Nvidia BlueField-2 BF2500 User Manual

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Interfaces Detailed Description
BlueField-2 Data Processing Unit (DPU)
BlueField-2 is a family of advanced DPU solutions that integrate a coherent mesh of 64-bit Arm v8 A72 cores, a ConnectX network adapter front-end and a
PCI Express switch into a single chip. The powerful DPUarchitecture includes an Armv8 multicore processor array and enables customers to develop
sophisticated applications and highly differentiated feature sets. BlueField-2 leverages the rich Arm software ecosystem and introduces the ability to
offload the host serversoftware stack.
At the heart of BlueField-2 is the ConnectX-6 Dx network offload controller with RDMA and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) technology, delivering
cutting-edge performance for networking and storage applications such as NVMe over Fabrics. Advanced features include an embedded virtual switch with
programmable access lists (ACLs), transport offloads and stateless encaps/decaps of NVGRE, VXLAN, and MPLS overlay.
Encryption
BlueField-2 BF2500 DPU Controller addresses the concerns of modern data centers by combining hardware encryption accelerators with embedded
software and fully integrated advanced network capabilities, making it an ideal platform for developing proprietary security applications. It enables a
distributed security architecture by isolating and protecting each individual workload and providing flexible control and visibility at the server and
workload level, controlling risk at the server access layer. BlueField-2 builds security into the DNA of the data center and enables prevention, detection,
and response to potential threats in real-time. BlueField-2 DPU Controller can deliver powerful functionality, including encryption of data-in-motion, and
data-at-rest (AES-XTS) bare-metal provisioning, stateful L4 firewall and more.
InfiniBand QSFP56 Interface
The network ports of the BlueField-2 DPU Controllers are compliant with theInfiniBand Architecture Specification, Release 1.3.InfiniBand traffic is
transmitted through the cards' QSFP56 connectors.
Applies to Crypto enabled OPNs.
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Nvidia BlueField-2 BF2500 Specifications

General

Processor	ARM Cortex-A72
Memory	16 GB DDR4
Network Interfaces	2 x 100GbE
PCIe Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Product Type	DPU (Data Processing Unit)
Interface Type	Ethernet
Ethernet Ports	2
Maximum power consumption	75W
PCIe Lanes	16
Operating Temperature	0°C to 55°C
Storage Acceleration	Yes
Virtualization Support	Yes
Security Features	Secure Boot