Platform Support

Prerequisites

Component

Version

Notes

Kubernetes

>=1.27 and <=1.30.4

Helm

v3.5+

For information and methods of Helm installation, please refer to the official Helm Website.

Node Feature Discovery

>=0.15.6 and <=0.16.3

When deploying the Network Operator and GPU Operator on the same cluster, ensure only one instance of Node Feature Discovery (NFD) is installed. We recommend using the version included with the GPU Operator.

Network Operator Component Matrix

The following component versions are deployed by the Network Operator:

Component

Version

Notes

Node Feature Discovery

v0.15.6

Optionally deployed. May already be present in the cluster with proper configuration.

NVIDIA DOCA Driver container

24.10-0.3.2.0-0

k8s-rdma-shared-device-plugin

sha-4f3eb2224b8b5f97be3f17441ddee8d41753b7d5

sriov-network-device-plugin

v3.7.0

containernetworking CNI plugins

v1.5.0

whereabouts CNI

v0.7.0

multus CNI

v4.1.0

IPoIB CNI

v1.2.0

IB Kubernetes

v1.0.2

NV IPAM Plugin

v0.2.0

NIC Feature Discovery

v0.0.1

Only one instance of NFD should be deployed.

DOCA Telemetry

1.16.5-doca2.6.0-host

System Requirements

  • NVIDIA RDMA-capable network adapters:
    • NVIDIA ConnectX NICs
      • ConnectX-5 or newer

    • NVIDIA BlueField Network Platforms
      • BlueField-2 DPU (NIC mode)

      • BlueField-3 DPU (NIC mode)

      • BlueField-3 SuperNIC (NIC mode)

  • NVIDIA GPU Operator Version 24.3.x or newer (required for the workloads using NVIDIA GPUs and GPUDirect RDMA technology)

Tested Network Adapters

The following network adapters have been tested with the Network Operator:

  • ConnectX-6 Dx

  • ConnectX-7

  • BlueField-2 NIC Mode

  • BlueField-3 NIC Mode

Supported ARM Based Platforms

The following ARM based systems has been tested with Network Operator:

System

Network Adapters

OS

Notes

NVIDIA IGX Orin

ConnectX-7

Ubuntu 22.04 (ARM64)

GA (RoCE only, without GPUDirect RDMA)

NVIDIA Grace ARM Server

ConnectX-7

Ubuntu 22.04 (ARM64) / OCP 4.16

GA

Supported Operating Systems and Kubernetes Platforms

NVIDIA Network Operator has been validated in the following scenarios:

Operating System

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Notes

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

1.27-1.30.4

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

1.27-1.30.4

RT kernels support

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

1.27-1.30.4

Red Hat Core OS

4.14-4.16

RT kernels support

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4, 9.3, 9.2, 9.0

1.27-1.30.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 8.6

1.27-1.30.4

RT kernels support

Supported Container Runtimes

NVIDIA Network Operator has been validated in the following scenarios:

Operating System

Containerd

CRI-O

Notes

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Yes

No

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Yes

No

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Yes

No

Red Hat Core OS

No

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Yes

Yes