About This Document
This document describes the configuration parameters of NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 SNAP and virtio-blk SNAP in detail.
Audience
This manual is intended for SNAP users looking to install and configure it.
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Glossary
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| CLI | Command line interface |
| BDEV | Block device |
| BFB | BlueField bootstream |
| DMA | Direct memory access |
| DPA | Data path accelerator |
| ETH | Ethernet |
| FW | Firmware |
| I/O | Input/output |
| IB | InfiniBand |
| LBA | Logical block addressing |
| NSID | Namespace ID |
| NVMe | Non-volatile memory express |
| OS | Operating system |
| PF | Physical function |
| RPC | Remote procedure call |
| SF | Scalable function |
| SNAP | Software-defined network accelerated processing |
| VF | Virtual function |
Related Documents
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| BlueField DPU Hardware User Manual | This document provides details as to the interfaces of the BlueField DPU, specifications, required software and firmware for operating the device, and a step-by-step plan for bringing the DPU up |
| NVIDIA BlueField DPU Platform Operating System Documentation | This document provides product release notes as well as information on the BlueField software distribution and how to develop and/or customize applications, system software, and file system images for the BlueField platform |
| NVIDIA Accelerated IO (XLIO) Documentation | This document covers product release notes as well as features of XLIO. XLIO is a user-space software library that exposes standard socket APIs with kernel-bypass architecture, enabling a hardware-based direct copy between an application’s user-space memory and the network interface. |
