DOCA Documentation v2.7.0
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NVIDIA DOCA Installation Guide for Linux

This guide details the necessary steps to set up NVIDIA DOCA in your Linux environment.

Installation of the NVIDIA® BlueField® networking platform (DPU or SuperNIC) software requires following the following step-by-step procedure.

Supported Platforms

Supported BlueField Platforms

The following NVIDIA® BlueField® Platforms are supported with DOCA:

NVIDIA SKU

Legacy OPN

PSID

Description

900-9D3B6-00CV-AA0

N/A

MT_0000000884

BlueField-3 B3220 P-Series FHHL DPU; 200GbE (default mode) / NDR200 IB; Dual-port QSFP112; PCIe Gen5.0 x16 with x16 PCIe extension option; 16 Arm cores; 32GB on-board DDR; integrated BMC; Crypto Enabled

900-9D3B6-00SV-AA0

N/A

MT_0000000965

BlueField-3 B3220 P-Series FHHL DPU; 200GbE (default mode) / NDR200 IB; Dual-port QSFP112; PCIe Gen5.0 x16 with x16 PCIe extension option; 16 Arm cores; 32GB on-board DDR; integrated BMC; Crypto Disabled

900-9D3B6-00CC-AA0

N/A

MT_0000001024

BlueField-3 B3210 P-Series FHHL DPU; 100GbE (default mode) / HDR100 IB; Dual-port QSFP112; PCIe Gen5.0 x16 with x16 PCIe extension option; 16 Arm cores; 32GB on-board DDR; integrated BMC; Crypto Enabled

900-9D3B6-00SC-AA0

N/A

MT_0000001025

BlueField-3 B3210 P-Series FHHL DPU; 100GbE (default mode) / HDR100 IB; Dual-port QSFP112; PCIe Gen5.0 x16 with x16 PCIe extension option; 16 Arm cores; 32GB on-board DDR; integrated BMC; Crypto Disabled

900-9D219-0086-ST1

MBF2M516A-CECOT

MT_0000000375

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto and Secure Boot Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0086-ST0

MBF2M516A-EECOT

MT_0000000376

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto and Secure Boot Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0056-ST1

MBF2M516A-EENOT

MT_0000000377

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D206-0053-SQ0

MBF2H332A-AENOT

MT_0000000539

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL

900-9D206-0063-ST2

MBF2H332A-AEEOT

MT_0000000540

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL

900-9D206-0083-ST3

MBF2H332A-AECOT

MT_0000000541

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto and Secure Boot Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL

900-9D206-0083-ST1

MBF2H322A-AECOT

MT_0000000542

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto and Secure Boot Enabled; 8GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL

900-9D206-0063-ST1

MBF2H322A-AEEOT

MT_0000000543

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto Enabled; 8GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL

900-9D219-0066-ST0

MBF2M516A-EEEOT

MT_0000000559

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0056-SN1

MBF2M516A-CENOT

MT_0000000560

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0066-ST2

MBF2M516A-CEEOT

MT_0000000561

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0006-ST0

MBF2H516A-CEEOT

MT_0000000702

BlueField-2 DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0056-ST2

MBF2H516A-CENOT

MT_0000000703

BlueField-2 DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0066-ST3

MBF2H516A-EEEOT

MT_0000000704

BlueField-2 DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D219-0056-SQ0

MBF2H516A-EENOT

MT_0000000705

BlueField-2 DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D250-0038-ST1

MBF2M345A-HESOT

MT_0000000715

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU; 200GbE/HDR single-port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL

900-9D250-0048-ST1

MBF2M345A-HECOT

MT_0000000716

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU; 200GbE/HDR single-port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL

900-9D218-0073-ST1

MBF2H512C-AESOT

MT_0000000723

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x8; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D218-0083-ST2

MBF2H512C-AECOT

MT_0000000724

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x8; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D208-0086-ST4

MBF2M516C-EECOT

MT_0000000728

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; Tall Bracket; FHHL

900-9D208-0086-SQ0

MBF2H516C-CECOT

MT_0000000729

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; Tall Bracket; FHHL

900-9D208-0076-ST5

MBF2M516C-CESOT

MT_0000000731

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; Tall Bracket; FHHL

900-9D208-0076-ST6

MBF2M516C-EESOT

MT_0000000732

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; Tall Bracket; FHHL

900-9D208-0086-ST3

MBF2M516C-CECOT

MT_0000000733

BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; Tall Bracket; FHHL

900-9D208-0076-ST2

MBF2H516C-EESOT

MT_0000000737

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; Tall Bracket; FHHL

900-9D208-0076-ST1

MBF2H516C-CESOT

MT_0000000738

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; Tall Bracket; FHHL

900-9D218-0083-ST4

MBF2H532C-AECOT

MT_0000000765

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x8; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Enabled; 32GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D218-0073-ST0

MBF2H532C-AESOT

MT_0000000766

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x8; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 32GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D208-0076-ST3

MBF2H536C-CESOT

MT_0000000767

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Disabled; 32GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D208-0086-ST2

