diff --git a/crates/api-model/src/site_explorer/mod.rs b/crates/api-model/src/site_explorer/mod.rs
index 913243eaa9..0d67a314d7 100644
--- a/crates/api-model/src/site_explorer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/api-model/src/site_explorer/mod.rs
@@ -929,17 +929,32 @@ impl EndpointExplorationReport {
         }
     }
 
+    fn machine_id_serial_number(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.systems
+            .first()
+            .and_then(|system| system.serial_number.as_deref().map(str::trim))
+            .filter(|sn| !sn.is_empty())
+            .or_else(|| {
+                self.is_dpu().then(|| {
+                    // BF4 reports no system serial in Redfish. The stable product serial is
+                    // on the Bluefield_BMC chassis; use that explicit chassis ID instead of
+                    // depending on chassis collection order or unrelated component serials.
+                    self.chassis
+                        .iter()
+                        .find(|chassis| chassis.id == "Bluefield_BMC")
+                        .and_then(|chassis| chassis.serial_number.as_deref().map(str::trim))
+                        .filter(|serial| !serial.trim().is_empty())
+                })?
+            })
+    }
+
     /// Tries to generate and store a MachineId for the discovered endpoint if
     /// enough data for generation is available
     pub fn generate_machine_id(
         &mut self,
         force_predicted_host: bool,
     ) -> ModelResult<Option<&MachineId>> {
-        if let Some(serial_number) = self
-            .systems
-            .first()
-            .and_then(|system| system.serial_number.as_ref())
-        {
+        if let Some(serial_number) = self.machine_id_serial_number() {
             let vendor = self
                 .systems
                 .first()
diff --git a/crates/bmc-explorer/tests/bluefield4_explore.rs b/crates/bmc-explorer/tests/bluefield4_explore.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9360a4c540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/bmc-explorer/tests/bluefield4_explore.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+mod common;
+
+use bmc_explorer::nv_generate_exploration_report;
+use bmc_mock::{DpuMachineInfo, DpuSettings, HostHardwareType, test_support};
+use mac_address::MacAddress;
+use model::site_explorer::EndpointType;
+use tokio::test;
+
+#[test]
+async fn explore_bluefield4_and_generate_machine_id_from_bluefield_bmc_chassis_serial() {
+    let h = test_support::dell_poweredge_r760_bluefield4_bmc(DpuMachineInfo {
+        hw_type: HostHardwareType::DellPowerEdgeR760Bf4,
+        bmc_mac_address: MacAddress::new([0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0xbf, 0x04, 0x01]),
+        host_mac_address: MacAddress::new([0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0xbf, 0x04, 0x02]),
+        oob_mac_address: MacAddress::new([0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0xbf, 0x04, 0x03]),
+        serial: "MT2610604VN4".to_string(),
+        settings: DpuSettings::default(),
+    })
+    .await;
+    let mut report = nv_generate_exploration_report(h.service_root, &common::explorer_config())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(report.endpoint_type, EndpointType::Bmc);
+    assert_eq!(report.vendor, Some(bmc_vendor::BMCVendor::Nvidia));
+
+    let system = report.systems.first().expect("systems must be present");
+    assert_eq!(system.id, "Bluefield");
+    assert!(
+        system.serial_number.is_none(),
+        "BF4 Redfish reports the usable serial on chassis, not system"
+    );
+
+    let chassis_ids: Vec<&str> = report
+        .chassis
+        .iter()
+        .map(|chassis| chassis.id.as_str())
+        .collect();
+    assert!(
+        chassis_ids.contains(&"Bluefield_BMC"),
+        "Bluefield_BMC chassis must be present: {chassis_ids:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        chassis_ids.contains(&"Card1"),
+        "Card1 chassis must be present: {chassis_ids:?}"
+    );
+    let bmc_chassis_serial = report
+        .chassis
+        .iter()
+        .find(|chassis| chassis.id == "Bluefield_BMC")
+        .and_then(|chassis| chassis.serial_number.as_deref());
+    assert_eq!(bmc_chassis_serial, Some("MT2610604VN4"));
+
+    assert!(
+        report
+            .service
+            .iter()
+            .any(|service| service.id == "FirmwareInventory"),
+        "firmware inventory service must be present"
+    );
+
+    let machine_id = *report
+        .generate_machine_id(false)
+        .expect("BF4 report should have enough collected data for machine ID")
+        .expect("BF4 report should generate a DPU machine ID");
+
+    assert!(machine_id.machine_type().is_dpu());
+    assert_eq!(
+        machine_id.to_string(),
+        "fm100dsje1vlqbfpt0vn3hkuijsm07hpd78ctlfhrje2q8ssnj20ke32rdg"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(report.machine_id, Some(machine_id));
+}
diff --git a/crates/bmc-mock/src/test_support/mod.rs b/crates/bmc-mock/src/test_support/mod.rs
index d5e7471dbe..6d61d972f3 100644
--- a/crates/bmc-mock/src/test_support/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bmc-mock/src/test_support/mod.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,17 @@ pub async fn dell_poweredge_r750_bluefield3_bmc(settings: DpuSettings) -> TestBm
     .await
 }
 
+pub async fn dell_poweredge_r760_bluefield4_bmc(dpu: DpuMachineInfo) -> TestBmcHandle {
+    let machine_info = MachineInfo::Dpu(dpu);
+    test_bmc(machine_router(
+        &machine_info,
+        Arc::new(NoopCallbacks),
+        "test-dpu-id".to_string(),
+        false,
+    ))
+    .await
+}
+
 pub async fn generic_ami_bmc() -> TestBmcHandle {
     test_bmc(machine_router(
         &host_info(HostHardwareType::GenericAmi),