Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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3 Supported Interfaces
This section describes the DPU Controller supported interfaces. Each numbered interface referenced
in the figures is described in the following table with a link to detailed information.
3.1 FHHL DPU Controller Layout and Interface
Information
OPN DPU Controller Component Side DPU Controller Print Side
900-9D3C6-00CV-GA0
900-9D3C6-00CV-DA0
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Interface Description
1 System-on-
Chip (SoC)
16 Arm-Cores SoC
2 Networking
Interface
The network traffic is transmitted through the DPU ControllerQSFP112 connectors. The
QSFP112 connectors allow the use of modules and optical and passive cable
interconnect solutions
3 Networking
Ports LEDs
Interface
One bi-color I/O LEDs per port to indicate link and physical status
4 PCI Express
Interface
PCIe Gen 5.0 through an x16 edge connector
5 DDR5 SDRAM
On-Board
Memory
20 units of DDR5 SDRAM for a total of 48GB @ 5200MT/s. 128bit + 16bit ECC, solder-
down memory
6 NC-SI
Management
Interface
NC-SI 20 pins BMC connectivity for remote management
7 USB 4-pin RA
Connector
Used for OS image loading
8 1GbE OOB
Management
Interface
1GbE BASE-T OOB management interface
The below figures are for illustration purposes only and might not reflect the current
revision of the DPU Controller.

Nvidia BlueField-3 Specifications

General

Product Type	DPU (Data Processing Unit)
Power Consumption	Up to 75W
Manufacturing Process	7nm
Operating Temperature	0°C to 70°C
Virtualization	SR-IOV, Virtio
Target Applications	Cloud, Networking, Storage
Memory	Up to 16 GB DDR4
Memory Bandwidth	Up to 200 GB/s
Networking	Up to 400 GbE
PCIe	PCIe Gen4 x16
Storage Acceleration	NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)
Security	Hardware root of trust, Secure boot
Form Factor	PCIe Card
Acceleration Engines	Networking, Storage, Security
Software Support	NVIDIA DOCA
Cache	L1, L2, L3 caches