MBF2H536C-CECOT

MT_0000000768

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled; Crypto Enabled; 32GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL

900-9D218-0073-ST4

MBF2H512C-AEUOT

MT_0000000972

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x8; Secure Boot Enabled with UEFI disabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management

900-9D208-0076-STA

MBF2H516C-CEUOT

MT_0000000973

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; integrated BMC; PCIe Gen4 x16; Secure Boot Enabled with UEFI disabled; Crypto Disabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management

900-9D208-0076-STB

MBF2H536C-CEUOT

MT_0000001008

BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56, integrated BMC, PCIe Gen4 x16, Secure Boot Enabled with UEFI Disabled, Crypto Disabled, 32GB on-board DDR, 1GbE OOB management, Tall Bracket, FHHL

P1004/699210040230

N/A

NVD0000000015

BlueField-2 A30X, P1004 SKU 205, Generic, GA100, 24GB HBM2e, PCIe passive Dual Slot 230W GEN4, DPU Crypto ON W/ Bkt, 1 Dongle, Black, HF, VCPD

P4028/699140280000

N/A

NVD0000000020

ZAM / NAS


Supported ConnectX NICs

The NVIDIA® ConnectX® NICs supported with DOCA-Host can be found in: NVIDIA DOCA Profiles

Hardware Prerequisites

For BlueField Platform users, this guide assumes that a BlueField device has been installed in a server according to the instructions detailed in your DPU's hardware user guide .

DOCA Packages

Device

Component

Version

Description

Host

DOCA Devel

2.7.0

Software development kit package and tools for developing host software

DOCA Runtime

2.7.0

Runtime libraries and tools required to run DOCA-based software applications on host

DOCA Extra

2.7.0

Contains helper scripts (doca-info, doca-kernel-support)

DOCA OFED

2.7.0

Software stack which operates across all NVIDIA network adapter solutions

Arm emulated (QEMU) development container

4.7.0

Linux-based BlueField Arm emulated container for developers

Target BlueField DPU (Arm)

BlueField BSP

4.7.0

BlueField image and firmware

DOCA SDK

2.7.0

Software development kit packages and tools for developing Arm software

DOCA Runtime

2.7.0

Runtime libraries and tools required to run DOCA-based software applications on Arm

Supported Host OS per DOCA-Host Installation Profile

The default operating system included with the BlueField Bundle (for DPU and SuperNIC) is Ubuntu 22.04.

The supported operating systems on the host machine per DOCA-Host installation profile are the following:

Note

Only the following generic kernel versions are supported for DOCA local repo package for host installation.

OS

OS Version

Default Kernel Version

Arch

DOCA Profile

doca-all

doca-networking

doca-ofed

Alinux

3.2

5.10.134-13.al8.x86_64

x86

Anolis

8.6

5.10.134+

aarch64

x86

BCLinux

21.10SP2

4.19.90-2107.6.0.0098.oe1.bclinux.aarch64

aarch64

4.19.90-2107.6.0.0100.oe1.bclinux.x86_64

x86

CTYunOS

2.0

4.19.90-2102.2.0.0062.ctl2.aarch64

aarch64

4.19.90-2102.2.0.0062.ctl2.x86_64

x86

3.0 (23.01)

5.10.0-136.12.0.86.ctl3.aarch64

aarch64

5.10.0-136.12.0.86.ctl3.x86_64

x86

Debian

10.13

4.19.0-21-arm64

aarch64

4.19.0-21-amd64

x86

10.8

4.19.0-14-arm64

aarch64

4.19.0-14-amd64

x86

10.9

4.19.0-16-amd64

x86

11.3

5.10.0-13-arm64

aarch64

5.10.0-13-amd64

x86

12.1

6.1.0-10-arm64

aarch64

6.1.0-10-amd64

x86

EulerOS

2.0sp11

5.10.0-60.18.0.50.h323.eulerosv2r11.aarch64

aarch64

5.10.0-60.18.0.50.h323.eulerosv2r11.x86_64

x86

2.0sp12

5.10.0-136.12.0.86.h1032.eulerosv2r12.aarch64

aarch64

5.10.0-136.12.0.86.h1032.eulerosv2r12.x86_64

x86

Kylin

10sp2

4.19.90-24.4.v2101.ky10.aarch64

aarch64

4.19.90-24.4.v2101.ky10.x86_64

x86

10sp3

4.19.90-52.22.v2207.ky10.aarch64

aarch64

4.19.90-52.22.v2207.ky10.x86_64

x86

Mariner

2.0

5.15.118.1-1.cm2.x86_64

x86

Oracle Linux

7.9

5.4.17-2011.6.2.el7uek.x86_64

x86

8.4

5.4.17-2102.201.3.el8uek.x86_64

x86

8.6

5.4.17-2136.307.3.1.el8uek.x86_64

x86

8.7

5.15.0-3.60.5.1.el8uek.x86_64

x86

8.8

5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el8uek.x86_64

x86

9.1

5.15.0-3.60.5.1.el9uek.x86_64

x86

9.2

5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el9uek.x86_64

x86

openEuler

20.03sp3

4.19.90-2112.8.0.0131.oe1.aarch64

aarch64

4.19.90-2112.8.0.0131.oe1.x86_64

x86

22.03

5.10.0-60.18.0.50.oe2203.aarch64

aarch64

5.10.0-60.18.0.50.oe2203.x86_64

x86

RHEL/CentOS

8.0

4.18.0-80.el8.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64

x86

8.1

4.18.0-147.el8.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-147.el8.x86_64

