Cannot enable NIC mode from DPU mode on Bluefield 2

Infrastructure & Networking BlueField
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Hi,

I am trying to enable NIC mode from DPU mode on Bluefield 2, but I encountered the error that the device does not support these parameters: INTERNAL_CPU_PAGE_SUPPLIER, INTERNAL_CPU_ESWITCH_MANAGER, INTERNAL_CPU_IB_VPORT0, and INTERNAL_CPU_OFFLOAD_ENGINE.

My command and output are as below:

# mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt41686_pciconf0 s  INTERNAL_CPU_MODEL=1 INTERNAL_CPU_PAGE_SUPPLIER=1 INTERNAL_CPU_ESWITCH_MANAGER=1 INTERNAL_CPU_IB_VPORT0=1 INTERNAL_CPU_OFFLOAD_ENGINE=1

Device #1:
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Device type:    BlueField2      
Description:    BlueField-2 DPU 100GbE/EDR/HDR100 VPI Dual-Port QSFP56; PCIe Gen4 x16; Crypto Enabled; 16GB on-board DDR; 1GbE OOB management; FHHL
Device:         /dev/mst/mt41686_pciconf0

Configurations:                                      Next Boot       New
-E- The Device doesn't support INTERNAL_CPU_PAGE_SUPPLIER parameter

If I exclude INTERNAL_CPU_PAGE_SUPPLIER=1 in my command, it would output that the device does not support other parameters including INTERNAL_CPU_ESWITCH_MANAGER, INTERNAL_CPU_IB_VPORT0, and INTERNAL_CPU_OFFLOAD_ENGINE.

I wonder what is the reason for this and how I can change from DPU mode to NIC mode on Bluefield 2. Thank you very much for your time and help!

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Hello,

Please make sure you have the latest GA DOCA and Firmware installed on the BlueField-2 device.
Also, please make sure the host has the latest MLNX_OFED installed.
You can find all of these on the NVIDIA Networking website: Firmware for NVIDIA BlueField-2 SmartNICs,
https://developer.nvidia.com/networking/doca,
Linux InfiniBand Drivers.

Once all versions are up-to-date and latest, please try again.
If you still encounter this issue, please open a case at: enterprisesupport@nvidia.com, and it will be handled according to entitlement.