Change Log History

Changes and New Features in v24.01

• Expanded the BMC dump log to incorporate data from the NIC firmware. A new log containing NIC device debug information has been introduced and is now accessible on NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 systems.

• Enabled DPU BMC to facilitate soft shutdown requests to the embedded CPU via both IPMI and Redfish protocols

• Upgraded the Linux Kernel version to 5.15 in the OpenBMC system

• Added IPMI and Redfish commands to disable/enable DPU Arm out-of-band (OOB) access to the management network

• Added new entries to the BMC system event log (SEL) or BMC operation log, enhancing support for BMC operations

• Incorporated a Redfish command for the deployment of BIOS CA certificates

• Updated BMC password policy

• Added support for simple HttpMultiPart update for BMC and eROT firmware

Changes and New Features in v23.10

• NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 Redfish enhancements:Included phosphor-logging entry for dumping /dev/rshim/misc messagesImplemented Redfish-based firmware configuration for switching between BlueField DPU mode and NIC mode for BlueField-3Added an OEM API for enabling/disabling BMC RShim, offering more control over this critical component

• Enhanced debuggability for the DPU BMC which includes the ability to store DPU console/serial logs for troubleshooting and analysis

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• Deployment of a more restrictive firewall policy to enhance system security

• Added power-capping control capabilities from the DPU BMC, providing greater power management flexibility

• Added an OEM API for key-based authentication

• Incorporated the wget application into the BMC OS

• Enhanced the system with the ability to enable\disable the DPU OOB port using IPMI commands

• Removed DPU BMC SMBus master capabilities

• CEC1736 EC firmware upgrade to version 00.02.0152.0000 – the boot completion timeout for CEC1736 has been increased from 2 minutes to 8 minutes in this version to ensure that the BMC completes its boot process within the allotted time. If the BMC fails to boot within that period, the CEC1736 initiates a reset of the BMC.

  This change may lead to undesired system behavior:

  • If a new BMC firmware update is in progress during this period, the CEC1736 reverts to the previous version of the BMC firmware

  • If the BMC fails to provide six boot complete indications, the CEC1736 interrupts the BMC boot process, necessitating a full reset cycle to recover the DPU BMC

  
  

Changes and New Features in v23.09

• The NCSIoMCTPoSMBus interface has been activated to facilitate communication between the DPU BMC and the NIC subsystem. This activation has introduced several enhanced functionalities to the NIC subsystem's firmware, including:

  • Configuring and retrieving the DPU's operational mode

  • Configuring and retrieving the status of the RShim

  • Retrieving the strap values of the NIC subsystem on the DPU

  • Obtaining information about the OS state

• Added the ability to control BIOS secure boot configuration through the Redfish interface

Changes and New Features in v23.07

• Allow programmatic changing of BIOS/UEFI parameters via the Redfish API

• Support UEFI HTTP boot using Redfish

• Allow programmatic mechanism for changing BIOS/UEFI boot order using Redfish

• Implemented the Certificate, CertificateLocations, and CertificateService schema in the NIC BMC, including certificate information

• Implemented Redfish-based firmware update using the SimpleUpdate SCP schema for DPU recovery

• DPU BMC indication of the reset/reboot state

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Changes and New Features in v23.04-3

• Added support for BMCs of BlueField-3 DPUs

• Add support for Serial Console Redirection

• Added Redfish service with the underlying schemas:Redfish chassis schema to represent the DPU chassis elements including:/redfish/v1/Chassis/Card1/redfish/v1/Chassis/Bluefield_BMC/redfish/v1/Chassis/Bluefield_ERoTRedfish sensor schema:/redfish/v1/Chassis/Card1/Sensors/NetworkAdapter schema representing a physical network adapter capable of connecting to a computer network:/redfish/v1/Chassis/Card1/NetworkAdaptersNetworkDeviceFunction schema representing a logical interface that a network adapter exposes:/redfish/v1/Chassis/Card1/NetworkAdapters/{NetworkAdapter}/NetworkDeviceFunctions/Port schema containing properties that describe a port of a switch, controller, chassis, or any other device that could be connected to another entity:/redfish/v1/Chassis/Card1/NetworkAdapters/{NetworkAdapter}/PortsManagement subsystem schema:/redfish/v1/Managers/Bluefield_BMCUpdated service and the properties that affect the service itself for Redfish implementation:/redfish/v1/UpdateServiceRedfish FirmwareInventory schema:/redfish/v1/UpdateService/FirmwareInventoryRedfish log service:/redfish/v1/Managers/Bluefield_BMC/LogServicesRedfish user account for the system manager:/redfish/v1/AccountService/redfish/v1/AccountService/Roles/redfish/v1/SessionService/SessionsRedfish session service properties:/redfish/v1/SessionServiceRedfish task service:/redfish/v1/TaskService

Changes and New Features in 2.8.2-34

• Updated LLDPAD to be enabled by default

Changes and New Features in 2.8.2

• First software GA release

Last updated: April 01, 2024