x86

8.2

4.18.0-193.el8.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64

x86

8.3

4.18.0-240.el8.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-240.el8.x86_64

x86

8.4

4.18.0-305.el8.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64

x86

RHEL/Rocky

8.5

4.18.0-348.el8.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64

x86

8.6

4.18.0-372.41.1.el8_6.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-372.41.1.el8_6.x86_64

x86

8.7

4.18.0-425.14.1.el8_7.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-425.14.1.el8_7.x86_64

x86

8.8

4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64

x86

8.9

4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.aarch64

aarch64

4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9.x86_64

x86

9.0

5.14.0-70.46.1.el9_0.aarch64

aarch64

5.14.0-70.46.1.el9_0.x86_64

x86

9.1

5.14.0-162.19.1.el9_1.aarch64

aarch64

5.14.0-162.19.1.el9_1.x86_64

x86

9.2

5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.aarch64

aarch64

5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64

x86

9.3

5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3.aarch64

aarch64

5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3.x86_64

x86

SLES

15sp2

5.3.18-22-default

aarch64

x86

15sp3

5.3.18-57-default

aarch64

x86

15sp4

5.14.21-150400.22-default

aarch64

x86

15sp5

5.14.21-150500.53-default

aarch64

x86

TKLinux

3.3

5.4.119-19.0009.39

aarch64

5.4.119-19.0009.39

x86

Ubuntu

20.04

5.4.0-26-generic

aarch64

x86

22.04

5.15.0-25-generic

aarch64

x86

24.04

6.8.0-31-generic

aarch64

x86

UOS

20.1060a

5.10.0-46.uelc20.aarch64

aarch64

5.10.0-46.uelc20.x86_64

x86

20.1060e

5.10.0-46.uel20.aarch64

aarch64

5.10.0-46.uel20.x86_64

x86

XenServer

8.2

4.19.0+1

x86

This guide provides the minimal instructions for setting up DOCA on a standard system.

Note

Make sure to follow the instructions in this section sequentially. Make sure to update DOCA on the host side first before installing the BFB Bundle on the BlueField.

Installation Files

Device

Component

OS

Arch

Link

Host

These files contain the following components suitable for their respective OS version.

  • DOCA Devel v2.7.0

  • DOCA Runtime v2.7.0

  • DOCA Extra v2.7.0

  • DOCA OFED v2.7.0

Alinux 3.2

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_alinux32.x86_64.rpm

Anolis

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_anolis86.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_anolis86.x86_64.rpm

BCLinux 21.10 SP2

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_bclinux2110sp2.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_bclinux2110sp2.x86_64.rpm

CTyunOS 2.0

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ctyunos20.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ctyunos20.x86_64.rpm

CTyunOS 23.01

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ctyunos2301.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ctyunos2301.x86_64.rpm

Debian 10.13

aarch64

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian1013_arm64.deb

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian1013_amd64.deb

Debian 10.8

aarch64

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian108_arm64.deb

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian108_amd64.deb

Debian 10.9

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian109_amd64.deb

Debian 11.3

aarch64

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian113_arm64.deb

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian113_amd64.deb

Debian 12.1

aarch64

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian121_arm64.deb

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-debian121_amd64.deb

EulerOS 20 SP11

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_euleros20sp11.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_euleros20sp11.x86_64.rpm

EulerOS 20 SP12

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_euleros20sp12.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_euleros20sp12.x86_64.rpm

Kylin 1.0 SP2

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_kylin10sp2.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_kylin10sp2.x86_64.rpm

Kylin 1.0 SP3

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_kylin10sp3.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_kylin10sp3.x86_64.rpm

Mariner 2.0

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_mariner20.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 7.9

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol79.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 8.4

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol84.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 8.6

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol86.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 8.7

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol87.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 8.8

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol88.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 9.0

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol90.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 9.1

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol91.x86_64.rpm

Oracle Linux 9.2

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_ol92.x86_64.rpm

openEuler 20.03 SP3

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_openeuler2003sp3.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_openeuler2003sp3.x86_64.rpm

openEuler 22.03

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_openeuler2203.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_openeuler2203.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/CentOS 8.0

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel80.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel80.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/CentOS 8.2

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel82.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel82.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/CentOS 8.3

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel83.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel83.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/CentOS 8.4

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel84.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel84.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/CentOS 8.5

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel85.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel85.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 8.6

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel86.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel86.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 8.7

