OPI Summit on DPUs/IPUs 2026

A DPU is not ready for use simply because it has booted or received an IP address. It still needs a trusted identity, compatible software, network configuration, credentials, and evidence that it has reached the expected state.

This session presents an OPI Blueprint that uses FusionLayer’s RFC 8572 sZTP server and client to prepare an NVIDIA BlueField-3 from a factory-default or reinitialized state. The workflow establishes trust, verifies onboarding artifacts, applies initial configuration, runs bootstrap scripts, reports progress, handles failures, and performs readiness checks.

OpenShift and F5-specific tools then complete the platform integration. An existing Red Hat OpenShift and F5 BIG-IP Next environment serves as the integration target. The project aims to validate traffic flowing from a virtual IP address through the BIG-IP Next traffic-processing component on the DPU to application pods.

We will share the resulting workflow, validation results, compatibility constraints, and the boundary between repeatable sZTP onboarding and platform-specific integration.