Use automatic FM update during MLNX_OFED installation ONLY if the current BlueField FW version is 18.24.1000 (GA) or above. In case its older, manually burn the FW after MLNX_OFED installation.
In case you plan to run DPDK on the host itself, install MLNX_OFED with "--dpdk --upstream-libs" flags
The "bluefield" flag is not required in some of the MLNX_OFED versions and OS releases

OVS-DPDK

We've open sourced a fork of dpdk based Open vSwitch, which supports the VXLAN decap/encap full offload: https://github.com/bytedance/ovs-dpdk
The code is fully compatible with upstream Open vSwitch, you can follow the same procedures to build them from the source. See the link: http://docs.openvswitch.org/en/latest/intro/install/
Or you can use the ansible scripts in the Akaino Gerrit to install both BlueField Card and ovs-dpdk. Currently the scripts are not available, as the scripts works by relying many company's internal services. We are refactoring the code that you can use it in your own SmartNIC setups.

Database Prerequisites

N/A

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Installation High-Level Overview

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