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel87.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel87.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 8.8

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel88.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel88.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 8.9

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel89.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel89.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 8.10

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel810.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel810.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 9.0

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel90.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel90.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 9.1

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel91.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel91.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 9.2

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel92.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel92.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 9.3

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel93.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel93.x86_64.rpm

RHEL/Rocky 9.4

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel94.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_rhel94.x86_64.rpm

SLES 15 SP2

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp2.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp2.x86_64.rpm

SLES 15 SP3

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp3.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp3.x86_64.rpm

SLES 15 SP4

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp4.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp4.x86_64.rpm

SLES 15 SP5

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp5.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_sles15sp5.x86_64.rpm

TencentOS 3.3

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_tencentos33.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_tencentos33.x86_64.rpm

Ubuntu 20.04

aarch64

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-ubuntu2004_arm64.deb

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-ubuntu2004_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 22.04

aarch64

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-ubuntu2204_arm64.deb

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-ubuntu2204_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 24.04

aarch64

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-ubuntu2404_arm64.deb

x86

doca-host_2.7.0-204000-24.04-ubuntu2404_amd64.deb

UOS20.1060

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_uos201060.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_uos201060.x86_64.rpm

UOS20.1060A

aarch64

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_uos201060a.aarch64.rpm

x86

doca-host-2.7.0-204000_24.04_uos201060a.x86_64.rpm

Target BlueField Platform (Arm)

BlueField Software v4.7.0

Ubuntu 22.04

aarch64

bf-bundle-2.7.0-33_24.04_ubuntu-22.04_prod.bfb

DOCA SDK v2.7.0

Ubuntu 22.04

aarch64

doca-dpu-repo-ubuntu2204-local_2.7.0085-1.24.04.0.6.6.0.bf.4.7.0.13127_arm64.deb

DOCA Runtime v2.7.0


Uninstalling Software from Host

If an older DOCA (or MLNX_OFED) software version is installed on your host, make sure to uninstall it before proceeding with the installation of the new version:

Deb-based

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Then perform the following steps:

  1. Download NVIDIA's RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256 key:

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  3. Verify that the key was successfully imported:

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Installing Prerequisites on Host for Target BlueField

Install RShim to manage and flash the BlueField Platform.

OS

Procedure

Deb-based

  1. Download the DOCA host repo package from the "Installation Files" section.

  2. Unpack the deb repo. Run:

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RPM-based

  1. Download the DOCA host repo package from the "Installation Files" section.

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Note

Skip section "Installing Software on Host" to proceed without the DOCA local repo package for host.


Determining BlueField Device ID

It is important to learn your BlueField's device-id to perform some of the software installations or upgrades in this guide.

To determine the device ID of the BlueField Platform on your setup, run:

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MST modules: ------------ MST PCI module is not loaded MST PCI configuration module loaded PCI devices: ------------ DEVICE_TYPE MST PCI RDMA NET NUMA BlueField2(rev:1) /dev/mst/mt41686_pciconf0.1 3b:00.1 mlx5_1 net-ens1f1 0   BlueField2(rev:1) /dev/mst/mt41686_pciconf0 3b:00.0 mlx5_0 net-ens1f0 0   BlueField3(rev:1)       /dev/mst/mt41692_pciconf0.1   e2:00.1   mlx5_1          net-ens7f1np1             4   BlueField3(rev:1)       /dev/mst/mt41692_pciconf0     e2:00.0   mlx5_0          net-ens7f0np0             4

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The device IDs for the BlueField-2 and BlueField-3 networking platforms in this example are /dev/mst/mt41686_pciconf0 and /dev/mst/mt41692_pciconf0 respectively.

Installing Software on Host

Note

Skip this section if you intend to update only the BlueField software (*.bfb).

Note

Make sure to have followed the instructions under "Installing Prerequisites on Host for Target DPU".

  1. Install DOCA local repo package for host:

    Info

    The following table provides instructions for installing the DOCA host repo on your device depending on your OS and desired profile.

    OS

    Profile

    Instructions

    Deb-based

    doca-all

    1. Download the DOCA host repo from section "Installation Files" for the host.

    2. Unpack the deb repo. Run:

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    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under "Supported Operating System Distributions"), refer to section "DOCA Extra Package".

    5. Ensure that the kernel headers installed match the version of the currently running kernel.

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      If the build directory exists in under /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build, then the kernel headers are installed.

    6. Run apt install for DOCA SDK and DOCA runtime:

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    doca-networking

    1. Download the DOCA host repo from section "Installation Files" for the host.

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    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under "Supported Operating System Distributions"), refer to section "DOCA Extra Package".

    5. Ensure that the kernel headers installed match the version of the currently running kernel.

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      If the build directory exists in under /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build, then the kernel headers are installed.

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    doca-ofed

    1. Download the DOCA host repo from section "Installation Files" for the host.

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    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under "Supported Operating System Distributions"), refer to section "DOCA Extra Package".

    5. Ensure that the kernel headers installed match the version of the currently running kernel.

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      If the build directory exists in under /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build, then the kernel headers are installed.

