Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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State Bi-Color LED (Yellow/Green)
Error 4Hz blinking Yellow Indicates an error with the
link. The error can be one of the following:
Error
Type
Description LED
Behavior
I
2
C I
2
C access to the
networking ports
fails
Blinks until
error is fixed
Over-
current
Over-current
condition of the
networking ports
Blinks until
error is fixed
Physical Activity Blinking Green
Link Up Solid Green

Physical Up (InfiniBand Mode Only) Solid Yellow
 
3.3.4 PCI Express Interface
The BlueField-3 supports PCI Express Gen 5.0/4.0 through x16 edge connectors. Some cards allow
connectivity to an additional PCIe x16 Auxiliary card through the Cabline CA-II Plus connectors.
The following lists PCIe interface features:
PCIe Gen 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible
2.5, 5.0, or 8.0, 16.0 or 32.0 GT/s link rate x16 lanes
Auto-negotiates to x16, x8, x4, x2, or x1
3.3.5 DDR5 SDRAM On-Board Memory
The BlueField-3 incorporate 10 or 20 units of DDR5 SDRAM. See the following table for DDR5 SDRAM
memory specifications per ordering part number.
Model OPNs DDR5 SDRAM On-Board Memory
B3140L
B3140H
900-9D3B4-00EN-EA0 / 900-9D3B4-00PN-
EA0
900-9D3D4-00EN-HA0 / 900-9D3D4-00NN-
HA0
Single-channel with 10 DDR5 + ECC (64bit +
8bit ECC)
for a total of 16GB @ 5200MT/s
B3210L
B3220L
900-9D3B4-00CC-EA0 / 900-9D3B4-00SC-
EA0
900-9D3B4-00CV-EA0 / 900-9D3B4-00SV-
EA0
Single-channel with 10 DDR5 + ECC (64bit +
8bit ECC)
for a total of 16GB@ 5600MT/s

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