Document Revision History

Rev 26.01 – February 16, 2026

Added:

• Section "Host Privileges Configuration"

• Section "Setting Host Privilege Configuration"

Updated:

• Section "Storage Health Monitoring"

• Section "Redfish NIC Subsystem Management"

• Section "IPMItool NIC Subsystem Management"

Rev 25.10 – November 06, 2025

Added:

• Page "Storage Health Monitoring"

Updated:

• Section "Boot Source Override"

• Page "Deploying BlueField Software Using BFB"

• Get the firmware inventory collection in "System Inventory"

• Section "Enabling Serial Redirect Mode to Run from Arm or BMC OS"

• Section "Enabling RShim on BlueField BMC"

Rev 25.07 – August 05, 2025

Added:

• Page "System Processor"

Updated:

• Section "ATX Power Error"

• Section "Boot Source Override Config Using IPMI"

• Section "BFB Live Firmware Update" in

Rev 25.04 – April 30, 2025

Updated:

• Section "Data Port Module High Power Consumption Notification"

• Section "Data Port Module Thermal 'Going High' Notification"

• Section "Data Port Module Thermal 'Going Low' Notification"

• Section "Reset Control Using IPMI"

• Section "SDR Sensor List"

• Section "Getting List of Support Sensors"

Added:

• Section "Voltage Sensors"

• Section "Power Sensors"

• Section "Power Deviation Sensors"

• Section "PCIe Correctable Error"

• Section "PCIe Uncorrectable Error"

• Section "PCIe Fatal Error"

• Section "ATX Power Error"

• Section "Getting Measurements"

• Section "RAS PCIe Error"

• Page "DPU BMC SPDM Attestation via Redfish"

• Section "Deleting Static IPv4 Address"

• Section "Adding IPv4 Address"

• Section "Root CA Management Commands"

Rev 25.01 – February 25, 2025

Updates to hierarchy under BlueField Management and BMC Management sections.

Rev 25.01 – February 6, 2025

Added:

• Page "Appendix - BlueField Management in NIC Mode"

Updated:

• Page "DPU Mode Installation"

• Page "BlueField Modes of Operation Configuration"

• Page "Deploying Software Using BFB"

Rev 24.10-LTSU1 FUR – January 02, 2025

Added:

• Page "Unsupported BMC Functionalities in NIC Mode"

Rev 24.10-LTSU1 – December 06, 2024

Added:

• Section "RAS Logging"

Updated:

• Section "Enabling Serial Redirect Mode to Run from Arm or BMC OS"

• Section "Getting 3-port Switch Ports Mode"

• Section "Configuring Router IPv6 Mode"

• Section "Configuring IPv6 Static Router IP"

• Section "Configuring IPv6 Static Router MAC"

Rev 24.10 – October 31, 2024

Added:

• Section "BIOS Debug Mode"

• Sensor ddr_temp to section "Temperature Sensors"

• Sensor ddr_temp to section "SDR Sensor List"

• Informational note to page "BlueField Arm State"

• Section "Data Port Module Events"

• Section "Arm Frequency Change Redfish System Command"

• Section "Data Port Module Temperature Going High"

• Section "Data Port Module Temperature Going Low"

Updated:

• Section "Enabling/Disabling IPv6 DHCP"

• Section "Serial Over LAN"

• Section "Arm Frequency Change"

• Section "BMC FRUs"

• Notes about the size of a single BMC on "BMC and BlueField Logs"

Rev 24.07 – August 14, 2024

Added:

• Page "Guest Tunnel"

• Page "Rsyslog"

• Section "Initial Provisioning of Golden Image to BMC"

• Section "Retrieving Golden Image Version Information"

• Section "Retrieving Golden Image Version Information Using Redfish"

Updated:

• Section "Redfish Management Interface"

• Diagram on page "CEC and BMC Firmware Operations"

• Multipart update with MultipartHttpPushUri command in section "Trigger Secure Firmware Update"

• Section "ForceUpdate"

• Section "Updating BMC"

• Section "Updating CEC"

• Section "Installing BFB"

• Section "Changing Default UEFI Password Using Redfish"