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    RPM-based

    doca-all

    1. Download the DOCA host repo from section "Installation Files" for the host .

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    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under "Supported Operating System Distributions"), refer to section "DOCA Extra Package".

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    doca-networking

    1. Download the DOCA host repo from section "Installation Files" for the host .

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    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under "Supported Operating System Distributions"), refer to section "DOCA Extra Package".

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    doca-ofed

    1. Download the DOCA host repo from section "Installation Files" for the host.

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    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under "Supported Operating System Distributions"), refer to section "DOCA Extra Package".

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  3. Initialize MST. Run:

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  4. Skip this step if your BlueField Platform is Ethernet only. Please refer to Supported Platforms to learn your Bluefield type.

    If you have a VPI-capable BlueField, the default link type of the ports will be configured to IB. To verify your link type, run:

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    Note

    If your BlueField is Ethernet capable only, then the sudo mlxconfig -d <device> command will not provide an output.

    If the current link type is set to IB, run the following command to change it to Ethernet:

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  5. Verify that RShim is active.

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    This command is expected to display active (running). If RShim service does not launch automatically, run:

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  6. Assign a dynamic IP to tmfifo_net0 interface (RShim host interface).

    Note

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    host# ifconfig tmfifo_net0 192.168.100.1 netmask 255.255.255.252 up

DOCA Extra Package

If the kernel version on on your host is not supported (not shown under "Supported Operating System Distributions"), two options are available:

  • Switch to a compatible kernel.

  • Install doca-extra package:

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    2. Execute the doca-kernel-support script which rebuilds and installs the DOCA-Host kernel modules with the running kernel:

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      Note

      doca-kernel-support does not support customized or unofficial kernels.

Installing Software on DPU

Users have two options for installing DOCA on BlueField DPU or SuperNIC:

  • Upgrading the full DOCA image on BlueField (recommended) – this option overwrites the entire boot partition with an Ubuntu 22.04 installation and updates BlueField and NIC firmware.

  • Upgrading DOCA local repo package on BlueField – this option upgrades DOCA components without overwriting the boot partition. Use this option to preserve configurations or files on BlueField itself.

Installing Full DOCA Image on DPU via Host

Warning

This step overwrites the entire boot partition.

Note

This installation sets up the OVS bridge.

Note

If you are installing DOCA on multiple BlueField platforms, skip to section Installing Full DOCA Image on Multiple BlueField Platforms.

Option 1 – No Pre-defined Password

Note

To change the default Ubuntu password during the BFB bundle installation, proceed to Option 2.

BFB installation is executed as follows:

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Where rshim<N> is rshim0 if you only have one Bluefield. You may run the following command to verify:

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Option 2 – Set Pre-defined Password

Ubuntu users can provide a unique password that will be applied at the end of the BlueField BFB bundle installation. This password needs to be defined in a bf.cfg configuration file.

To set the password for the "ubuntu" user:

  1. Create password hash. Run:

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  2. Add the password hash in quotes to the bf.cfg file:

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    When running the installation command, use the --config flag to provide the file containing the password:

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    Note

    Optionally, to upgrade the BlueField integrated BMC firmware using BFB bundle, please provide the current BMC root credentials in a bf.cfg file, as shown in the following:

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    BMC_PASSWORD="<root password>" BMC_USER="root" BMC_REBOOT="yes"

    Unless previously changed, the default BMC root password is 0penBmc.

    Note

    If --config is not used, then upon first login to the BlueField device, users will be prompted to update the default 'ubuntu' password.

    The following is an example of Ubuntu-22.04 BFB bundle installation (Release version may vary in the future).

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    host# sudo bfb-install --rshim rshim0 --bfb bf-bundle-2.7.0_24.04_ubuntu-22.04_prod.bfb --config bf.cfg Pushing bfb 1.41GiB 0:02:02 [11.7MiB/s] [ <=> ] Collecting BlueField booting status. Press Ctrl+C to stop INFO[PSC]: PSC BL1 START INFO[BL2]: start INFO[BL2]: boot mode (rshim) INFO[BL2]: VDDQ: 1120 mV INFO[BL2]: DDR POST passed INFO[BL2]: UEFI loaded INFO[BL31]: start INFO[BL31]: lifecycle GA Secured INFO[BL31]: VDD: 850 mV INFO[BL31]: runtime INFO[BL31]: MB ping success INFO[UEFI]: eMMC init INFO[UEFI]: eMMC probed INFO[UEFI]: UPVS valid INFO[UEFI]: PMI: updates started INFO[UEFI]: PMI: total updates: 1 INFO[UEFI]: PMI: updates completed, status 0 INFO[UEFI]: PCIe enum start INFO[UEFI]: PCIe enum end INFO[UEFI]: UEFI Secure Boot INFO[UEFI]: PK configured INFO[UEFI]: Redfish enabled INFO[UEFI]: exit Boot Service INFO[MISC]: Found bf.cfg INFO[MISC]: Ubuntu installation started INFO[MISC]: Installing OS image INFO[MISC]: Changing the default password for user ubuntu INFO[MISC]: Ubuntu installation completed INFO[MISC]: Updating NIC firmware... INFO[MISC]: NIC firmware update done INFO[MISC]: Installation finished

    To verify the BlueField has completed booting up, allow additional 90 seconds then perform the following:

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Installing Full DOCA Image on Multiple BlueField Platforms

On a host with multiple BlueField devices, the BFB image can be installed on all of them using the multi-bfb-install script.

