microsoft/CBL-Mariner-SmartNIC

This is a combination of the following repos

CBL-Mariner https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner/

Mellanox/bfb-mariner https://github.com/Mellanox/bfb-mariner

Build BFB

The following steps will pull RPMs from Nvidia servers. These RPMs will be tied to Nvidia's licensing and user agreements.

$ sudo ./bfb-build

You may need to run the following to configure qemu docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes

Flash BFB

On the linux machine connected via USB to the bf2, If you do not have RSHIM installed: RSHIM package is available under: https://developer.nvidia.com/networking/doca https://www.mellanox.com/downloads/BlueField/RSHIM/rshim_2.0.6-3.ge329c69_amd64.deb

Deploy the image to BF2 device via the rshim interface (assuming rshim0).

$ sudo bfb-install -r rshim0 -b your-bfb

You can watch the process using a serial monitor like minicom on port /dev/rshim0/console

$ sudo minicom

Configure the Linux rshim network interface static IP address to 192.168.100.3/24 (basically 192.168.100.x). The BF2 device is set to static IP 192.168.100.2. If you are not using the BF2 management network interface, but rather the rshim network interface, you will need to configure your Linux machine as a gateway/router, so the device can use it for internet access.

Make sure ipv4 forward is enabled

$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
1

NAT (MASQUERADE) is enabled on the external network interface, in this example eno1: $ sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eno1 -j MASQUERADE

Once the bfb is flashed, log in using minicom and the credentials user: mariner pw: mariner

Some network configuration may be needed. Make the following changes:

$ sudo cat > /etc/resolv.conf << EOF
nameserver 127.0.0.53
EOF

$ sudo cat >  /etc/netplan/60-mlnx.yaml << EOF
network:
    ethernets:
        oob_net0:
            renderer: networkd
            dhcp4: true
        tmfifo_net0:
            renderer: networkd
            addresses:
            - 192.168.100.2/24
            dhcp4: false
            gateway4: 192.168.100.3
            nameservers:
               addresses: [10.50.10.50, 10.50.50.50]
               search: [corp.microsoft.com]
        enp3s0f0s0:
            renderer: networkd
            dhcp4: true
        enp3s0f1s0:
            renderer: networkd
            dhcp4: true
    version: 2
EOF

$ sudo netplan apply

Now you should be able to ssh using the rshim device $ ssh mariner@192.168.100.2