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Ensure your system supports the following system hardware and power supply requirements prior to installing your card.

FHHL

E-Series DPUs: A maximum of 75W system power supply through the PCIe x16 interface.

P-Series DPUs: A minimum of 75W or greater system power supply through the PCIe x16 interface, and a supplementary 8-pin ATX power supply connectivity available through the external power supply connector

900-9D3B4-00EN-EA0 / 900-9D3B4-00PN-EA0 Specifications

BlueField-3 IC

BlueField-3 E-Series -8 Arm-Cores - 505MHz/2000MHz

  • 900-9D3B4-00EN-EA0: Crypto Enabled with integrated BMC
  • 900-9D3B4-00PN-EA0: Crypto Disabled with integrated BMC
Physical

Single-Slot FHHL Card Dimensions: 111.15mm x 167.65mm
Tall Bracket Dimensions:
121.0mm x 21.6mm
Heatsink Dimensions (Length, Width, Height): 139.6mm x 92.7mm x 10.2mm

Interfaces See Supported Interfaces
On-board Memory
  • Single-channel with 10 DDR5 + ECC (64bit + 8bit ECC) for a total of 16GB@ 5200MT/s
  • 40GB pSLC eMMC memory + 128GB SSD

PCI Express InterfaceGen 5.0 SERDES @ 32.0GT/s, 16 lanes (4.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible)
Networking ConnectorSingle-port QSFP112 (copper and optical)
Data RateInfiniBand (Default Speed)NDR/NDR200/HDR/HDR100/EDR/FDR/SDR
Ethernet400/200/100/50/25/10 Gb/s

Protocol Support


InfiniBand: IBTA v1.5(a)

Auto-Negotiation: NDR (4 lanes x 100Gb/s per lane) port, NDR200 (2 lanes x 100Gb/s per lane) port, HDR (50Gb/s per lane) port, HDR100 (2 lane x 50Gb/s per lane), EDR (25Gb/s per lane) port, FDR (14.0625Gb/s per lane), 1X/2X/4X SDR (2.5Gb/s per lane)

Ethernet: 400GAUI-4 C2M, 400GBASE-CR4, 200GAUI-2 C2M, 200GAUI-4 C2M, 200GBASE-CR4, 100GAUI-2 C2M, 100GAUI-1 C2M, 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-CR2, 100GBASE-CR1, 50GAUI-2 C2M, 50GAUI-1 C2M, 50GBASE-CR, 50GBASE-R2 , 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 10GBASE-R, 10GBASE-CX4, 1000BASE-CX, CAUI-4 C2M, 25GAUI C2M, XLAUI C2M , XLPPI, SFI  

Electrical and Thermal SpecificationsVoltage 12V

To be updated in a future revision of this document

Environmental

Temperature


Operational

0°C to 55°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C(b)

Humidity

Operational

10% to 85% relative humidity 

Non-operational10% to 90% relative humidity 
Altitude (Operational)3050m


Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMCCE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM
RoHSRoHS compliant
Notes: 
(a) The BlueField-3 DPU supplement the IBTA auto-negotiation specification to get better bit error rates and longer cable reaches. This supplemental feature only initiates when connected to another NVIDIA InfiniBand product.
(b) 
The non-operational storage temperature specifications apply to the product without its package.

900-9D3B6-00CV-AA0 / 900-9D3B6-00SV-AA0 Specifications

BlueField-3 IC

BlueField-3 P-Series - 16 Arm-Cores - 560MHz/2300MHz

  • 900-9D3B6-00CV-AA0: Crypto Enabled with integrated BMC
  • 900-9D3B6-00SV-AA0: Crypto Disabled with integrated BMC
Physical

Single-Slot FHHL Card Dimensions: 111.15mm x 167.65mm
Tall Bracket Dimensions:
121.0mm x 21.6mm
Heatsink Dimensions (Length, Width, Height): 139.6mm x 92.7mm x 10.2mm

Interfaces See Supported Interfaces
PCI Express InterfaceGen 5.0 SERDES @ 32.0GT/s, 16 lanes (4.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible)
Optional: Additional PCIe x16 Gen 5.0 @ SERDES 32GT/s through the PCIe auxiliary passive card and Cabline SA-II Plus harnesses
On-Board Memory
  • Dual-channel with 20 DDR5 + ECC (128bit + 16bit ECC) for a total of 32GB @ 5600MT/s
  • 40GB pSLC eMMC memory + 128GB SSD

