Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand User Manual

NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU User Guide 31
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Interface Description
1 DPU DPU IC 8 cores
2
PCI Express
Interface
PCIe Gen 4.0 through an x16 edge connector
3
Networking
Ports
The network traffic is transmitted through the DPU QSFP56
connectors. The QSFP56 connectors allow the use of modules,
optical and passive cable interconnect solutions.
4
Networking
Ports LEDs
Interface
One bi-color I/O LED per port to indicate link and physical status
5
DDR4 SDRAM
On-Board
Memory
8 units of SDRAM for a total of 16GB @ 3200MT/s single DDR4
channel, 64bit + 8bit ECC, solder-down memory
6
NC-SI
Management
Interface
Connection for remote sideband management
7
Mini USB Type
B Interface
Used for OS image loading
8
1GbE OOB
Management
Interface
1GbE BASE-T OOB management interface
9
External PCIe
Power Supply
Connector
An external 12V power connection through a 6-pin ATX connector.
NOTE: This connector is present on FHHL P-Series DPUs only. It is
not present on FHHL E-Series DPUs.
10 RTC Battery Battery holder for RTC
11
eMMC
Interface
x8 NAND flash
Interfaces of MBF2H516C-EECOT, MBF2H516C-EESOT, MBF2M516C-EECOT and
MBF2M516C-EESOT

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