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This script detects the number of RShim devices and configures them statically.

  • For Ubuntu – the script creates a configuration file /etc/netplan/20-tmfifo.yaml

  • For CentOS/RH 8.0 and 8.2 – the script installs the bridge-utils package to use the brctl command, creates the tm-br bridge, and connects all RShim interfaces to it

After the installation is complete, the configuration of the bridge and each RShim interface can be observed using ifconfig. The expected result is to see the IP on the tm-br bridge configured to 192.168.100.1 with subnet 255.255.255.0.

Note

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For each RShim after that, add 1 to the fourth octet of the IP address (e.g., ubuntu@192.168.100.3 for rshim1, ubuntu@192.168.100.4 for rshim2, etc).

The script burns a new MAC address to each BlueField and configures a new IP, 192.168.100.x, as described earlier.

Installing DOCA Local Repo Package on BlueField

Note

If you have already installed BlueField image, be aware that the DOCA SDK, Runtime, and Tools are already contained in the BFB, and this installation is not mandatory. If you have not installed the BlueField image and wish to update DOCA Local Repo package, proceed with the following procedure.

Note

Before installing DOCA on the target BlueField, make sure the out-of-band interface (mgmt) is connected to the internet.

  1. Download the DOCA SDK and DOCA Runtime package from section Installation Files.

  2. Copy deb repo package into BlueField. Run:

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  3. Unpack the deb repo. Run:

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  4. Run apt update.

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Upgrading Firmware

Note

This operation is only required if the user skipped NIC firmware update during BFB bundle installation using the parameter WITH_NIC_FW_UPDATE=no in the bf.cfg file.

This section explains how to update the NIC firmware on a DOCA installed BlueField OS.

Note

If multiple BlueFields are installed, the following steps must be performed on all of them after BFB installation.

An up-to-date NIC firmware image is provided in BlueField BFB bundle and copied to the BlueField filesystem during BFB installation.

To upgrade firmware in the BlueField Arm OS:

  1. SSH to your BlueField Arm OS by any means available.

    The following instructions enable to login to the BlueField Arm OS from the host OS over the RShim virtual interface, tmfifo_net<N> and do not require LAN connectivity with the BlueField OOB network port.

    Note

    This operation can be performed over the host's tmfifo_net0 IPv4, 192.168.100.1 (preconfigured) with BlueField Arm OS at 192.168.100.2 (default).

    If multiple BlueField DPUs were updated using the multi-bfb-install script, as explained above, then each target BlueField OS IPv4 address changes in its last octate according to the underlaying RShim interface number: 192.168.100.3 for rshim1, 192.168.100.4 for rshim2, etc.

    The default credentials for Ubuntu are as follows:

    Username

    Password

    ubuntu

    ubuntu

    For example, to log into BlueField Arm OS over IPv6:

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    host]# systemctl restart rshim // Wait 10 seconds   host]# ssh -6 fe80::21a:caff:feff:ff01%tmfifo_net<N> Password: <configured-password>

  2. Upgrade firmware in BlueField. Run:

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    Device #1: ----------   Device Type: BlueField-2 [...] Versions: Current Available FW <Old_FW> <New_FW>

  3. For the firmware upgrade to take effect perform a BlueField system reboot.

Post-installation Procedure

  1. Restart the driver. Run:

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    host# sudo /etc/init.d/openibd restart Unloading HCA driver: [ OK ] Loading HCA driver and Access Layer: [ OK ]

  2. Configure the physical function (PF) interfaces.

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    host# sudo ifconfig <interface-1> <network-1/mask> up host# sudo ifconfig <interface-2> <network-2/mask> up

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    host# sudo ifconfig p2p1 192.168.200.32/24 up host# sudo ifconfig p2p2 192.168.201.32/24 up

    Pings between the source and destination should now be operational.

This upgrade procedure enables upgrading DOCA components using standard Linux tools (e.g., apt update and yum update). This process utilizes native package manager repositories to upgrade BlueField networking platforms (DPUs or SuperNICs) without the need for a full installation.