Networking ConnectorDual-port QSFP112 (copper and optical)
Data RateInfiniBandNDR200/HDR/HDR100/EDR/FDR/SDR
Ethernet (Default Speed)200/100/50/25/10 Gb/s

Protocol Support




InfiniBand: IBTA v1.5(a)

Auto-Negotiation: NDR200 (2 lanes x 100Gb/s per lane) port, HDR (50Gb/s per lane) port, HDR100 (2 lane x 50Gb/s per lane), EDR (25Gb/s per lane) port, FDR (14.0625Gb/s per lane), 1X/2X/4X SDR (2.5Gb/s per lane).

Ethernet: 200GAUI-2 C2M, 200GAUI-4 C2M, 200GBASE-CR4, 100GAUI-2 C2M, 100GAUI-1 C2M, 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-CR2, 100GBASE-CR1, 50GAUI-2 C2M, 50GAUI-1 C2M, 50GBASE-CR, 50GBASE-R2 , 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 10GBASE-R, 10GBASE-CX4, 1000BASE-CX, CAUI-4 C2M, 25GAUI C2M, XLAUI C2M , XLPPI, SFI  

Electrical and Thermal SpecificationsVoltage: 12V

To be updated in a future revision of this document

Environmental

Temperature

Operational

0°C to 55°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C(b)

Humidity

Operational

10% to 85% relative humidity 

Non-operational10% to 90% relative humidity 
Altitude (Operational)3050m


Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMCCE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM
RoHSRoHS compliant
Notes: 
(a) The BlueField-3 DPU supplement the IBTA auto-negotiation specification to get better bit error rates and longer cable reaches. This supplemental feature only initiates when connected to another NVIDIA InfiniBand product.
(b) 
The non-operational storage temperature specifications apply to the product without its package.


900-9D3B6-00CC-AA0 / 900-9D3B6-00SC-AA0 Specifications

BlueField-3 IC

BlueField-3 P-Series - 16 Arm-Cores - 560MHz/2300MHz

  • 900-9D3B6-00CC-AA0: Crypto Enabled with integrated BMC
  • 900-9D3B6-00SC-AA0: Crypto Disabled with integrated BMC
Physical

Single-Slot FHHL Card Dimensions: 111.15mm x 167.65mm
Tall Bracket Dimensions:
121.0mm x 21.6mm
Heatsink Dimensions (Length, Width, Height): 139.6mm x 92.7mm x 10.2mm

Interfaces See Supported Interfaces
PCI Express InterfaceGen 5.0 SERDES @ 32.0GT/s, 16 lanes (4.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible)
Optional: Additional PCIe x16 Gen 5.0 @ SERDES 32GT/s through the PCIe auxiliary passive card and Cabline SA-II Plus harnesses
On-board Memory
  • Dual-channel with 20 DDR5 + ECC (128bit + 16bit ECC) for a total of 32GB @ 5600MT/s
  • 40GB pSLC eMMC memory + 128GB SSD

Networking ConnectorDual-port QSFP112 (copper and optical)
Data RateInfiniBandHDR100/EDR/FDR/SDR
Ethernet (Default Speed)100/50/25/10 Gb/s

Protocol Support




InfiniBand: IBTA v1.5(a)

Auto-Negotiation: HDR100 (2 lane x 50Gb/s per lane), EDR (25Gb/s per lane) port, FDR (14.0625Gb/s per lane), 1X/2X/4X SDR (2.5Gb/s per lane).

