Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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13 Document Revision History
Date Description
Jan 2023 Fixed a typo inSpecifications
Dec 2023 Updated the document to include BlueField-3 SuperNICs upon reaching
the "Mass Production" milestone. OPNs: B3210L, B3220L and B3210E
Updated the eMMC interface in Features and Benefits
AddedPCIe Bifurcation Configuration Options
UpdatedFinding the GUID/MAC on the DPU
Nov 2023 UpdatedChannel Insertion Loss
Added regulatory label inFinding the GUID/MAC on the DPU
UpdatedSupported Servers
Oct 2023 Updated the following sections:
DPU Power-Up Instructions.
Added NC-SI trance lengths in NC-SI Management Interface.
UpdatedPCIe Auxiliary Card Kit to indicate that MTMK9100-T15
supports Gen 5.0.
UpdatedNVMe SSD Interface.
Updated default speed of B3140H to 400Gb/s Ethernet.
Added Regulatory Model Number for each DPU inSpecifications.
Aug 2023 Added step 3 to sectionVerifying DPU Connection and Setting Up Host
Environment
Fixed typo inBracket Mechanical Drawings
Updated board label inFinding the GUID/MAC on the DPU
Aug 2023 Updated the lifecycle tag of 900-9D3B6-00CV-AA0 and 900-9D3B6-00SV-
AA0 to indicate "Mass Production".
UpdatedCabline CA-II Plus Connectors Pinouts.
UpdatedCabline CA-II Plus Harness Pinouts.
Added a note toNVMe SSD Interface.
July 2023 Amended a note on airflow direction inHardware Installation and PCIe
Bifurcation.
June 2023
Added sudo to step 2 in section Verifying DPU Connection and Setting
Up Host Environment.
Updated list of identified devices insection Verifying DPU Connection
and Setting Up Host Environment.
Added section Connecting to BlueField and Verifying Version.
Updated step 2.c. in section Updating BlueField BFB Image.
Added sudo to step 3.b. in section Updating BlueField BFB Image.
Marked 900-9D3B6-00CC-AA0 and 900-9D3B6-00SC-AA0 as EOL (End of
Life) products.
Added new DPUs to the user manual: 900-9D3B6-00CC-EA0 and
900-9D3B6-00SC-EA0.
UpdatedCabline CA-II Plus Harness Pinouts.
Updated SoC frequency for E-Series DPUs in Specifications
May 2023 UpdatedSpecifications- added non-operational storage temperature
specifications.
Updated Ethernet protocols in Specifications.
Apr 2023 Added PSID and device ID information in NVIDIA BlueField-3 Networking
Platform User Guide.
Mar 2023 UpdatedDDR5 SDRAM On-Board Memory.
Feb 2023 UpdatedExternal PCIe Power Supply Connector.

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