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= Switching Bluefield-2 from DPU to NIC
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You can switch the Bluefield-2 network device from data processing unit (DPU) mode to network interface controller (NIC) mode.

Before you perform any tasks in the following documentation, ensure that you xref:../../networking/networking_operators/sr-iov-operator/installing-sriov-operator.adoc#installing-sriov-operator[installed the SR-IOV Network Operator].

// Switching Bluefield-2 from DPU mode to NIC mode
include::modules/proc-switching-bf2-nic.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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.Additional resources

* xref:../../networking/networking_operators/sr-iov-operator/installing-sriov-operator.adoc#installing-sriov-operator[Installing SR-IOV Network Operator]
