Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand User Manual

NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU User Guide 46
The installation procedure of DPU involves the following steps:
Ste
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Procedure Direct Link
1 Check the system’s requirements. Refer to System Requirements
2
Pay attention to the airflow consideration within
the host system
Refer to Airflow Requirements
3 Follow the safety precautions Refer to Safety Precautions
4 Unpack the package Refer to Unpacking
5 Follow the pre-installation checklist
Refer to Pre-Installation
Checklist
7
Install the DPU according to the form factor you
have purchased.
Refer to Cards Installation
8 Connect cables or modules to the card
Refer to Cables and Modules
Installation
System Requirements
Hardware Requirements
Important
Unless otherwise specified, 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.

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