Introduction
The NVIDIA® BlueField®-2 data processing unit (DPU) is a data center infrastructure on a
chip optimized for traditional enterprise, high-performance computing (HPC), and
modern cloud workloads, delivering a broad set of accelerated software-defined
networking, storage, security, and management services. BlueField-2 DPU enables
organizations to transform their IT infrastructures into state-of-the-art data centers that
are accelerated, fully programmable and armed with “zero trust” security to prevent data
breaches and cyber-attacks.
By combining the industry-leading NVIDIA ConnectX®-6 Dx network adapter with an
array of Arm® cores, BlueField-2 offers purpose-built, hardware-acceleration engines
with full software programmability. Sitting at the edge of every server, BlueField-2 is
optimized to handle critical infrastructure tasks quickly, increasing data center efficiency.
BlueField-2 empowers agile and high-performance solutions for cloud networking,
storage, cybersecurity, data analytics, HPC, and artificial intelligence (AI), from edge to
core data centers and clouds, all while reducing the total cost of ownership. The NVIDIA
DOCA software development kit (SDK) enables developers to create applications and
services for the BlueField-2 DPU rapidly. The DOCA SDK makes it easy and
straightforward to leverage DPU hardware accelerators and CPU programmability for
better application performance and security.
System Requirements
Important
The BlueField-2 DPU is designed and validated for operation in data-
center servers and other large environments that guarantee proper
power supply and airflow conditions.
The DPU is not intended for installation on a desktop or a
workstation. Moreover, installing the DPU in any system without
proper power and airflow levels can impact the DPU's functionality
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