DOCA Documentation v2.2.0

Linux Installation Guide

NVIDIA DOCA Installation Guide for Linux

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

There are two ways to install the NVIDIA® BlueField® DPU software:

1.1. Supported Platforms

DOCA is supported on the devices listed in the following subsections.

1.1.1. Supported BlueField DPUs

Important:

DOCA 2.2.0 only supports NVIDIA® BlueField®-2 DPUs. For BlueField-3, please refer or upgrade to DOCA 2.2.1.

The following BlueField DPUs are supported with DOCA 2.2.0:

NVIDIA SKU Legacy OPN PSID Description
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
P1004/699-21004-0230 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

1.1.2. Supported ConnectX NICs

The following NVIDIA® ConnectX® NICs are supported with DOCA on the host:

1.2. Hardware Prerequisites

This quick start guide assumes that an NVIDIA® BlueField® DPU has been installed in a server according to the instructions detailed in your DPU's hardware user guide.

1.3. DOCA Packages

Device Component Version Description

Host

DOCA SDK 2.2.0 Software development kit package for developing host software
DOCA Runtime 2.2.0 Runtime libraries required to run DOCA-based software applications on host
DOCA Tools 2.2.0 Tools for developers and administrators on host
DOCA Extra 2.2.0 Contains helper scripts (doca-info, doca-kernel-support)
DOCA OFED 2.2.0 Software stack which operates across all NVIDIA network adapter solutions

Arm emulated (QEMU) development container

4.2.0 Linux-based BlueField Arm emulated container for developers

Target BlueField DPU (Arm)

BlueField BSP 4.2.0 BlueField image and firmware
DOCA SDK 2.2.0 Software development kit packages for developing Arm software
DOCA Runtime 2.2.0 Runtime libraries requied to run DOCA-based software applications on Arm
DOCA Tools 2.2.0 Tools for developers and administrators for Arm target

1.4. Supported Operating System Distributions

The default operating system of the BlueField DPU (Arm) is Ubuntu 22.04.

The supported operating systems on the host machine are the following:

Note:
Only the following generic kernel versions are supported for DOCA local repo package for host installation (whether by SDKM or manually).

OS Kernel x86 aarch64
Alinux 3.2 5.10  
BCLinux 21.10 SP2 4.19.90
CTyunOS 2 4.19.90
Debian 10.13

5.10.135

5.4.210

 
Debian 10.8 4.19.0  
Kylin 10 SP2 4.19.90
openEuler 20.03 SP3 4.19.90
openEuler 22.03 5.10.0
Oracle Linux 8.7 5.10/5.15  
RHEL/CentOS 7.6 3.10  
4.14  
RHEL/CentOS 8.0 4.18  
RHEL/CentOS 8.2 4.18  
RHEL/Rocky 8.6 4.18  
RHEL/Rocky 9.1 5.14.0
Ubuntu 18.04 4.15  
Ubuntu 20.04 5.4  
Ubuntu 22.04 5.15
UOS 20 1040d 4.19.0
Windows DOCA support for Windows is on DOCA's roadmap. For Windows driver support, refer to WinOF-2 Release Notes.

NVIDIA SDK Manager (SDKM) supports DOCA installation, including software packages on the host and the BlueField target. The SDKM automates the process of DOCA installation and other related configuration of the system.

Note:

If installing DOCA using SDKM, please skip the remaining sections and follow the wizard instead.

Note:

SDKM installation requires Internet connection through out-of-band (OOB) port.

The following example uses the SDKM CLI to install DOCA without any additional SDKs:

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host# sdkmanager --cli install --logintype devzone --product DOCA --version 2.2.0 --targetos Linux --host --target BLUEFIELD2_DPU_TARGETS --flash all

