Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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3 Supported Interfaces
This section describes the DPU/SuperNIC supported interfaces. Each numbered interface referenced
in the figures is described in the following table with a link to detailed information.
3.1 BlueField-3 SuperNICs Layout and Interface
Information
OPN SuperNIC Component Side SuperNIC Print Side
HHHL Single-Slot SuperNIC
Model: B3140H
900-9D3D4-00EN-HA0
900-9D3D4-00NN-HA0
Ite
m
Interface Description
1 DPU SoC DPU IC 8 Arm-Cores
2 Networking
Interface
The network traffic is transmitted through the DPU 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
Single-Channel Cards: 10 units of DDR5 SDRAM for a total of 16GB @ 5200MT/s 64bit +
8bit 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
9 Integrated
BMC
DPU BMC
10 SSD Interface 128GB
The below figures are for illustration purposes only and might not reflect the current
revision of the DPU.

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