedHat RHEL 4 U6, or later ConnectX/ConnectX-2,
ConnectX EN/ConnectX-2 EN		 x86_64, x86 MLNX_EN
RHEL 5 U3 or later ConnectX/ConnectX-2,
ConnectX EN/ConnectX-2 EN		 x86_64, x86 MLNX_EN
Novell/SuSE SLES 10, & SLES 10 SP1, SP2, SP3 ConnectX/ConnectX-2,
ConnectX EN/ConnectX-2 EN		 x86_64, x86 MLNX_EN
SLES 11, SLES 11 SP1 ConnectX/ConnectX-2,
ConnectX EN/ConnectX-2 EN		 x86_64, x86 MLNX_EN
SLERT (SUSE Linux Enterprise Real-Time) ConnectX/ConnectX-2,
ConnectX EN/ConnectX-2 EN		 x86_64, x86 MLNX_EN
Citrix XenServer (Ethernet)
mlx4_en(Inbox)
 XenServer v5.0/5.1 ConnectX EN, ConnectX-2 EN x86_64, x86 1.4.3 Stateless offload, LSO, RSS, Interrupt moderation, Multicast, Promiscuous mode. Ethtool based performance Optimization, HA/Teaming