Boot Sequence Overview
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NVIDIA BlueField BMC Software v24.04

  1. BMC starts booting through u-boot bootloader once the power supply is powered on.

  2. By default, the BMC automatically boots into Linux. To stop at the u-boot prompt, users must type the password 0penBmc (note the use of the digit zero in 0pen) within 5 seconds. To boot Linux from the u-boot prompt, type boot.

  3. The BMC provides indications of its status during its operation:

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    At the beginning of the boot process of the u-boot
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    Nvidia Bluefield BMC U-BOOT starting

    At the beginning of the OS boot process
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    Nvidia Bluefield BMC Starting kernel ...

    At the login prompt
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    Nvidia Bluefield BMC OS is up and running

    Upon reboot or shutdown
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    Nvidia Bluefield BMC is shutting down

  4. The default password for the root user, to be typed in once Linux is booted, is 0penBmc.

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    For information on password policy, refer to section "BMC Management Interface".

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