Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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Feature Description
InfiniBand Architecture Specification v1.5
compliant
The DPU Controller delivers low latency, high bandwidth, and
computing efficiency for high-performance computing (HPC),
artificial intelligence (AI), and hyperscale cloud data centers
applications.
The DPU Controller is InfiniBand Architecture Specification v1.5
compliant.
InfiniBand Network Protocols and Rates:
Protocol Standard Rate (Gb/s) Comm
ents
4x Port
(4 Lanes)
2x Ports
(2 Lanes)
NDR/
NDR200
IBTA Vol2
1.5
425 212.5 PAM4
256b/
257b
encodin
g and
RS-FEC
HDR/
HDR100
IBTA Vol2
1.4
212.5 106.25 PAM4
256b/
257b
encodin
g and
RS-FEC
EDR IBTA Vol2
1.3.1
103.125 51.5625 NRZ
64b/66b
encodin
g
FDR IBTA Vol2
1.2
56.25 N/A NRZ
64b/66b
encodin
g

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