This process has the following benefits :

  • Only updates components that include modifications

    • Configurable – user can select specific components (e.g., UEFI-ATF, NIC-FW)

  • Includes upgrade of:

    • DOCA drivers and libraries

    • DOCA reference applications

    • BSP (UEFI/ATF) upgrade while maintaining the configuration

    • NIC firmware upgrade while maintaining the configuration

  • Does not:

    • Impact user binaries

    • Upgrade non-Ubuntu OS kernels

    • Upgrade BlueField BMC firmware

  • After completion of BlueField upgrade:

    • If NIC firmware was not updated, perform BlueField Arm reset (software reset/reboot BlueField )

    • If NIC firmware was updated, perform firmware reset (mlxfwreset) or perform a graceful shutdown and power cycle

OS

Action

Instructions

Ubuntu/

Debian

Remove mlxbf-bootimages package

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<bf> $ apt remove --purge mlxbf-bootimages* -y

Install the the GPG key

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<bf> $ apt update <bf> $ apt install gnupg2

Export the desired distribution

Export DOCA_REPO with the relevant URL. The following is an example for Ubuntu 22.04:

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<bf> $ export DOCA_REPO="https://linux.mellanox.com/public/repo/doca/2.7.0/ubuntu22.04/dpu-arm64"

Add GPG key to APT trusted keyring

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<bf> $ curl $DOCA_REPO/GPG-KEY-Mellanox.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/GPG-KEY-Mellanox.pub

Add DOCA online repository

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<bf> $ echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/GPG-KEY-Mellanox.pub] $DOCA_REPO ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/doca.list

Update index

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<bf> $ apt update

Upgrade UEFI/ATF firmware

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<bf> $ apt install mlxbf-bootimages-signed

Then i nitiate upgrade for UEFI/ATF firmware:

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<bf> $ apt install mlxbf-scripts <bf> $ bfrec

Upgrade BlueField NIC firmware

Run:

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<bf> $ apt install mlnx-fw-updater-signed.aarch64

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This immediately starts NIC firmware upgrade.

To prevent automatic upgrade, run:

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<bf> $ export RUN_FW_UPDATER=no

Remove old metapackages

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<bf> $ apt-get remove doca-tools doca-sdk doca-runtime -y

Install new metapackages

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<bf> $ apt-get install doca-runtime doca-devel -y

Upgrade system

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<bf> $ apt upgrade

Apply the new changes,

NIC firmware, and UEFI/ATF

For the upgrade to take effect, perform BlueField system reboot as explained in the "NVIDIA BlueField Reset and Reboot Procedures" troubleshooting page.

Note

This step triggers immediate reboot of the BlueField Arm cores.

CentOS/RHEL/

Anolis/Rocky

Remove mlxbf-bootimages package

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<bf> $ yum -y remove mlxbf-bootimages* <bf> $ yum makecache

Export the desired distribution

Export DOCA_REPO with the relevant URL. The following is an example for Rocky Linux 8.6:

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<bf> $ export DOCA_REPO="https://linux.mellanox.com/public/repo/doca/2.7.0/rhel8.6/dpu-arm64/"

Add DOCA online repository

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echo "[doca] name=DOCA Online Repo baseurl=$DOCA_REPO enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 priority=10 cost=10" > /etc/yum.repos.d/doca.repo

A file is created under /etc/yum.repos.d/doca.repo .

Update index

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<bf> $ yum makecache

Upgrade UEFI/ATF firmware

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<bf> $ yum install mlxbf-bootimages-signed.aarch64 mlxbf-bfscripts

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<bf> $ bfrec

Upgrade BlueField NIC firmware

The following command updates the firmware package and automatically attempts to flash the firmware to the NIC:

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<bf> $ yum install mlnx-fw-updater-signed.aarch64

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This step can be used as a standalone firmware update. In any case, it is performed as part of the upgrade flow.

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To prevent automatic flashing of the firmware to the NIC, run the following first:

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<bf> $ export RUN_FW_UPDATER=no

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Flashing the firmware to the NIC can be performed manually by running the following command, after the firmware package had been updated:

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sudo /opt/mellanox/mlnx-fw-updater/mlnx_fw_updater.pl --force-fw-update

Remove old metapackages

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<bf> $ yum -y remove doca-tools doca-sdk doca-runtime

Install new metapackages

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<bf> $ yum -y install doca-runtime doca-devel

Upgrade system

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<bf> $ yum upgrade --nobest

Apply the new changes,

NIC firmware, and UEFI/ATF

For the upgrade to take effect, perform BlueField system reboot as explained in the "NVIDIA BlueField Reset and Reboot Procedures" troubleshooting page.

Note

This step triggers immediate reboot of the BlueField Arm cores.

Users wishing to build their own customized BlueField OS image can use the BFB build environment. Please refer to the bfb-build project in this GitHub webpage for more information.

Note

For a customized BlueField OS image to boot on the UEFI secure-boot-enabled BlueField (default BlueField secure boot setting), the OS must be either signed with an existing key in the UEFI DB (e.g., the Microsoft key), or UEFI secure boot must be disabled. Please refer to the "Secure Boot" page under NVIDIA BlueField DPU Platform Operating System Documentation for more details.

For full instructions about setting up a development environment, refer to the NVIDIA DOCA Developer Guide.

Installing CUDA on NVIDIA Converged Accelerator

NVIDIA® CUDA® is a parallel computing platform and programming model developed by NVIDIA for general computing GPUs.

