About This Manual
The NVIDIA® BlueField® networking platform ignites unprecedented innovation for modern data centers and supercomputing clusters. With its robust compute power and integrated software-defined hardware accelerators for networking, storage, and security, BlueField creates a secure and accelerated infrastructure for any workload in any environment, ushering in a new era of accelerated computing and AI.
This User Manual describes NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs (Data Processing Unit) and SuperNICs. 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 and SuperNICs.
Ordering Part Numbers
The tables below list the ordering part numbers (OPNs) for available BlueField-3 platforms in Full-Height Half-Length (FHHL) and Half-Height Half-Length (HHHL) form factors.
The Device ID of all DPUs is 41692. All DPUs/SuperNICs are shipped with a tall bracket.
BlueField-3 DPUs
|
Model and Form Factor |
NVIDIA OPN |
Series/ Cores |
Data Transmission Rate |
No. of Ports |
PCIe Support |
x16 PCIe Extension Option |
External Power Connector |
Crypto |
On-Board DDR5 Memory |
Integrated BMC |
PSID |
Lifecycle |
|
B3240 Dual-Slot FHHL |
900-9D3B6-00CN-AB0 |
P-Series / 16 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
32GB |
✔ |
MT_0000000883 |
Mass Production |
|
900-9D3B6-00SN-AB0 |
P-Series / 16 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
32GB |
✔ |
MT_0000000964 |
Mass Production |
|
|
B3240 Single-Slot FHHL For Cold-Aisle Servers Only |
900-9D3B6-00CN-PA0 |
P-Series / 16 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
32GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001188 |
Prototype |
|
B3220 Single-Slot FHHL |
900-9D3B6-00CV-AA0 |
P-Series / 16 Arm-cores |
InfiniBand: NDR200 200Gb/s Ethernet: 200GbE (Default ) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
32GB |
✔ |
MT_0000000884 |
Mass Production |
|
900-9D3B6-00SV-AA0 |
P-Series / 16 Arm-cores |
InfiniBand: NDR200 200Gb/s Ethernet: 200GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
32GB |
✔ |
MT_0000000965 |
Mass Production |
|
|
B3210E Single-Slot FHHL |
900-9D3B6-00CC-EA0 |
E-Series / 16 Arm-cores |
InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
32GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001115 |
Mass Production |
|
900-9D3B6-00SC-EA0 |
E-Series / 16 Arm-cores |
InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
32GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001117 |
Mass Production |
BlueField-3 SuperNICs
|
Model and Form Factor |
NVIDIA OPN |
Series/ Cores |
Data Transmission Rate |
No. of Ports |
PCIe Support |
Crypto |
On-Board DDR5 Memory |
Integrated BMC |
PSID |
Lifecycle |
|
B3210L Single-Slot FHHL |
900-9D3B4-00CC-EA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000000966 |
Mass Production |
|
900-9D3B4-00SC-EA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
- |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000000967 |
Mass Production |
|
|
B3220L Single-Slot FHHL |
900-9D3B4-00CV-EA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR200 200Gb/s Ethernet: 200GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001093 |
Mass Production |
|
900-9D3B4-00SV-EA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR200 200Gb/s Ethernet: 200GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
- |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001094 |
Mass Production |
|
|
B3140L Single-Slot FHHL |
900-9D3B4-00EN-EA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE |
1-Port QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001010 |
Mass Production |
|
900-9D3B4-00PN-EA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s (Default) Ethernet: 400GbE |
1-Port QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
- |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001011 |
Mass Production |
|
|
B3140H Single-Slot HHHL |
900-9D3D4-00EN-HA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s Ethernet: 400GbE (Default) |
1-Port QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001010 |
Mass Production |
|
900-9D3D4-00NN-HA0 |
E-Series / 8 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR 400Gb/s Ethernet: 400GbE (Default) |
1-Port QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
- |
16GB |
✔ |
MT_0000001070 |
Mass Production |
EOL'ed (End of Life) DPUs
|
Model |
NVIDIA OPN |
Series/ Cores |
Data Transmission Rate |
No. of Ports |
PCIe Support |
x16 PCIe Extension Option |
External Power Connector |
Crypto |
On-Board DDR5 Memory |
Integrated BMC |
|
B3210 |
900-9D3B6-00CC-AA0 |
P-Series / 16 Arm-cores |
InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
32GB |
✔ |
|
900-9D3B6-00SC-AA0 |
P-Series / 16 Arm-cores |
InfiniBand: HDR100 100Gb/s Ethernet: 100GbE (Default) |
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
32GB |
✔ |
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
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Related Documentation
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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. |
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IEEE Ethernet specification. |
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Industry Standard PCI Express Base and Card Electromechanical Specifications. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 .