What this release includes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26.03 networking with OVS-DOCA, Spectrum-X acceleration, vGPU support, and MPAM improvements.

This release introduces the following major new features and enhancements:

  • Networking with OVS-DOCA on Grace-Blackwell systems and Vera Rubin
  • Support for NVIDIA Spectrum-X networking acceleration in OpenShift
  • vGPU support for Grace-Hopper and Grace-Blackwell
  • GPU passthrough enablement through SMMUv3 on Vera Rubin
  • MPAM support for Grace-Hopper, Grace-Blackwell, and Vera Rubin
  • Support for Live Firmware Activation (LFA)

RHEL for NVIDIA 26.03 is based on RHEL 10.2.z with updated kernel, qemu-kvm, and libvirt packages delivered through the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 for ARM 64 - Nvidia (RPMs) repository. All other packages are identical to RHEL 10.2.