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+
+* Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+   * Platform details:
+
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
+     * Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
+
+   * OS:
+
+     * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
+     * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
+     * Ubuntu 16.10
+     * Ubuntu 16.04
+     * Ubuntu 14.04
+
+   * MLNX_OFED: 4.0-2.0.0.0
+
+   * NICs:
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1007
+       * Firmware version: 2.40.5030
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1015
+       * Firmware version: 14.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1017
+       * Firmware version: 16.19.1200
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1019
+       * Firmware version: 16.19.1200
+
+* IBM(R) Power8(R) with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
+
+   * Platform details:
+
+       * Processor: POWER8E (raw), AltiVec supported
+       * type-model: 8247-22L
+       * Firmware FW810.21 (SV810_108)
+
+   * OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS PPC le
+
+   * MLNX_OFED: 4.0-2.0.0.0
+
+   * NICs:
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
+
+     * Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
+
+       * Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
+       * Device ID: 15b3:1013
+       * Firmware version: 12.18.2000
