| Capability | Redfish | IPMItool | Supported in NIC Mode? [Y/N] |
| Changing the default BMC password | Changing default password using Redfish | N/A | Yes |
| Changing the default UEFI password | Changing UEFI Password | N/A | Yes |
| Enabling/disabling secure boot | Setting Secure Boot State | N/A | N/A |
| Updating BMC firmware | BMC and CEC firmware update | N/A | Yes |
| Updating DPU BFB | Pushing BFB from BMC to BlueField Arm | N/A | Yes |
| Configuring DPU to network boot from the out-of-band interface first | Boot Config Using Redfish | Boot Config Using IPMI | N/A |
| Resetting DPU | Reset control | Partial | |
| Resetting DPU BMC | Reset control using Redfish | Reset control using IPMI | Yes |
| Factory reset | Factory Reset Redfish Command | Factory Reset IPMI Command | Yes |
| Getting DPU versions | System inventory | N/A | No |
| Getting DPU BMC versions | Retrieving BMC version using Redfish | Retrieving BMC version using IPMI command | Yes |
| Getting high-speed ports MAC addresses for mapping DPUs' Ethernet devices | Chassis Card1 NetworkAdapters | List of IPMI Supported FRUs | No |
| DPU monitoring (SEL, FRU, etc.) | No | ||
| User management | User management Redfish commands | User management IPMI commands | Yes |
| Enabling secure boot with customer keys | BIOS secure boot configuration | N/A | N/A |
| Enabling/disabling zero-trust mode | N/A | Enable/disable RShim from Host | Yes – BlueField-3 only |
| Enabling RShim from DPU BMC | Enable RShim on DPU BMC | Enable RShim | Yes |
| Changing DPU mode | Redfish NIC Subsystem Management | Changing operation mode | Yes – BlueField-3 only |
| Partial BFB update (ATF/UEFI) | Deploying BlueField Software Using BFB from BMC | Yes |
