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2 BlueField DPU Administrator Quick Start Guide
This page is tailored for system administrators wishing to install BlueField and perform sample administrative actions on it. For a quick start guide aimed at
software developers wishing to develop applications on the BlueField DPU using the DOCA framework, please refer to the NVIDIA DOCA Developer Quick Start
Guide.
Not sure which guide to follow? For more details on the different BlueField user types, please refer to the NVIDIA BlueField and DOCA User
Types document.
2.1 Verifying DPU Connection and Setting Up Host Environment
This section takes you through the basic steps of installing BlueField DPU and performing a sample administrative task on it.
1. Install your DPU into your host server according to the instructions under
Ensure your host OS is included in the
connected to the network. The OOB interface must be connected to a DHCP/DNS server. The MAC address of the OOB port is found
sticker
on the BlueField DPU.
2. Verify that the host server correctly identifies the BlueField DPU. The following commands rescan the PCIe bus and list the BlueField's name and PCIe
address:
# sudo update-pciids
# sudo lspci | grep BlueField
The list of identified devices should include a network controller for every physical (Ethernet) port and a DMA controller for DPU management. Expected
output example:
NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU User Guide
Hardware
supported operating systems
list and that the BlueField's out-of-band (OOB) management interface is
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