About This Document
This document describes the configuration parameters of NVIDIA® BlueField®-2 SNAP and virtio-blk SNAP in detail.
In the future, documentation for SNAP-3 will be integrated into DOCA.
Audience
This manual is intended for BlueField SNAP or virtio-blk SNAP users who need to install and configure it.
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Glossary
Term |
Description |
CLI |
Command line interface |
BFB |
BlueField bootstream |
DMA |
Direct memory access |
ETH |
Ethernet |
FW |
Firmware |
I/O |
Input/output |
IB |
InfiniBand |
NVMe |
Non-volatile memory express |
OS |
Operating system |
PF |
Physical function |
RPC |
Remote procedure call |
SF |
Scalable function |
SNAP |
Software-defined network accelerated processing |
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