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

3.1. Installation Files

DeviceComponentOS and ArchLink
HostThese files contain the following components suitable for their respective OS version.
  • DOCA SDK v2.2.0
  • DOCA Runtime v2.2.0
  • DOCA Tools v2.2.0
  • DOCA Extra v2.2.0
  • DOCA OFED v2.2.0
Alinux 3.2 on x86doca-host-repo-alinux32-2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.al8.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
BCLinux 21.10 on aarch64sdoca-host-repo-bclinux2110sp2-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.oe1.bclinux.aarch64.rpm
BCLinux 21.10 on x86doca-host-repo-bclinux2110sp2-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.oe1.bclinux.x86_64.rpm
CTyunOS 2.0 on aarch64doca-host-repo-ctyunos20-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.ctl2.aarch64.rpm
CTyunOS 2.0 on x86doca-host-repo-ctyunos20-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.ctl2.x86_64.rpm
Debian 10.13 on x86doca-host-repo-debian1013_2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_amd64.deb
Debian 10.8 on x86doca-host-repo-debian108_2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_amd64.deb
Kylin 1.0 on aarch64doca-host-repo-kylin10sp2-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.ky10.aarch64.rpm
Kylin 1.0 on x86doca-host-repo-kylin10sp2-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.ky10.x86_64.rpm
openEuler 20.03 on aarch64doca-host-repo-openeuler2003sp3-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.aarch64.rpm
openEuler 20.03 on x86doca-host-repo-openeuler2003sp3-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
openEuler 22.03 on aarch64doca-host-repo-openeuler2203-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.aarch64.rpm
openEuler 22.03 on x86doca-host-repo-openeuler2203-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
Oracle Linux 8.7 on x86doca-host-repo-ol87-2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.el8.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
RHEL/CentOS 7.6 on aarch64doca-host-repo-rhel76-2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.el7a.23.07.0.5.0.0.aarch64.rpm
RHEL/CentOS 7.6 on x86doca-host-repo-rhel76-2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.el7.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
RHEL/CentOS 8.0 on x86doca-host-repo-rhel80-2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.el8.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
RHEL/CentOS 8.2 on x86doca-host-repo-rhel82-2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.el8.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
RHEL/Rocky 8.6 on x86doca-host-repo-rhel86-2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.el8.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
RHEL/Rocky 9.0 on aarch64doca-host-repo-rhel90-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.aarch64.rpm
RHEL/Rocky 9.0 on x86doca-host-repo-rhel90-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
RHEL/Rocky 9.1 on aarch64doca-host-repo-rhel91-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.aarch64.rpm
RHEL/Rocky 9.1 on x86doca-host-repo-rhel91-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
SLES 15 on x86doca-host-repo-sles15sp4-2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0.x86_64.rpm
Ubuntu 18.04 on x86doca-host-repo-ubuntu1804_2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 20.04 on x86doca-host-repo-ubuntu2004_2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 22.04 on x86doca-host-repo-ubuntu2204_2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 22.04 on aarch64doca-host-repo-ubuntu2204_2.2.0-0.0.3.2.2.0080.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_arm64.deb
UOS v20 1040 on x86doca-host-repo-uos201040_2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_amd64.deb
UOS v20 1040 on aarch64doca-host-repo-uos201040_2.2.0-0.0.1.23.07.0.5.0.0_arm64.deb
Arm Emulated Development ContainerArm container v4.2.0 on aarch64doca_devel_ubuntu_20.04-inbox-5.5.tar
Target BlueField DPU (Arm)BlueField Software v4.2.0Ubuntu 22.04 on aarch64doca_2.2.0_bsp_4.2.0_ubuntu_22.04-2.23-07.prod.bfb
DOCA SDK v2.2.0Ubuntu 22.04 on aarch64doca-dpu-repo-ubuntu2204-local_2.2.0080-1.23.07.0.5.0.0.bf.4.2.0.12855.2.23.prod_arm64.deb
DOCA Runtime v2.2.0
DOCA Tools v2.2.0

3.2. 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:

OSCommands
Ubuntu/Debian
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$ for f in $( dpkg --list | grep doca | awk '{print $2}' ); do echo $f ; apt remove --purge $f -y ; done $ ofed_uninstall.sh --force $ sudo apt-get autoremove

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host# for f in $(rpm -qa |grep -i doca ) ; do yum -y remove $f; done host# ofed_uninstall.sh --force host# yum autoremove host# yum makecache

Then perform the following procedure:

  1. Download NVIDIA's RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256 key:
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    # wget http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256 --2018-01-25 13:52:30-- http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256 Resolving www.mellanox.com... 72.3.194.0 Connecting to www.mellanox.com|72.3.194.0|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1354 (1.3K) [text/plain] Saving to: ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256? 100%[=================================================>] 1,354 --.-K/s in 0s 2018-01-25 13:52:30 (247 MB/s) - ?RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256? saved [1354/1354]

  2. Install the key:
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    # sudo rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 6224c050: NOKEY Retrieving key from file:///repos/MLNX_OFED//RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox Importing GPG key 0x6224C050: Userid: "Mellanox Technologies (Mellanox Technologies - Signing Key v2) " From : /repos/MLNX_OFED//RPM-GPG-KEY-Mellanox-SHA256 Is this ok [y/N]:

  3. Verify that the key was successfully imported:
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    # rpm -q gpg-pubkey --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n' | grep Mellanox gpg-pubkey-a9e4b643-520791ba gpg(Mellanox Technologies )

3.3. Installing Prerequisites on Host for Target DPU

Install doca-tools to manage and flash the BlueField DPU.

