Nvidia BlueField-2 BF2500 User Manual

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Installing CentOS 7.4 on BlueField Controller Card
Full PXE Boot Installation
Get to the UEFI boot menu.
Reboot the BlueField Controller Card by typing “reboot” on the console. A “UEFI firmware…” message should appear and the screen clears.
Press ESC several times until you enter the UEFI boot menu.
UEFI Boot Menu
On the host, restart the DHCP and TFTP service:
systemctl restart dhcpd
systemctl restart tftp #might be xinetd
If the error “no root is found” appears in the installation process, check or disable the firewall as needed on the server host machine.
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Nvidia BlueField-2 BF2500 Specifications

General

Processor	ARM Cortex-A72
Memory	16 GB DDR4
Network Interfaces	2 x 100GbE
PCIe Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Product Type	DPU (Data Processing Unit)
Interface Type	Ethernet
Ethernet Ports	2
Maximum power consumption	75W
PCIe Lanes	16
Operating Temperature	0°C to 55°C
Storage Acceleration	Yes
Virtualization Support	Yes
Security Features	Secure Boot