Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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Step 6:Plug the Cabline CA-II Plus harnesses on the PCIe Auxiliary Card. As indicated on
bothsides of the Auxiliary connection card; plug the black harness to the component side and
thewhite harness to the print side.
Step 7:Verify the plugs are locked.
Step 8:Slide the retention clip through the cutouts on the PCB. Make sure latches are facing
"Black Cable" annotation as seen in the below picture.
Step 9:Clamp the retention clip. Verify both latches are firmly locked.

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