This section details the necessary steps to set up CUDA on your environment. This section assumes that a BFB image has already been installed on your environment.

To install CUDA on your converged accelerator:

  1. Download and install the latest NVIDIA Data Center GPU driver.

  2. Download and install CUDA

    Note

    The CUDA version tested to work with DOCA SDK is 11.8.0.

Note

Downloading CUDA includes the latest NVIDIA Data Center GPU driver and CUDA toolkit. For more information about CUDA and driver compatibility, refer to the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit Release Notes.

Configuring Operation Mode

There are two modes that the NVIDIA Converged Accelerator may operate in:

  • Standard mode (default) – the BlueField and the GPU operate separately

  • BlueField-X mode – the GPU is exposed to BlueField and is no longer visible on the host

To verify which mode the system is operating in, run:

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host# sudo mst start host# sudo mlxconfig -d <device-id> q PCI_DOWNSTREAM_PORT_OWNER[4]

Note

To learn your BlueField Platform's device ID, refer to section "Determining BlueField Device ID".

  • Standard mode output:

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    Device #1: […] Configurations: Next Boot PCI_DOWNSTREAM_PORT_OWNER[4] DEVICE_DEFAULT(0)

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    Device #1: […] Configurations: Next Boot PCI_DOWNSTREAM_PORT_OWNER[4] EMBEDDED_CPU(15)

To configure BlueField-X mode, run:

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host# mlxconfig -d <device-id> s PCI_DOWNSTREAM_PORT_OWNER[4]=0xF

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host# mlxconfig -d <device-id> s PCI_DOWNSTREAM_PORT_OWNER[4]=0x0

Note

To learn your BlueField Platform's device ID, refer to section "Determining BlueField Device ID".

Power cycle is required for configuration to take effect. For power cycle the host run:

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host# ipmitool power cycle


Downloading and Installing CUDA Toolkit and Driver

This section details the necessary steps to set up CUDA on your environment. It assumes that a BFB image has already been installed on your environment.

  1. Install CUDA by visiting the CUDA Toolkit Downloads webpage.

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    Select the Linux distribution and version relevant for your environment.

    Note

    This section shows the native compilation option either on x86 or aarch64 hosts.

  2. Test that the driver installation completed successfully. Run:

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    dpu# nvidia-smi   Tue Apr 5 13:37:59 2022 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 510.47.03 Driver Version: 510.47.03 CUDA Version: 11.8 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 NVIDIA BF A10 Off | 00000000:06:00.0 Off | 0 | | 0% 43C P0 N/A / 225W | 0MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default | | | | N/A | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: | | GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory | | ID ID Usage | |=============================================================================| | No running processes found | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

  3. Verify that the installation completed successfully.

    1. Download CUDA samples repo. Run:

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      dpu# git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-samples.git

    2. Build and run vectorAdd CUDA sample. Run:

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      dpu# cd cuda-samples/Samples/0_Introduction/vectorAdd dpu# make dpu# ./vectorAdd

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    If the vectorAdd sample works as expected, it should output "Test Passed".

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    If it seems that the GPU is slow or stuck, stop execution and run:

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    dpu# sudo setpci -v -d ::0302 800.L=201 # CPL_VC0 = 32

GPUDirect RDMA

For information on GPUDirect RMDA and more, refer to DOCA GPUNetIO documentation.

Installing Rivermax on BlueField

NVIDIA Rivermax offers a unique IP-based solution for any media and data streaming use case.

This section provides the steps to install Rivermax assuming that a BFB image has already been installed on your environment.

Downloading Rivermax Driver

  1. Navigate to the NVIDIA Rivermax SDK product page.

  2. Register to be able to download the driver package using the JOIN button at the top of the page.

  3. D ownload the appropriate driver package according to your BFB under the "Linux" subsection. For example, for Ubuntu 22.04 BFB, download rivermax_ubuntu2204_<version>.tar.gz.

Installing Rivermax Driver

  1. Copy the .tgz file to BlueField:

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    host# sudo scp -r rivermax_ubuntu2204_<version>.tar.gz ubuntu@192.168.100.2:/tmp/

  2. Extract the Rivermax file:

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    dpu# sudo tar xzf rivermax_ubuntu2204_<version>.tar.gz

  3. Install the Rivermax driver package:

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    dpu# cd <rivermax-version>/Ubuntu.22.04/deb-dist/aarch64/ dpu# sudo dpkg -i rivermax_<version>.deb

Installing Rivermax Libraries from DOCA

Rivermax libraries are compatibles with DOCA components and can be found inside the doca-dpu-repo.

  1. Unpack the doca-dpu-repo:

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    dpu# sudo dpkg -i doca-dpu-repo-ubuntu2204-local_<version>_arm64.deb

  2. Run apt update:

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    dpu# sudo apt-get update

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    dpu# sudo apt install doca-rmax-libs dpu# sudo apt install libdoca-rmax-libs-dev

For additional details and guidelines, please visit the NVIDIA Rivermax SDK product page.

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