4.17 Release notes

Table of Contents

1. Supported Platforms
2. Supported Firmware
3. Supported Cables
4. New Features
5. Known Issues

Supported Platforms

Product	Description
Mellanox SpectrumTM Ethernet Switch ASIC	SpectrumTM, 32 Port 100GbE switch IC
Mellanox SN2700, SN2740	SpectrumTM based 100GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch with, 32 QSFP28 ports
Mellanox SN2410	SpectrumTM based 25GbE/100GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch, 48 SFP28 ports, 8 QSFP28 ports
Mellanox SN2100	SpectrumTM based 100GbE 1U Open Ethernet switch, 16 QSFP28 ports
Mellanox SN2010	SpectrumTM based 25GbE/100GbE 1U Open Ethernet Switch, 18 SFP28 ports, 4 QSFP28 ports

Supported Firmware

mlxsw_spectrum-13.1620.192.mfa2 - Available via linux-firmware.

Supported Cables

For a list of the Mellanox supported cables please visit the LinkX^TM Cables and Transceivers page.

New Features

Kernel	Category	Description
4.17	QoS	Allow grafting of RED as a child of PRIO (providing per QoS RED/ECN)
	L3 Routing	IPv6 multicast routing
	SPAN	Support mirroring via GRE tunnel (ERSPAN)
4.16	L3 Routing	Weighted multipath for IPv6
	QoS	Offload support for PRIO queueing discipline
	SPAN	flow-based mirroring
4.15	L3 Routing	IPv4 multicast routing
	L3 Routing	Weighted multipath for IPv4
	L3 Routing	Allow user control of IPv4 multpath hash policy
	QoS	Offload support for RED queueing discipline
	L3 Tunneling	GRE support for decap-only tunnels
	L3 Tunneling	GRE configuration changes supported (see limitations)
4.14	L3 Routing	Add support for IPv6 unicast routing
	ACL keys	Match on IP TTL and TOS
	ACL actions	Support moving to different chains (tables)
	L3 Tunneling	Preliminary support for GRE tunnels (see limitations)
4.13	ACL keys	Match on TCP flags
	ACL actions	Trap support
	Chassis management	Firmware flashing support
	Chassis management	Port module [transceiver] info
4.12	ACL keys	VLAN-ID, PCP, DCSP support
	ACL Infrastructure	Added counters support
	L3 Routing	Enabled 256 VRFs
	Visibility	Added RIF counters
4.11	ACL infra	Added 'tc-flower' offloading for ACLs
	ACL keys	Port, DMAC, SMAC, Ethertype, IP proto, SIP DIP (IPv4/6), TCP/UDP, L4 port
	ACL actions	DROP, Forward
	IP multicast	IGMP flooding enhancements
	Visibility	sFlow
4.10	QoS	CPU policers support
4.9	L3 routing	L3 router performance enhancements
	Chassis management	I2C driver added for Mellanox SpectrumTM switch systems
4.8	L3 routing	Unicast IPv4
		ECMP support
	Visibility	SPAN support
4.7	QoS	Shared buffer configurations using devlink
		DCB and port QoS mapping
4.6	Port configuration	devlink support for Port-splitter
4.5	L2 switching	Bridges and flooding control
		FDB, FDB learning and ageing time
		802.1Q bridges and PVID
		8021.D bridges
		Bond offload
		Team offload
		STP
		LLDP
		IGMP snooping
4.4	Port configuration	Switch ports representation as net devices
		Switch ports configuration (IP address, MTU, admin-status, operation status)
		ethtool support for query port counters, read firmware version, toggle port indicator LEDs
		VLAN filtering configuration for switch ports
	Chassis management	hwmon implementation of the switch ASIC for temperature and fans

Known issues

Category	Description
Network configuration	Order of operations: Network configuration should be done bottom-up, teardown should be done top-down
ACL	ACL key size: Rules that match on L2 fields and the complete IPv6 header cannot be specified
Chassis management	i2c_mlxcpld should be blacklisted on SN2100; Otherwise, system logs will show warnings