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Diff composition: The reviewable diff contains:

  • 231 additions and 8 deletions of implementation.
  • 279 additions and 7 deletions of tests.
  • Generated artifacts account for the remaining 3,451 additions and 3,373 deletions.

This is the non-DPF change. A separate change is coming for the DPF-specific changes.

Summary

GB200 systems with supported B3240 DPUs require NVIDIA's CPU as Root Complex NVConfig profile before HBN starts. Without that platform configuration, Linux can expose the wrong physical function layout and HBN can bind both uplinks to the same physical port.

The fixed profile follows NVIDIA's CPU as Root Complex recipe. The validated GB200 configuration deliberately uses PCI_BUS00_SPEED=5; NVIDIA's generic example uses 4.

This change selects the fixed, versioned profile only when:

  • The attached host belongs to a GB200 rack; and
  • The DPU part number is exactly 900-9D3B6-00CN-AB0, 900-9D3B6-00SN-AB0, or 900-9D3B6-00CN-PA0.

Part numbers are matched after trimming surrounding whitespace and ignoring ASCII letter case. Missing identity and all other hardware receive no additional NVConfig profile.

The generated DPU cloud-init applies all 18 settings after bfcfg:

OFF_BOARD_SERIALIZER=1
PCI_BUS00_HIERARCHY_TYPE=1
PCI_BUS00_SPEED=5
PCI_BUS00_WIDTH=5
PCI_BUS10_HIERARCHY_TYPE=1
PCI_BUS10_SPEED=4
PCI_BUS10_WIDTH=3
PCI_BUS12_HIERARCHY_TYPE=1
PCI_BUS12_SPEED=4
PCI_BUS12_WIDTH=3
PCI_BUS14_HIERARCHY_TYPE=1
PCI_BUS14_SPEED=4
PCI_BUS14_WIDTH=3
PCI_BUS16_HIERARCHY_TYPE=1
PCI_BUS16_SPEED=4
PCI_BUS16_WIDTH=3
PCI_SWITCH0_UPSTREAM_PORT_BUS=0
PCI_SWITCH0_UPSTREAM_PORT_PEX=0

Matching hardware stops provisioning if no MST configuration device is available or if mlxconfig fails. The existing Non-DPF reprovisioning sequence then forces the host off and powers it back on, providing the cold power cycle required to activate the settings.

Related issues

Closes #5437.

Part of #5029.

Type of Change

  • Add - New feature or capability
  • Change - Changes in existing functionality
  • Fix - Bug fixes
  • Remove - Removed features or deprecated functionality
  • Internal - Internal changes (refactoring, tests, docs, etc.)

Breaking Changes

  • This PR contains breaking changes

Testing

  • Unit tests added or updated
  • Integration tests added or updated
  • Manual testing performed
  • No testing required

In addition to unit and integration tests, this was tested end to end in dev and QA environments by two different engineers, and the applied settings verified to be working.

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  • New Features

    • Added automatic DPU NVConfig profile selection during cloud-init discovery.
    • Added support for the GB200/B3240 V1 provisioning profile.
    • Cloud-init now applies the selected configuration during DPU setup.
    • Added API fields to expose the selected DPU configuration profile.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Unsupported or incomplete hardware information safely falls back to an unspecified profile.
    • Provisioning reports an error when required device information is unavailable while applying configuration.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for supported, unsupported, missing, and mismatched DPU hardware configurations.

Walkthrough

Adds a shared GB200 B3240 NVConfig profile. Resolves it from rack and DPU hardware data. Propagates it through discovery instructions and applies all profile parameters during cloud-init provisioning.

