About This Manual
This User Manual describes NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU (Data Processing Unit). 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.
Ordering Part Numbers
The tables below list the ordering part numbers (OPNs) for available BlueField-3 DPUs in Full-Height Half-Length (FHHL) form factor.
| Form Factor | NVIDIA OPN | Model | Series/ Cores | Data Transmission Rate | No. of Ports | PCIe Support | x16 PCIe Extension Option | External Power Connector | Crypto | On-Board | Integrated BMC | Bracket Type | Device ID | PSID | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Slot FHHL | 900-9D3B4-00EN-EA0 | B3140L | E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores | InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE | 1-Port QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | - | - | ✔ | 16GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000001010 | Engineering Samples |
| 900-9D3B4-00PN-EA0 | B3140L | E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores | InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE | 1-Port QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | - | - | - | 16GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000001011 | Engineering Samples | |
| 900-9D3B6-00CC-EA0 | B3210E | E-Series / 16 Arm-Cores | InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000001024 | Engineering Samples | |
| 900-9D3B6-00SC-EA0 | B3210E | E-Series / 16 Arm-Cores | InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | - | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000001025 | Engineering Samples | |
| 900-9D3B6-00CV-AA0 | B3220 | P-Series / 16 Arm-cores | InfiniBand: NDR200 200Gb/s Ethernet: 200GbE (Default) | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000000884 | Mass Production | |
| 900-9D3B6-00SV-AA0 | B3220 | P-Series / 16 Arm-cores | InfiniBand: NDR200 200Gb/s Ethernet: 200GbE (Default) | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | - | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000000965 | Mass Production | |
Dual-Slot FHHL | 900-9D3B6-00CN-AB0 | B3240 | P-Series / 16 Arm-Cores | InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000000883 | Engineering Samples |
| 900-9D3B6-00SN-AB0 | B3240 | P-Series / 16 Arm-Cores | InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | - | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 | MT_0000000964 | Engineering Samples |
EOL'ed (End of Life) DPUs
NVIDIA OPN | Model | Series/ Cores | Data Transmission Rate | No. of Ports | PCIe Support | x16 PCIe Extension Option | External Power Connector | Crypto | On-Board | Integrated BMC | Bracket Type | Device ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900-9D3B6-00CC-AA0 | B3210 | P-Series / 16 Arm-cores | InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 |
| 900-9D3B6-00SC-AA0 | B3210 | P-Series / 16 Arm-cores | InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) | 2-Ports QSFP112 | PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 | ✔ | ✔ | - | 32GB | ✔ | Tall | 41692 |
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for the installer and user of these cards. The manual assumes basic familiarity with InfiniBand/Ethernet network and architecture specifications.
Technical Support
Customers who purchased NVIDIA products directly from NVIDIA are invited to contact us through the following methods:
- URL: www.nvidia.com → Support
- E-mail: enterprisesupport@nvidia.com
Customers who purchased NVIDIA M-1 Global Support Services, please see your contract for details regarding Technical Support.
Customers who purchased NVIDIA products through an NVIDIA-approved reseller should first seek assistance through their reseller.
Related Documentation
| InfiniBand Architecture Specification | InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) InfiniBand® specification Release 1.3.1, November 2, 2016 and Vol. 2, Release 1.4 , and Vol 2 - Release 1.5. |
|---|---|
| IEEE Std 802.3 Specification | IEEE Ethernet specification. |
| PCI Express Specifications | Industry Standard PCI Express Base and Card Electromechanical Specifications. |
| NVIDIA LinkX Interconnect Solutions | The NVIDIA® LinkX® product family of cables and transceivers provide the industry’s broadest portfolio of QDR/FDR10 (40Gb/s), FDR (56Gb/s), EDR/HDR100 (100Gb/s), HDR (200Gb/s) and NDR (400Gb/s) cables, including Direct Attach Copper cables (DACs), copper splitter cables, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and transceivers in a wide range of lengths from 0.5m to 10km. In addition to meeting IBTA standards, NVIDIA tests every product in an end-to-end environment ensuring a Bit Error Rate of less than 1E-15. |
| BlueField DPU Platform BSP Documentation | This guide provides product release notes as well as information on the BSP and how to develop and/or customize applications, system software, and file system images for the BlueField platform. |
| DOCA SDK Software Documentation | NVIDIA DOCA SDK software. |
Document Conventions
When discussing memory sizes, GB and GBytes are used in this document to mean size in gigabytes. The use of Gb or Gbits (small b) indicates size in gigabits. In this document PCIe is used to mean PCI Express.
Revision History
A list of the changes made to this document are provided in Document Revision History.
