Feature Description
NVIDIA BlueField-2 compute capabilities and network offloads for
security application solutions such as Layer4 Stateful Firewall.
Virtualized
Cloud
By leveraging BlueField-2 DPU virtualization offloads, data center
administrators can benefit from better server utilization, allowing more
virtual machines and more tenants on the same hardware while
reducing the TCO and power consumption
Out-of-Band
Managemen
t
The NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU incorporates a 1GbE RT45 out-of-band port
that allows the network operator to establish trust boundaries in
accessing the management function to apply it to network resources. It
can also be used to ensure management connectivity (including the
ability to determine the status of any network component) independent
of the status of other in-band network components.
BMC
Some DPUs incorporate local NIC BMC (Baseboard Management
Controller) hardware on the board. The BMC SoC (system on a chip) can
utilize either shared or dedicated NICs for remote access. The BMC node
enables remote power cycling, board environment monitoring,
BlueField-2 chip temperature monitoring, board power, and
consumption monitoring, and individual interface resets. The BMC also
supports the ability to push a boot stream to BlueField-2.
Having a trusted onboard BMC that is fully isolated for the host server
ensures the highest security for the DPU boards.
PPS IN/OUT
NVIDIA offers a full IEEE 1588v2 PTP software solution, as well as time-
sensitive related features called “5T”. NVIDIA PTP and 5T software
solutions, are designed to meet the most demanding PTP profiles.
BlueField-2 incorporates an integrated Hardware Clock (PHC) that allows
BlueField-2 to achieve sub-20u Sec accuracy and offers many timings-
related functions such as time-triggered scheduling or time-based SND
accelerations. The PTP part supports the subordinate clock, master
clock, and boundary clock.
BlueField-2 PTP solution allows you to run any PTP stack on your host
and on the DPU arm.
The MMCX on the board allows customers to connect an RF cable
without occupying space on the external bracket.
Enabled in MBF2M516C-EESOT and MBF2M516C-EECOT.
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