Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction.............................................................................. 7
1.1 System Requirements ....................................................................... 7
1.2 Package Contents ............................................................................ 8
1.2.1 Card Package ..............................................................................8
1.2.2 Accessories Kit ............................................................................8
1.2.3 PCIe Auxiliary Card Package.............................................................8
1.3 Features and Benefits ....................................................................... 8
2 BlueField-3 Administrator Quick Start Guide ...................................... 13
2.1 Prerequisites for Initial BlueField-3 Deployment ...................................... 13
2.2 First-time Installation Procedure......................................................... 13
3 Supported Interfaces .................................................................. 14
3.1 FHHL DPU Controller Layout and Interface Information .............................. 14
3.2 Interfaces Detailed Description........................................................... 15
3.2.1 System-on-Chip (SoC) .................................................................. 15
3.2.2 Networking Interface................................................................... 16
3.2.3 Networking Ports LEDs Interface ..................................................... 16
3.2.4 PCI Express Interface................................................................... 17
3.2.5 DDR5 SDRAM On-Board Memory....................................................... 17
3.2.6 NC-SI Management Interface .......................................................... 17
3.2.7 UART Interface Connectivity .......................................................... 17
3.2.8 USB 4-pin RA Connector................................................................ 18
3.2.9 1GbE OOB Management Interface .................................................... 18
3.2.10 PPS IN/OUT Interface .................................................................. 19
3.2.11 External PCIe Power Supply Connector.............................................. 19
3.2.12 Cabline CA-II Plus Connectors......................................................... 20
3.2.13 Integrated BMC Interface .............................................................. 21
3.2.14 NVMe SSD Interface..................................................................... 21
3.2.15 RTC Battery .............................................................................. 21
3.2.16 eMMC Interface.......................................................................... 21
4 Pinouts Description .................................................................... 22
4.1 PCI Express Interface....................................................................... 22
4.2 External Power Supply Connector ........................................................ 24

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