Networking NVIDIA BlueField BSP

Changes and New Features

For an archive of changes and features from previous releases, refer to Release Notes Change Log History.

NVIDIA® BlueField® DPUs support configuring network ports as either Ethernet only or InfiniBand only.

BlueField Platform Changes and New Features in 4.14.0

  • Expanded DPU scalability to support multiple switch ports and up to 32 PFs

  • Aligned BlueField attestation capabilities with the NVIDIA RIM Service, enabling automated access to CoRIM files to support zero-trust measurement and validation processes

  • Replaced MLNX_DPDK with official upstream DPDK (v25.11+) across the BlueField ecosystem, updating OVS and DOCA components to support standard upstream APIs

  • Added support for software-defined virtio-blk emulation, utilizing the DOCA TLP SDK to offload storage data paths while retaining flexibility for custom control plane implementations

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