Nvidia BlueField-2 BF2500 User Manual

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miscellaneous items.The 3.3V from PCIe edge connector is floating on the board.For the external PCIe power supply pins, please refer toExternal Power
Supply Interfaces.
eMMC Interface
The BlueField-2 BF2500 DPU Controller incorporatesan eMMC interface on the card's print side. The eMMC is 16GB x8 NAND flash and is used for Arm boot,
operating system storage and disk space.
Networking LED Interfaces
There is a one bi-color I/O LED per port to indicate link status. See the below figure for the networking LEDs locations on the BF2500 DPU Controller
bracket.
LED1 and LED2 Link Status Indications- Ethernet Protocol:
LED Color and State Description
Off A link has not been established
Beacon command for locating the adapter card 1Hz blinking Yellow
Error 4Hz blinking Yellow Indicates an error with the link. The error can be one of the following:
Error Type Description LED Behavior
I
2
C I
2
C access to the networking
ports fails
Blinks until error is fixed
Over-current Over-current condition of the
networking ports
Blinks until error is fixed
The use of an external power supply interface is restricted to the ATX 6-pin PCIe power connector only.
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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