Introduction
This document describes the supported configurations, test-vector configurations, and limitations for this release of the NVIDIA® cuBB® SDK.
Release Version: 23-3
Description |
Revision |
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Host OS | Ubuntu 22.04 with 5.15.0-72-lowlatency kernel |
AX800 | CUDA Toolkit: 12.2.0 GPU Driver: 535.54.03 MOFED: 23.07-0.5.0.0 NIC FW: fw-BlueField-3-rel-32_38_1002-699-21014-0230-EB1_Ax-NVME-20.4.1-UEFI-21.4.10-UEFI-22.4.10-UEFI-14.31.20-FlexBoot-3.7.201.signed.bin BFB: DOCA_2.2.0_BSP_4.2.0_Ubuntu_22.04-2.23-07.prod.bfb |
A100X | CUDA Toolkit: 12.2.0 GPU Driver: 535.54.03 MOFED: 23.07-0.5.0.0 NIC FW: fw-BlueField-2-rel-24_38_1002-699210040230_Ax-NVME-20.4.1-UEFI-21.4.10-UEFI-22.4.10-UEFI-14.31.20-FlexBoot-3.7.201.signed.bin BFB: DOCA_2.2.0_BSP_4.2.0_Ubuntu_20.04-2.23-07.prod.bfb |
A100 | CUDA Toolkit: 12.2.0 GPU Driver: 535.54.03 |
CX6-DX NIC | MOFED: 23.07-0.5.0.0 NIC FW: 22.38.1002 Note: If the CX6-DX NIC is used to run RU emulator on both ports, please downgrade the NIC FW to 22.35.1012 due to a known issue. |
NVIDIA-peermem | 535.54.03 (Included in CUDA driver) |
GDRCopy | 2.3.1 |
DPDK | 22.11 (Included in Mellanox DOCA) |
DOCA | 2.2 |
NV Container Toolkit | 1.14 |
SCF | 222.10.02 (partial upgrade to 222.10.04) |
Server | Gigabyte(E251-U70) with Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6240R CPU @ 2.40GHz Dell PowerEdge R750 with duel Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6336Y CPU @ 2.40GHz |
GPU | AX800, A100X, A100, GH200 (Early Access) |
Note
For AX800 and A100X SW, please contact NVIDIA CPM to download the NIC firmware and BFB image.
Description |
Revision |
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Host OS | Ubuntu 22.04 with 5.15.0-72-lowlatency |
Container OS | Ubuntu 22.04 |
Containerd | 1.5.8 |
Kubernetes | 1.23 |
Helm | 3.8 |
Network Operator | 23.4.0 |
Mellanox OFED | 23.07-0.5.0.0 |
CX6-DX NIC FW | 22.38.1002 |
A100X NIC FW | 24.38.1002 |
GPU Operator | 23.6.0 |
CUDA Toolkit | 12.2.0 |
NVIDIA GPU Driver | 535.54.03 |
NVIDIA-peermem | 535.54.03 (Included in CUDA driver) |
This section defines common acronyms, abbreviations, and terms that are used in this cuBB SDK documentation.
Term or Abbreviation |
Definition |
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Aerial | SDK that accelerates 5G RAN functions with the GPU |
cuBB | CUDA GPU software libraries/tools that accelerate 5G RAN compute-intensive processing. |
cuPHY | CUDA 5G PHY layer software library of the cuBB |
cuPHY-CP | cuPHY control-plane software |
HDF5 | A data file format used for storing test vectors. The HDF5 software library provides functions for reading and writing the test vector files. |
CMake | CMake is a software tool for configuring the makefiles for building the SDK CUDA examples. |
DPDK | Data Plane Development Kit |
CX6-DX | Mellanox ConnectX6-DX NIC |
CDM/FDM/TDM | Code-division multiplexing, Frequency Division Multiplexing, Time-Division Multiplexing |
MU-MIMO | Multi-User Multiple Input - Multiple Output |
SU-MIMO | Single-User Multiple Input - Multiple Output |
RB | Resource Block |
PRB | Physical Resource Block |
RE | Resource Element |
REG | Resource Element Group |
CORESET | Control Resource Set |
DCI | Downlink Control Information |
DMRS | Demodulation Reference Signal |
eCPRI | Enhanced Common Public Radio Interface |
MIB | Master Information Block |
O-RAN | Open Radio Access Network |
SIB/SIB1 | System Information Block |
TTI | Transmission Time Interval |
LDPC | Low-Density Parity Check Code |
PDCCH | Physical Downlink Control Channel |
PDSCH | Physical Downlink Shared Channel |
PUCCH | Physical Uplink Control Channel |
PUSCH | Physical Uplink Shared Channel |
PRACH | Physical Random Access Channel |
UCI | Uplink Control Information |
UE-EM | UE Emulator Test Equipment |