Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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14 Document Revision History
Date Comments/Changes
Apr. 2024 Removed the "Securing Workloads" feature fromFeatures and Benefits
Updated the important notes and warnings inExternal PCIe Power
Supply Connector
Added8-pin ATX Power Supply Cableinstallation instructions
UpdatedCabline CA-II Plus Harness Pinouts
UpdatedPCIe Auxiliary Card Kit
Added notes across the document stating that the Socket-Direct
functionality is currently not supported by firmware
Nov. 2023 UpdatedPCIe Auxiliary Card Kit
Oct. 2023 UpdatedNVMe SSD Interface
Updated DPU Power-Up and Power-Down Instructions
Aug. 2023 AddedGeneral Cooling Recommendations for Heatsink-less DPU
Controllers
UpdatedCabline CA-II Plus Connectors Pinouts.
UpdatedCabline CA-II Plus Harness Pinouts.
Added a note toNVMe SSD Interface.
May. 2023 First release

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