NVIDIA BlueField BMC Software v23.09
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BIOS Configuration

BMC supports configuring the NVIDIA® BlueField®'s BIOS using Redfish commands.

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curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: <token>" -X GET https://<bmc_ip>/redfish/v1/Registries/BiosAttributeRegistry/BiosAttributeRegistry

Output example:

Note

In the following output, there is only one BIOS attribute, UefiPassword.

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{ "@odata.type": "#AttributeRegistry.v1_3_6.AttributeRegistry", "Description": "This registry defines a representation of BIOS attribute instances", "Id": "BiosAttributeRegistry", "Language": "en", "Name": "BF2 BIOS Attribute Registry", "OwningEntity": "NVIDIA BlueField", "RegistryEntries": { "Attributes": [ { "AttributeName": "UefiPassword", "CurrentValue": "", "DisplayName": "New UEFI Password", "DisplayOrder": 16, "HelpText": "Set the UEFI password.", "Hidden": false, "Immutable": false, "MaxLength": 50, "MenuPath": "./SystemConfiguration/UefiPassword", "MinLength": 0, "ReadOnly": false, "ResetRequired": false, "Type": "String", "WriteOnly": false } ], "Dependencies": [], "Menus": [ { "DisplayName": "Set the UEFI Password.", "DisplayOrder": 18, "Hidden": false, "MenuName": "UefiPassword", "MenuPath": "./SystemConfiguration/UefiPassword", "ReadOnly": false } ] }, "RegistryVersion": "1.0.0", "SupportedSystems": [ { "FirmwareVersion": "BlueField:4.2.0-33-gbe969d4", "ProductName": "NVIDIA BF2", "SystemId": "BF2-DPU" } ] }

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curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: <token>" -H Content-Type: application/octet-stream -X GET https://<bmc_ip>/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/

Output example:

Note

The current value of UefiPassword is an empty string.

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{ "@Redfish.Settings": { "@odata.type": "#Settings.v1_3_5.Settings", "SettingsObject": { "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/Settings" } }, "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios", "@odata.type": "#Bios.v1_2_0.Bios", "Actions": { "#Bios.ChangePassword": { "target": "/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/Actions/Bios.ChangePassword" }, "#Bios.ResetBios": { "target": "/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/Actions/Bios.ResetBios" } }, "Attributes": { "UefiPassword": "" }, "Description": "BIOS Configuration Service", "Id": "BIOS", "Name": "BIOS Configuration", "ResetBiosToDefaultsPending": false }

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curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: <token>" -X PATCH https://<bmc_ip>/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/Settings -d '{Attributes:{UefiPassword : NewPassword123}}'

This command example requests changing the UefiPassword attribute to NewPassword123. At the next boot cycle of the DPU, the UEFI changes the requested attribute if the requested value is valid.

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curl -k -H "X-Auth-Token: <token>" -X GET https://<bmc_ip>/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/Settings

Pending values are a list of values that that user has requested to change. The list of pending values is purged once the UEFI changes the pending attributes.

Output example:

Note

UefiPassword appears in the pending attributes list.

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{ "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/Settings", "@odata.type": "#Bios.v1_2_0.Bios", "Attributes": { "UefiPassword": "NewPassword123" }, "Description": "BIOS Settings", "Id": "BIOS_Settings", "Name": "BIOS Configuration" }

Note

The active BIOS attribute list is updated only after the UEFI approves the changes during the next reboot cycle.

Changing UEFI Password

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curl -k -u root:<password> -X PATCH -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://<bmc_ip>/redfish/v1/Systems/Bluefield/Bios/Settings -d '{"Attributes":{"CurrentUefiPassword":"CurrentPassword", "UefiPassword":"NewPassword321"}}'


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