Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand User Manual

NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU User Guide 23
BlueField DPU
Administrator Quick Start
Guide
This page is tailored for system administrators wishing to install BlueField and perform
sample administrative actions on it. For a quick start guide aimed at software developers
wishing to develop applications on the BlueField DPU using the DOCA framework, please
refer to the NVIDIA DOCA Developer Quick Start Guide.
Verifying DPU Connection and Setting Up Host
Environment
This section takes you through the basic steps of installing BlueField DPU and performing
a sample administrative task on it.
1. Install your DPU into your host server according to the instructions under Hardware
Installation.
Note
Not sure which guide to follow? For more details on the different
BlueField user types, please refer to the NVIDIA BlueField and DOCA
User Types document.
Warning

Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand Specifications

General

Processor	Arm Cortex-A72
Connectivity	InfiniBand, Ethernet
Security	Hardware Root of Trust, Secure Boot
Crypto Acceleration	Yes
Architecture	Arm
PCIe Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Security Acceleration	Yes
Network Acceleration	Yes
Network Interface	InfiniBand
Memory	16GB DDR4
Form Factor	PCIe
Product Type	DPU (Data Processing Unit)
Ethernet Speed	200Gbps
Storage	NVMe over Fabric support
Networking Features	RDMA, RoCE, SR-IOV
Cores	8x Arm A72 cores