Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand User Manual

NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU User Guide 25
4. Download and install the "DOCA for Host" package compatible with your specific
operating system and version listed here under the "BlueField Drivers" tab.
5. Verify that the RShim tool, which loads BlueField DPU with updated images, is
running on the host.
Expected output example:
At this stage the host environment is all set and you can now perform administrative
tasks on the DPU.
Connecting to BlueField and Verifying Version
To connect to your DPU:
1. SSH to the DPU using the OOB IP or the RShim IP (192.168.100.2) using the default
credentials (ubuntu/ubuntu).
host# for f in $(rpm -qa |grep -i doca ) ; do yum -y remove $f; done
host# yum autoremove
host# yum makecache
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# sudo systemctl status rshim
rshim.service - rshim driver for BlueField SoC
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rshim.service; enabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-11-24 00:05:10 IST; 29 minutes ago

Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand Specifications

General

Processor	Arm Cortex-A72
Connectivity	InfiniBand, Ethernet
Security	Hardware Root of Trust, Secure Boot
Crypto Acceleration	Yes
Architecture	Arm
PCIe Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Security Acceleration	Yes
Network Acceleration	Yes
Network Interface	InfiniBand
Memory	16GB DDR4
Form Factor	PCIe
Product Type	DPU (Data Processing Unit)
Ethernet Speed	200Gbps
Storage	NVMe over Fabric support
Networking Features	RDMA, RoCE, SR-IOV
Cores	8x Arm A72 cores