These are the release notes for the NVIDIA® BlueField-2 SmartNICs firmware. This firmware supports the following protocols:
InfiniBand - QDR, FDR, EDR, HDR100, HDR
Ethernet - 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE1, 100GbE1, 200GbE2, 400GbE2
PCI Express 4.0, supporting backwards compatibility for v3.0, v2.0 and v1.1
1. Speed that supports both NRZ and PAM4 modes in Force mode and Auto-Negotiation mode.
2. Speed that supports PAM4 mode only.
Warning
When connecting an NVIDIA-to-NVIDIA adapter card in ETH PAM4 speeds, Auto-Neg should always be enabled.
| NVIDIA SKU | Legacy OPNs | PSID | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 900-9D218-0083-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 |
| 900-9D208-0076-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 |
| 900-9D206-0053-ST2 | MBF2H322A-AENOT | MT_0000000544 | BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto Disabled; 8GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL |
| 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; FHHL |
| 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 |
| 900-9D250-0038-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 |
| 900-9D208-0076-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 |
| 900-9D218-0073-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 |
| 900-9D208-0086-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 |
| 900-9D219-0006-ST0 | MBF2H516A-CEEOT | MT_0000000702 | BlueField-2 DPU 100GbE Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL |
| 900-9D206-0053-ST1 | MBF2H322A-AENET | MT_0000000698 | BlueField-2 P-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto Disabled; SNAP-NVMe Enabled; 8GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL |
| 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 |
| 900-9D206-0083-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 |
| 900-9D218-0083-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 |
| 900-9D208-0076-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 |
| 900-9D219-0066-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 |
| 900-9D208-0076-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 |
| 900-9D219-0066-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 |
| 900-9D219-0086-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 |
| P1004 / 699210040230 | N/A | NVD0000000015 | ROY BlueField-2 + GA100 PCIe Gen4 x8; two 100Gbe/EDR QSFP28 ports; FHFL |
| 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 |
| 900-9D219-0056-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 |
| 900-9D218-0073-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-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 |
| 900-9D219-0066-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 |
| 900-9D206-0083-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 |
| 900-9D206-0063-ST4 | MBF2M322A-AEEOT | MT_0000000490 | BlueField-2 E-Series DPU 25GbE Dual-Port SFP56; PCIe Gen4 x8; Crypto Enabled; 8GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; HHHL |
| 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 |
| 900-9D208-0076-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 |
| 699140280000 | N/A | NVD0000000020 | ZAM/NAS |
| 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 |
| 900-9D208-0086-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 |
| 900-9D219-0056-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 |
| 900-9D218-0073-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 |
| 900-9D206-0063-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 |
| 900-9D250-0048-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 |
Warning
Please be aware that not all firmware binaries contain FlexBoot or UEFI, support may vary between cards.
The following are the drivers’ software, tools, switch/HCA firmware versions tested that you can upgrade from or downgrade to when using this firmware version:
|
Supported Version |
|
|
NVIDIA BlueField-2 Firmware |
24.39.3004 / 24.39.2048 / 24.38.1002 |
|
BlueField DPU OS Software |
4.5.1 |
|
MLNX_OFED |
23.10-2.1.3.1 / 23.10-1.1.9.0 / 23.10-0.5.5.0 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
|
MLNX_EN (MLNX_OFED based code) |
23.10-2.1.3.1 / 23.10-1.1.9.0 / 23.10-0.5.5.0 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
|
WinOF-2 |
23.10.50000 / 23.7.50000 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
|
MFT |
4.26.1 / 4.26.0 / 4.25.0 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
|
mstflint |
4.26.1 / 4.26.0 / 4.25.0 Note: For the list of the supported Operating Systems, please refer to the driver's Release Notes. |
|
FlexBoot |
3.7.300 |
|
UEFI |
14.32.17 |
|
MLNX-OS |
3.10.5002 onwards |
|
Cumulus |
5.4 onwards |
|
NVIDIA Quantum-2 Firmware |
31.2012.1024 onwards |
|
NVIDIA Quantum Firmware |
27.2012.1010 onwards |