Nvidia BlueField-2 BF2500 User Manual

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7 Connect the external power supply to the BF2500 DPU Controller
8 Power on the system
9 Perform initial system bring-up
System Requirements
Hardware Requirements
A system that supports PCI Express high power cards is required for installing the card.
The system should be able to support 75W through the PCIe x16 interface and an additional 75W through the ATX PCIe power connector
Airflow Requirements
BlueField-2 BF2500 DPU Controller is offered with one airflow pattern: from the BlueField-2 SoC to the QSFP28 ports.
Please refer to theSpecifications
section for airflow numbers for each specific card model.
Unless otherwise specified, NVIDIA products are designed to work in an environmentally controlled data center with low levels of gaseous and dust
(particulate) contamination.
The operating environment should meet severity level G1 as per ISA 71.04 for gaseous contamination and ISO 14644-1 class 8 for cleanliness level.
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All systems in the same rack should be planned with the same airflow direction. All components need to have the same airflow direction.
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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