• Section "Retrieve Information on Pending Settings"

• Section "FRU Reading IPMI Commands"

• Section "Hard Rebooting BlueField"

• Section "Updating BMC"

• Section "RAS Errors"

• Section "System Commands"

• Page "BlueField Host Network Interface"

Rev 24.04 – May 05, 2024

Added:

• Page "BlueField Host Network Interface"

• Section "LLDP in Redfish"

• Page "BlueField Arm State"

• Section "Product Instance Identifier"

• Section "CEC Activation and Reset" under "BMC and CEC Firmware Update"

• Section "BMC DPU Information"

Updated:

• Section "Installing BFB"

• Section "FRU Reading IPMI Commands"

Rev 24.01 – February 08, 2024

Added:

• Section "Monitoring DPU OS Shutdown from BMC"

• Section "Example for CSR Generation, Certificate Creation and Replacement"

• Page "BlueField Modes of Operation Configuration"

• Section "Redfish Event Log"

• Cmds 0xa8 0x00 and 0xa8 0x01 to "NVIDIA OEM Commands"

Updated:

• Section "Changing Default Password"

• Section "BIOS CA Certificates"

• Section "System Commands"

• Section "SEL Redfish Commands"

• Section "Get Maximum Power Capacity"

• Section "Get Dump Task State"

• Section "BMC and CEC Firmware Update"

Rev 23.10 – November 30, 2023

Added:

• Section "Power Capping"

• Section "DPU Chassis"

• Section "BlueField Console Log"

• Section "Viewing Currently Installed CA Certificates"

• Section "CA Certificates Collection Modification"

• Section "Enable RShim on DPU BMC"

• Section "Network Management Redfish Commands"

• Section "CEC Update" under "BMC and CEC Firmware Update"

• Section "OOB Network 3-Port Switch Control"

• Appendix "Provisioning Software Upgrade Flow"

Updated:

• Section "Boot Config Using Redfish"

• Section "Installing BFB"

• Section "Factory Reset BMC"

• Section "Reset or Reboot BMC"

• Section "BMC Sensor Data"

• Section "Serial Over LAN"

• Section "BMC Dump Operations"

Rev 23.09 – September 20, 2023

Added:

• Section "System Inventory"

• Section "DPU Chassis"

• Section "NIC Subsystem Management"

• Section "Table of Common Redfish Commands"

Updated:

• Section "System FRU"

• Section "System Logs"

• Section "List of IPMI Supported FRUs"

• Section "Boot Configuration"

• Section "BIOS Secure Boot Configuration"

• Section "BIOS Configuration"

• Section "Reset Control"

Rev 23.07 – August 10, 2023

Added:

• Section "Changing Default Password"

• Section "Account Service"

• Section "Configuring BIOS Secure Boot"

• Section "Configuring BIOS"

• Section "Redfish Certificate Management"

• The commands 0x32 0x97 and 0x32 0x98 to "NVIDIA Custom Commands"

Updated:

• Note in section "Network Protocol Support"

• Section "Boot Configuration"

• Section "Installing BFB"

• Section "BMC and CEC Firmware Update" and its subsections

Rev 23.04 – May 17, 2023

Added:

• Figure "NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 BMC Connector" to section "BMC Console Interface"

• Section "SEL Messages"

• Section "Updating BMC and Glacier Firmware with Vendor Field Mode" which is relevant for NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 DPU only

• Page "Serial Redirect Mode"

• Section "BlueField BMC Redfish Triggers"

• Command 0x32 0x92 and 0x32 0x93 to "NVIDIA Custom Commands" table

Updated:

• Section "BMC Management Interface" with new password requirements

• Section "Sensor Data Record (SDR) Repository"

• Link status codes to the p0_link and p1_link sensors in section "List of IPMI Supported Sensors"

• Section "BMC and CEC Firmware Update"

Rev 2.8.2-34 – October 21, 2022

Added:

• Page "Vendor Field Mode"

• Section "DPU Reset"

Updated:

• Section "Boot Configuration" with note on DPU boot override setting

Last updated: May 27, 2026