About This Manual
The NVIDIA® BlueField® networking platform ignites unprecedented innovation for modern data
centers and supercomputing clusters. With its robust compute power and integrated software-
defined hardware accelerators for networking, storage, and security, BlueField creates a secure and
accelerated infrastructure for any workload in any environment, ushering in a new era of
accelerated computing and AI.
This User Manual describes NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs (Data Processing Unit) and SuperNICs. It
provides details as to the interfaces of the board, specifications, required software and firmware
for operating the board, and a step-by-step plan of how to bring up the BlueField-3 DPUs and
SuperNICs.
Ordering Part Numbers
The tables below list the ordering part numbers (OPNs) for available BlueField-3 cards in Full-Height
Half-Length (FHHL) and Half-Height Half-Length (HHHL) form factors.
BlueField-3 DPUs
Mode
l and
Form
Facto
r
NVID
IA
OPN
Series
/
Cores
Data
Transm
ission
Rate
No.
of
Port
s
PCIe
Supp
ort
x16
PCIe
Exte
nsio
n
Opti
on
Exte
rnal
Pow
er
Con
nect
or
C
ry
p
to
On-
Boa
rd
DD
R5
Me
mor
y
Inte
grat
ed
BMC
PSID Life
cycl
e
B3240
Dual-
Slot
FHHL
900-9D
3B6-00
CN-AB0
P-
Series /
16 Arm-
Cores
InfiniBan
d: NDR
400Gb/s
(Default)
Ethernet
: 400GbE
2-
Ports
QSFP1
12
PCIe
Gen
5.0
x16
✔ ✔ ✔ 32GB ✔ MT_00
00000
883
Mass
Produc
tion
900-9D
3B6-00
SN-AB0
P-
Series /
16 Arm-
Cores
InfiniBan
d: NDR
400Gb/s
(Default)
Ethernet
: 400GbE
2-
Ports
QSFP1
12
PCIe
Gen
5.0
x16
✔ ✔ - 32GB ✔ MT_00
00000
964
Mass
Produc
tion
B3220
Single-
Slot
FHHL
900-9D
3B6-00
CV-AA0
P-
Series /
16 Arm-
cores
InfiniBan
d:
NDR200
200Gb/s
Ethernet
: 200GbE
(Default)
2-
Ports
QSFP1
12
PCIe
Gen
5.0
x16
✔ ✔ ✔ 32GB ✔ MT_00
00000
884
Mass
Produc
tion
You can download a PDF versionhere.
The Device ID of all DPUs is 41692. All DPUs/SuperNICs are shipped with a tall bracket.