Changes

DPU NVConfig provisioning

Layer / File(s) Summary
Profile contract and selection
crates/libmlx-model/src/*, crates/api-model/src/rack_type.rs, crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto, crates/rpc/src/libmlx.rs, rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/nico_nico.proto
Defines the GB200 B3240 profile, exact part-number matching, protobuf values, conversions, and selection tests.
Discovery profile resolution
crates/api-core/src/handlers/client_resolution.rs, crates/api-core/src/tests/client_resolution.rs
Resolves the profile from DPU topology, host rack data, rack configuration, and hardware identity. The discovery response carries the selected profile or Unspecified.
Cloud-init rendering and application
crates/pxe/Cargo.toml, crates/pxe/src/routes/cloud_init.rs, pxe/templates/user-data
Validates profile values, renders the fixed parameters, discovers the MST device once, and applies NVConfig after bfcfg. Rendering and application tests cover supported, unspecified, unknown, and missing-device cases.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f6423

The PR adds targeted NVConfig profile selection for supported GB200 hardware; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal review and documentation follow-up.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DPU
  participant ClientResolution
  participant RackDatabase
  participant CloudInit
  participant UserData
  participant mlxconfig
  DPU->>ClientResolution: request discovery by interface address
  ClientResolution->>RackDatabase: read topology, rack profile, and part number
  RackDatabase-->>ClientResolution: return GB200 rack and supported B3240 identity
  ClientResolution-->>CloudInit: return dpu_nvconfig_profile
  CloudInit->>UserData: render 18 NVConfig assignments
  UserData->>mlxconfig: apply assignments after bfcfg
  mlxconfig-->>UserData: report success or failure
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 73.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 30 functions across 7 files. (2 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #5437 by adding exact GB200 B3240 part matching, a shared 18-parameter profile, cloud-init application after bfcfg, failure handling, omission for unsupported hardware, and u…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewed changes are related to the linked objective. They cover profile modeling, protobuf plumbing, Non-DPF cloud-init provisioning, tests, and required generated or API definitions.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: adding NVConfig profile support for Non-DPF GB200 provisioning.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the GB200 B3240 provisioning fix, profile-selection rules, failure behavior, testing, and related issues.
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The changes address issue #5437 by adding exact GB200 B3240 part matching, a shared 18-parameter profile, cloud-init application after bfcfg, failure handling, omission for unsupported hardware, and unit and integration coverage.

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In `@crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto`:
- Around line 5731-5733: Update the DpuNvConfigProfile field comments in
crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto lines 5731-5733 and
rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/nico_nico.proto lines 5532-5534 to identically state
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Comment thread crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto
GB200 systems with B3240 DPUs require the CPU as Root Complex profile
before HBN starts. Select it only for a GB200 rack when the DPU part
number exactly matches one of the three supported B3240 products, then
carry the versioned selection through the cloud-init contract.

Apply all 18 settings after bfcfg and stop provisioning when the MST
device is missing or mlxconfig fails. The existing host cold power cycle
activates the settings. Custom cloud-init remains a complete override
and bypasses generated platform setup.

Signed-off-by: Chet Nichols III <chetn@nvidia.com>
@chet chet changed the title fix: apply GB200 NVConfig during Non-DPF provisioning fix: add NVConfig profile support for Non-DPF GB200 provisioning Aug 27, 2026

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In `@crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto`:
- Around line 10541-10546: Update the DpuNvConfigProfile enum comments in
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Comment on lines +10541 to +10546
// Selects a fixed, versioned mlxconfig profile for DPU provisioning.
enum DpuNvConfigProfile {
// No platform profile is selected.
DPU_NV_CONFIG_PROFILE_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
// Version 1 of the validated GB200/B3240 CPU as Root Complex profile.
DPU_NV_CONFIG_PROFILE_GB200_B3240_V1 = 1;

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the exact hardware contract for the GB200/B3240 profile.

The enum comments do not state the exact DPU part-number allowlist or the no-profile behavior for other hardware.

  • crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto#L10541-L10546: document the three exact supported part numbers and require DPU_NV_CONFIG_PROFILE_UNSPECIFIED for missing or nonmatching identity.
  • rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/nico_nico.proto#L10134-L10139: mirror the same applicability and fallback contract.

