Bug ID 940885: Add embedded SR-IOV support for Mellanox CX5 Ex adapter

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.3.1, 15.1.4, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 15.1.4.1, 14.1.4.4

Opened: Aug 28, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The Mellanox CX5 Ex adapter is not supported by the BIG-IP with a tmm embedded SR-IOV network driver.

Impact

Systems using a CX5 Ex adapter will have to use the sock driver rather than the Mellanox driver.

Conditions

A BIG-IP Virtual Edition system configured to use one or more Mellanox CX5 Ex adapters in SR-IOV mode.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Added the CX5 Ex device ID to the BIG-IP's Mellanox SR-IOV driver so that it can be used with that adapter.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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