NVIDIA BlueField BMC Software

System FRU


FRU Reading Redfish Commands

FRU data is embedded within the chassis schema. To retrieve the relevant FRU data, execute the following Redfish command:

curl -k -u root:'<password>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X GET https://<bmc_ip>/redfish/v1/Chassis/Card1/

The FRU data can be found in the following read attributes:

{
  "Manufacturer": "Nvidia",
  "Model": "BlueField-3 DPU",
  "PartNumber": "900-9D3B4-00EN-EAB   ",
  "SerialNumber": "MT2245X00175            ",
}

FRU Reading IPMI Commands

To retrieve FRU info, run:

ipmitool -C 17 -I lanplus -H <bmc_ip> -U ADMIN -P ADMIN fru print 

The System FRU ID 0: Contain information for NVIDIA® BlueField® System:

FRU Device Description : Builtin FRU Device (ID 0)
 Chassis Type          : Main Server Chassis
 Chassis Part Number   : 900-9D3B6-00CV-AAA
 Chassis Serial        : N/A
 Chassis Extra         : N/A
 Chassis Extra         : 1.0.0
 Chassis Extra         : https://www.mellanox.com
 Chassis Area Checksum : OK
 Board Mfg Date        : Wed Nov  8 01:41:00 2023 UTC
 Board Mfg             : https://www.mellanox.com
 Board Product         : BlueField SoC
 Board Serial          : N/A
 Board Part Number     : 900-9D3B6-00CV-AAA
 Board Extra           : 1.0.0
 Board Area Checksum   : OK
 Product Manufacturer  : https://www.mellanox.com
 Product Name          : BlueField SoC
 Product Part Number   : 900-9D3B6-00CV-AAA
 Product Serial        : MT2345300006
 Product Asset Tag     : N/A
 Product Extra         : 1.0.0
 Product Area Checksum : OK

To print a specific FRU:

ipmitool -C 17 -I lanplus -H <bmc_ip> -U ADMIN -P ADMIN fru print <fru_id>


It is possible to dump the binary FRU data into a file. Run:

ipmitool -C 17 -I lanplus -H <bmc_ip> -U ADMIN -P ADMIN fru read <fru_id> <filename>


The parameter <filename> is the absolute path to the file.


Using the ipmitool fru command displays all the FRU devices detected by the BMC.



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