As per path instructions: public enum and field contracts must document UNSPECIFIED/omitted behavior and supported GB200/B3240 behavior.

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  • rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/nico_nico.proto#L10134-L10139
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In `@crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto` around lines 10541 - 10546, Update the
DpuNvConfigProfile enum comments in crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto at lines
10541-10546 to document the three exact supported DPU part numbers and require
DPU_NV_CONFIG_PROFILE_UNSPECIFIED when identity is missing or does not match;
mirror the same applicability and fallback contract in
rest-api/proto/core/src/v1/nico_nico.proto at lines 10134-10139, without
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> This PR cherry-picks commit 8311f36
(#5444) into `release/v2.1`.

GB200 systems with B3240 DPUs require the CPU as Root Complex profile
before HBN starts. Select it only for a GB200 rack when the DPU part
number exactly matches one of the three supported B3240 products, then
carry the versioned selection through the cloud-init contract.

Apply all 18 settings after bfcfg and stop provisioning when the MST
device is missing or mlxconfig fails. The existing host cold power cycle
activates the settings. Custom cloud-init remains a complete override
and bypasses generated platform setup.

## Related issues

This supports #5437

## Type of Change

- [ ] **Add** - New feature or capability
- [ ] **Change** - Changes in existing functionality
- [x] **Fix** - Bug fixes
- [ ] **Remove** - Removed features or deprecated functionality
- [ ] **Internal** - Internal changes (refactoring, tests, docs, etc.)

## Breaking Changes

- [ ] **This PR contains breaking changes**

## Testing

- [x] Unit tests added or updated
- [x] Integration tests added or updated
- [ ] Manual testing performed
- [ ] No testing required

`cargo test -p carbide-api-core -p carbide-pxe -p carbide-libmlx-model
-p carbide-api-model` passes on the branch (453 tests), including
#5444's
`dpu_nvconfig_profile_resolution_follows_host_rack_and_dpu_identity` and
the pxe cloud-init template tests. `go build ./proto/...` passes against
the regenerated bindings.

## Additional Notes

**This is the Non-DPF half only.** Its DPF counterpart (#5468) is not
included: it builds on roughly 3,900 lines of `crates/dpf` work that
this branch does not have (26 main-only commits covering Astra flavors
and `astra_nics`, intercept-bridging parity, configurable extra
services, detached DPUService lifecycle, and DPF CRD syncs). Picking
#5468 here produced 27 conflict hunks with single hunks over 500 lines,
and its immediate predecessor #5457 conflicts in another 25, so the DPF
variant needs a deliberately scoped DPF-stack backport rather than a
hand-merge of a provisioning-critical crate.

**Five conflicts, all from code this branch does not carry.**
`crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto` and its `rest-api` mirror took only
#5444's `DpuNvConfigProfile` enum, leaving out the
`InterfaceAddressConfig` message from the IPv6 work.
`handlers/client_resolution.rs` kept this branch's `use db;` and
`traffic_intercept_bridging` binding and left out the
`OverlayAddressOwner` block and four unrelated imports.
`pxe/src/routes/cloud_init.rs` took the two
`forge_dpu_nvconfig_parameters` entries and left the `forge_hbn_reps`
representor changes alone. `tests/client_resolution.rs` took only
#5444's resolution test, leaving out two hostname tests and a
`resolve_machine_interface_for_test` rename that does not exist here.

**The generated Go was regenerated, not merged.**
`rest-api/proto/core/gen/v1/nico_nico.pb.go` conflicted in 22 hunks, but
`core-proto-fetch` derives it from `crates/rpc/proto/forge.proto`, so
resolving that one source file and running `make -C rest-api core-proto`
produced the bindings directly. The large line count in that file is
generator reflow; the semantic change is the added enum.
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Apply the GB200 B3240 NVConfig Profile During Non-DPF Provisioning

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