BlueField-3 Firmware Release Notes

Unsupported Functionalities

As of firmware v

32.38.1002

, DPU NIC mode has been updated. To upgrade to firmware v

32.38.1002

:

  1. Set mlxconfig to move to DPU mode (if not already there).

    sudo mst start
    sudo mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/<device> s INTERNAL_CPU_MODEL=1 INTERNAL_CPU_OFFLOAD_ENGINE=0
    


  2. Power-cycle the host.

  3. Flash the latest BFB file (v2.2.0).

  4. Set mlxconfig.

    sudo mst start
    sudo mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/<device> s INTERNAL_CPU_MODEL=1 INTERNAL_CPU_OFFLOAD_ENGINE=1
    


  5. Set EXP_ROM_UEFI_ARM_ENABLE = True (1).
    If EXP_ROM_UEFI_ARM_ENABLE = False (0), perform the following on the Arm/SoC side:

    sudo mst start
    sudo mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/<device> s EXP_ROM_UEFI_ARM_ENABLE =1
    


  6. Power-cycle the host.

Firmware v

32.38.1002

is not backward compatible with older BlueField software releases.


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