Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand User Manual

NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU User Guide 27
2. Upgrade the firmware of the BlueField DPU:
1. Upgrade the BlueField DPU's firmware:
Expected output example:
2. Power cycle the host for the changes to take effect.
3. Verify that the BFB has been installed and the firmware has been upgraded
successfully by accessing the DPU again:
1. SSH to the BlueField DPU from the host using OOB IP or RShim IP:
2. Check the versions of the DPU image and firmware:
INFO[BL2]: start
…
INFO[MISC]: Ubuntu installation started
INFO[MISC]: Installation finished
INFO[MISC]: Rebooting...
dpu# sudo /opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater/mlnx_fw_updater.pl --force-
fw-update
Device #1:
----------
Device Type: BlueField-2
[...]
Versions: Current Available
FW <Old_FW_ver> <New_FW_ver>
[...]
Done
ssh <ip>

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