OS Instructions
For Ubuntu/Debian
  1. Download the DOCA host repo package from the Installation Files section.
  2. Unpack the deb repo. Run:
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    host# sudo dpkg -i doca-host-repo-ubuntu<version>_amd64.deb

  3. Perform apt update. Run:
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    host# sudo apt-get update

  4. Run apt install for DOCA Tools:
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    host# sudo apt install doca-tools

For CentOS/RHEL 8.x/

Rocky 8.6

  1. Download the DOCA host repo package from the Installation Files section.
  2. Unpack the RPM repo. Run:
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    host# sudo rpm -Uvh doca-host-repo-rhel<version>.x86_64.rpm

  3. Enable new dnf repos. Run:
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    host# sudo dnf makecache

  4. Run yum install to install DOCA Tools:
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    host# sudo yum install doca-tools

For CentOS/RHEL 7.x
  1. Download the DOCA host repo package from the Installation Files section.
  2. Unpack the RPM repo. Run:
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  3. Enable new yum repos. Run:
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    host# sudo yum makecache

  4. Run dnf install to install DOCA Tools:
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3.4. Determining DPU Device ID

It is is important to learn your DPU's device-id for performing some of the software installations or upgrades in this guide. To determine the device ID of the DPUs on your setup, run:

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Example output:

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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

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


3.5. Installing Software on Host

Important:

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

  1. Follow the instructions under Installing Prerequisites on Host for Target DPU.
  2. Install DOCA local repo package for host.
    Note:

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

    OS Profile Device Instructions
    Ubuntu/Debian doca-all BlueField
    1. Download the DOCA host repo package from Installation Files for the host.
    2. Unpack the deb repo. Run:
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      host# dpkg -i <repo_file>

    3. Perform apt update. Run:
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      host# apt-get update

    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under Supported Operating System Distributions), refer to DOCA Extra Package.
    5. Run apt install for DOCA SDK, DOCA runtime, DOCA tools:
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      host# sudo apt install -y doca-runtime doca-sdk doca-tools

    doca-cx ConnectX
    1. Download the DOCA host repo package from Installation Files for the host.
    2. Unpack the deb repo. Run:
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      host# dpkg -i <repo_file>

    3. Perform apt update. Run:
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      host# apt-get update

    4. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under Supported Operating System Distributions), refer to DOCA Extra Package.
    5. Run apt install for DOCA SDK, DOCA runtime, DOCA tools:
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      host# sudo apt install -y doca-cx-runtime doca-cx-sdk doca-cx-tools

    doca-ofed All
    1. Download the DOCA host repo package from 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 DOCA Extra Package.
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    CentOS/RHEL/Alinux/

    Rocky/Oracle Linux

    doca-all BlueField
    Note:

    RHEL users need a valid subscription to install packages.

    1. Install the following software dependencies:
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        host# sudo dnf makecache host# sudo dnf install epel-release host# sudo dnf install -y yum-utils host# sudo dnf config-manager --enable PowerTools host# sudo dnf clean dbcache

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    2. Download the DOCA host repo package from Installation Files for the host.
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    5. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under Supported Operating System Distributions), refer to DOCA Extra Package.
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    doca-cx ConnectX

    RHEL users need a valid subscription to install packages.

    1. Install the following software dependencies. Run:
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    2. Download the DOCA host repo package from Installation Files for the host.
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    5. If the kernel version on your host is not supported (not shown under Supported Operating System Distributions), refer to DOCA Extra Package.
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    1. Download the DOCA host repo package from 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 DOCA Extra Package.
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    Note:

    To learn the DPU's device ID, refer to Determining DPU Device ID.

  5. Skip this step if your BlueField DPU is Ethernet only. Please refer to Supported Platforms to learn your DPU type. If you have a VPI DPU, 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 DPU 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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  7. Assign a dynamic IP to tmfifo_net0 interface (RShim host interface).
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3.5.1. 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 downloads the appropriate missing packages from your kernel to support DOCA:
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      doca-kernel-support does not support customized or unofficial kernels.


