Nvidia BlueField-2 InfiniBand User Manual

NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU User Guide 87
Document Revision History
Date Description
Aug.
2023
Added step 3 to section Verifying DPU Connection and Setting Up Host
Environment
Added Monitoring
Jun.
2023
Added important notes on selected OPNs in Ordering Part Numbers and the
Specifications chapter
Jun.
2023
Added sudo to step 2 in section Verifying DPU Connection and Setting Up
Host Environment
Updated list of identified devices in section Verifying DPU Connection and
Setting Up Host Environment
Added section Connecting to BlueField and Verifying Version
Updated step 2.c. in section Updating BlueField BFB Image
Added sudo to step 3.b. in section Updating BlueField BFB Image
May.
2023
Updated Specifications - added non-operational storage temperature
specifications
Apr.
2023
Added device ID and PSID information in NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet
DPU User Guide
Feb.
2023
Added BlueField DPU Administrator Quick Start Guide
Updated NC-SI connector pins in Pin Description
Jan.
2023
Updated document title.
Dec.
2022
Updated Features and Benefits
Nov.
2022
Updated BlueField DPU Administrator Quick Start Guide
Oct.
2022
Added a warning to the following sections:
System Requirements

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