diff --git a/docs/fern/backends/trtllm/trtllm-kv-cache-transfer.md b/docs/fern/backends/trtllm/trtllm-kv-cache-transfer.md
index c4f7359dcf5b..6f6fc542f6fc 100644
--- a/docs/fern/backends/trtllm/trtllm-kv-cache-transfer.md
+++ b/docs/fern/backends/trtllm/trtllm-kv-cache-transfer.md
@@ -29,8 +29,17 @@ TensorRT-LLM supports two NIXL communication backends: UCX and LIBFABRIC. By def
 
 TensorRT-LLM can also leverage **UCX** (Unified Communication X) directly for KV cache transfer between prefill and decode workers. To enable UCX as the KV cache transfer backend, set `cache_transceiver_config.backend: UCX` in your engine configuration YAML file.
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> The environment variable `TRTLLM_USE_UCX_KVCACHE=1` with `cache_transceiver_config.backend: DEFAULT` does not enable UCX. You must explicitly set `backend: UCX` in the configuration.
+`cache_transceiver_config.backend` accepts the following values:
+
+| Value | Behavior |
+|-------|----------|
+| Not set | KV cache transfer is disabled. |
+| `DEFAULT` | Uses the backend named by the first of `TRTLLM_USE_NIXL_KVCACHE`, `TRTLLM_USE_UCX_KVCACHE`, `TRTLLM_USE_MOONCAKE_KVCACHE`, or `TRTLLM_USE_MPI_KVCACHE` that is set to `1`. Uses NIXL when none of them is set. |
+| `UCX`, `NIXL`, `MOONCAKE`, or `MPI` | Uses that backend and ignores the environment variables above. |
+
+The precedence above matches TensorRT-LLM 1.3.0rc22; check `CacheTransceiverConfig._resolve_default_backend` in `tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_args.py`.
+
+The two paths produce different transceivers, which is how you tell them apart at runtime: direct UCX logs `UcxConnectionManager`, while NIXL with UCX underneath logs `NixlTransferAgent ... using NIXL backend: UCX`. Read the worker's startup log for the transceiver class rather than inferring it from the configuration.
 
 ## AWS EFA
 
@@ -38,15 +47,17 @@ On AWS, UCX uses the **SRD (Scalable Reliable Datagram)** transport over EFA dev
 
 **Image options:**
 
-- **Pre-built EFA image (AMD64 only):** A dedicated EFA image with the EFA SDK baked in is available on NGC. This is recommended for AMD64 instances (e.g. `p5.48xlarge`):
+- **Pre-built EFA image:** A dedicated EFA image with the EFA SDK baked in is available on NGC, for both AMD64 and ARM64:
 
 ```
-nvcr.io/nvidia/ai-dynamo/tensorrtllm-runtime:1.2.1-efa-amd64
+nvcr.io/nvidia/ai-dynamo/tensorrtllm-runtime:1.3.0-efa
 ```
 
+On 1.2.1 the same image is tagged `1.2.1-efa-amd64`. Despite the suffix that tag is a multi-arch manifest covering AMD64 and ARM64; the name was corrected to `-efa` in 1.3.0. Pull the tag exactly as written, since `1.2.1-efa` was never published.
+
 See [Release Artifacts](../../reference/release-artifacts.mdx) for all available EFA images.
 
-- **Host-mount approach (ARM64 / GB200):** No pre-built EFA ARM64 image is published. Use the standard `tensorrtllm-runtime` image and mount the EFA SDK from the host node. This is what we tested on GB200 NVL72:
+- **Host-mount approach (ARM64 / GB200):** Instead of the pre-built image, you can run the standard `tensorrtllm-runtime` image and mount the EFA SDK from the host node, which keeps the SDK in step with the host driver:
 
 ```yaml
 volumeMounts:
@@ -58,6 +69,11 @@ volumes:
       path: /opt/amazon/efa
 ```
 
+> [!WARNING]
+> Do not use this host mount with the LIBFABRIC backend on ARM64 / GB200. With `cache_transceiver_config.backend: NIXL` and `TRTLLM_NIXL_KVCACHE_BACKEND=LIBFABRIC`, mounting the host `/opt/amazon/efa` makes NIXL fail to register CUDA VRAM with `fi_mr_reg failed: Bad address`. TensorRT-LLM asserts immediately after, and both the prefill and decode workers enter `CrashLoopBackOff`.
+>
+> Use the pre-built `-efa` image instead. Removing the mount and relying on the EFA SDK shipped in that image makes an otherwise identical deployment serve inference on the same pair of nodes.
+
 **EFA resource requests:**
 
 ```yaml