3.6. Installing Software on DPU

Users have two options for installing DOCA on the DPU:

  • Upgrading the full DOCA image on the DPU (recommended) - this option overwrites the entire boot partition.
  • Upgrading DOCA local repo package on the DPU – this option upgrades DOCA components without overwriting the boot partition. Use this option to preserve configurations or files on the DPU itself.


3.6.1. Installing Full DOCA Image on DPU

Important:

This step overwrites the entire boot partition.

Note:

This installation sets up the OVS bridge.

Note:

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

3.6.1.1. Option 1 - No Pre-defined Password

Note:

To set the password in advance, proceed to Option 2.

BFB installation is executed as follows:

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Where rshimN is rshim0 if you only have one DPU. You may run the following command to verify:

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3.6.1.2. Option 2 - Set Pre-defined Password

Ubuntu users can provide a unique password that will be applied at the end of the BlueField software image 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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    When running the installation command, use the --config flag to provide the file containing the password:

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    Note:

    If --config is not used, then upon first login to the BlueField device, users will be asked to update their password.

    The following is an example of Ubuntu installation assuming the "pv" Linux tool has been installed (to view the installation progress).

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    host# sudo bfb-install --rshim rshim0 --bfb DOCA_<version>-aarch64.bfb --config bf.cfg Pushing bfb 1.08GiB 0:00:57 [19.5MiB/s] [ <=> ] Collecting BlueField booting status. Press Ctrl+C to stop… INFO[BL2]: start INFO[BL2]: DDR POST passed INFO[BL2]: UEFI loaded INFO[BL31]: start INFO[BL31]: runtime INFO[UEFI]: eMMC init INFO[UEFI]: eMMC probed INFO[UEFI]: PCIe enum start INFO[UEFI]: PCIe enum end INFO[MISC]: Ubuntu installation started INFO[MISC]: Installation finished INFO[MISC]: Rebooting...


3.6.2. Installing Full DOCA Image on Multiple DPUs

On a host with multiple DPUs, the BFB image can be installed on all of them using the multi-bfb-installscript.

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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/RHEL 7.6 – the script creates a configuration file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br_tmfifo
  • For CentOS/RHEL 8.0 and 8.2 – the script installs bridge-utils package to use the command brctl, creates bridge tm-br 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 bridge tm-br 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 DPU and configures a new IP, 192.168.100.x, as described earlier.


3.6.3. Installing DOCA Local Repo Package on DPU

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 DPU, make sure the out-of-band interface (mgmt) is connected to the Internet.

  1. Download the DOCA SDK, DOCA Runtime, and DOCA Tools package from section Installation Files.
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3.7. Upgrading Firmware

Note:

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

To upgrade firmware:

  1. SSH to your BlueField device via 192.168.100.2 (preconfigured).
    Note:

    If multiple DPUs are installed, the tmfifo IP interface does not have to be 192.168.100.2. The last octate changes and depends on the RShim number.

    The default credentials for Ubuntu are as follows:
    • Username: ubuntu
    • Password: ubuntu or a unique password that you set in bf.cfg

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


  3. Power cycle the host server for the firmware upgrade to take effect.
    Note:

    The entire DPU will experience reset.


3.8. Post-installation Procedure

  1. Restart the driver. Run:
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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.

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 DPU (default DPU 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 section and its subpages of the 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.


6.1. 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 12.1.

Note:

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


6.1.1. Configuring Operation Mode

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

  • Standard mode (default) – the BlueField DPU and the GPU operate separately
  • BlueField-X mode – the GPU is exposed to the DPU and is no longer visible on the host

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

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Note:

To learn the DPU's device ID, refer to Determining DPU Device ID.


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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)

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Note:

To learn the DPU's device ID, refer to Determining DPU Device ID.


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

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6.1.2. 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.
    Note:

    Select the Linux distribution and version relevant for your environment.

    Note:

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

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  3. Verify that the installation completed successfully.
    1. Download CUDA samples repo. Run:
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    If the vectorAdd sample works as expected, it should output "Test Passed".

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6.1.3. GPUDirect RDMA

To enable CPU map GPU memory feature in DPDK's gpudev library, you need the gdrcopy library and driver to be installed on your system.

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    In general, the path to libgdrapi is /path/to/gdrcopy/src/.

6.2. Installing Rivermax on DPU

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.

6.2.1. 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. Download 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.

6.2.2. Installing Rivermax Driver

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

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