Ethernet: 100GAUI-2 C2M, 100GAUI-1 C2M, 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-CR2, 100GBASE-CR1, 50GAUI-2 C2M, 50GAUI-1 C2M, 50GBASE-CR, 50GBASE-R2 , 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 10GBASE-R, 10GBASE-CX4, 1000BASE-CX, CAUI-4 C2M, 25GAUI C2M, XLAUI C2M , XLPPI, SFI  

Electrical and Thermal SpecificationsVoltage: 12V

To be updated in a future revision of this document

Environmental

Temperature

Operational

0°C to 55°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C(b)

Humidity

Operational

10% to 85% relative humidity 

Non-operational10% to 90% relative humidity 
Altitude (Operational)3050m


Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMCCE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM
RoHSRoHS compliant
Notes: 
(a) The BlueField-3 DPU supplement the IBTA auto-negotiation specification to get better bit error rates and longer cable reaches. This supplemental feature only initiates when connected to another NVIDIA InfiniBand product.
(b) 
The non-operational storage temperature specifications apply to the product without its package.


900-9D3B6-00CN-AB0 / 900-9D3B6-00SN-AB0 Specifications

BlueField-3 IC

BlueField-3 P-Series - 16 Arm-Cores - 560MHz/2300MHz

  • 900-9D3B6-00CN-AB0: Crypto Enabled with integrated BMC
  • 900-9D3B6-00SN-AB0: Crypto Disabled with integrated BMC
Physical

Dual-Slot FHHL Card Dimensions: 111.15mm x 167.65mm
Tall Bracket Dimensions: 121.0mm x 21.6mm
Heatsink Dimensions (Length, Width, Height): 139.6mm x 92.7mm x 29.3mm

InterfacesSee Supported Interfaces
PCI Express InterfaceGen 5.0 SERDES @ 32.0GT/s, 16 lanes (4.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible)
Optional: Additional PCIe x16 Gen 5.0 @ SERDES 32GT/s through the PCIe auxiliary passive card and Cabline SA-II Plus harnesses
On-board Memory
  • Dual-channel with 20 DDR5 + ECC (128bit + 16bit ECC) for a total of 32GB @ 5600MT/s
  • 40GB pSLC eMMC memory + 128GB SSD

Networking Connector Dual QSFP112 (copper and optical)
Data RateInfiniBand (Default Speed)NDR/NDR200/HDR/HDR100/EDR/FDR/SDR
Ethernet400/200/100/50/25/10 Gb/s

Protocol Support




InfiniBand: IBTA v1.5(a)

Auto-Negotiation: NDR (4 lanes x 100Gb/s per lane) port, NDR200 (2 lanes x 100Gb/s per lane) port, HDR (50Gb/s per lane) port, HDR100 (2 lane x 50Gb/s per lane), EDR (25Gb/s per lane) port, FDR (14.0625Gb/s per lane), 1X/2X/4X SDR (2.5Gb/s per lane)

Ethernet: 400GAUI-4 C2M, 400GBASE-CR4, 200GAUI-2 C2M, 200GAUI-4 C2M, 200GBASE-CR4, 100GAUI-2 C2M, 100GAUI-1 C2M, 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-CR2, 100GBASE-CR1, 50GAUI-2 C2M, 50GAUI-1 C2M, 50GBASE-CR, 50GBASE-R2 , 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 10GBASE-R, 10GBASE-CX4, 1000BASE-CX, CAUI-4 C2M, 25GAUI C2M, XLAUI C2M , XLPPI, SFI  

PCI Express 5.0: SERDES @ 32.0GT/s, 16 lanes (4.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

Electrical and Thermal SpecificationsVoltage: 12V

To be updated in a future revision of this document

Environmental

Temperature

Operational

0°C to 55°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C(b)

Humidity

Operational

10% to 85% relative humidity 

Non-operational10% to 90% relative humidity 
Altitude (Operational)3050m


Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMCCE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM
RoHSRoHS compliant
Notes: 
(a) The BlueField-3 DPU supplement the IBTA auto-negotiation specification to get better bit error rates and longer cable reaches. This supplemental feature only initiates when connected to another NVIDIA InfiniBand product.
(b) 
The non-operational storage temperature specifications apply to the product without its package.


DPU Mechanical Drawing and Dimensions

All dimensions are in millimeters. The PCB mechanical tolerance is +/- 0.13mm.

The diagrams may differ for different cards and are provided here for illustration purposes only.

Dual-port DPUs

Single-port DPUs

Bracket Mechanical Drawing

All dimensions are in millimeters.

DPU Configuration
Tall Bracket
Single-slot DPUsDual-port DPU

Single-port DPUTBD
Dual-slot DPUsDual-port DPU