About This Document
This document describes NVIDIA® BlueField® virtio-net PCIe devices.
Audience
This manual is intended for system administrators and developers.
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Glossary
| Term | Description |
| CLI | Command line interface |
| BFB | BlueField bootstream |
| DMA | Direct memory access |
| RDMA | Remote direct memory access |
| DPA | Data path accelerator |
| ETH | Ethernet |
| FW | Firmware |
| I/O | Input/output |
| IB | InfiniBand |
| OS | Operating system |
| PF | Physical function |
| RPC | Remote procedure call |
| SF | Scalable function |
| VF | Virtual function |
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