Features And Benefits - Nvidia BlueField-3 User Manual

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Features and Benefits

This section describes hardware features and capabilities. Please refer to the relevant driver and/or firmware release notes for feature availability.
Feature
InfiniBand Architecture
Specification v1.5 compliant
Up to 400 Gigabit Ethernet
NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU User Guide
Description
BlueField-3 DPU delivers low latency, high bandwidth, and computing efficiency for high-performance computing (HPC),
artificial intelligence (AI), and hyperscale cloud data centers applications.
BlueField-3 DPU is InfiniBand Architecture Specification v1.5 compliant.
InfiniBand Network Protocols and Rates:
Protocol Standard
NDR/NDR200 IBTA Vol2 1.5
HDR/HDR100 IBTA Vol2 1.4
EDR IBTA Vol2 1.3.1
FDR IBTA Vol2 1.2
BlueField-3 DPU complies with the following IEEE 802.3 standards:
400GbE / 200GbE / 100GbE / 50GbE / 40GbE / 25GbE / 10GbE
Protocol
IEEE802.3ck
IEEE802.3cd
IEEE802.3bs
IEEE802.3cm
IEEE802.3cn
IEEE802.3cu
IEEE 802.3bj
IEEE 802.3bm
IEEE 802.3by
Ethernet Consortium25
Rate (Gb/s) Comments
4x Port 2x Ports
(4 Lanes) (2 Lanes)
425 212.5 PAM4 256b/257b encoding and RS-FEC
212.5 106.25 PAM4 256b/257b encoding and RS-FEC
103.125 51.5625 NRZ 64b/66b encoding
56.25 N/A NRZ 64b/66b encoding
MAC Rate
400/200/100 Gigabit Ethernet
(Include ETC enhancement)
400/200/100 Gigabit Ethernet
(Include ETC enhancement)
100 Gigabit Ethernet
50/25 Gigabit Ethernet
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