Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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Item on Label Description Example/Additional Information
DPU BMC (Baseboard
Management Controller)
Represents the MAC address for the
1GbE OOB management port of the
DPU BMC.
Note: The base MAC address for DPU
BMC is +1 form the OOB MAC address.
S/N (Serial Number) A unique serial number that
distinguishes your DPU from others.
The S/N is used for tracking and
support purposes.
N/A
10.2 SuperNICs Board Label Example
Item on Label Description Example/Additional Information
GUID (Global Unique
Identifier)
GUIDs is a unique 16 byte identifier
of the BlueField in an InfiniBand
network, the GUID never changes.
The GUID on the label is assigned to the
System GUID of the BlueField HCA.
The System GUID represents the HCA
hardware with all its ports. Each HCA
port is assigned a dedicated Node GUID.
The Node GUID of port 0 is equal to the
System GUID.
The Node GUID of port 1 is equal to the
System GUID+1
Note: The product revisions (“Rev”) indicated on the label do not necessarily represent the
latest revisions of the cards.

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