Networking NVIDIA Mellanox BlueField Ethernet Controller Card User Manual

Specifications

MBF1L516B-CSNAT Specifications

BlueField SoC

BlueField™ G-Series 16 Cores

Physical

Size: 4.37in. x 6.6 in. (111.15mm x 167.65 mm)

Connector: Dual QSFP28 (copper and optical)

Protocol Support


Ethernet: 100GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-KR4, 100GBASE-SR4, 50GBASE-R2, 50GBASE-R4, 40GBASE-CR4, 40GBASE-KR4, 40GBASE-SR4, 40GBASE-LR4, 40GBASE-ER4, 40GBASE-R2, 25GBASE-R, 20GBASE-KR2, 10GBASE-LR,10GBASE-ER, 10GBASE-CX4, 10GBASE-KX4, 10GBASE-CR, 10GBASE-KR, SGMII, 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-KX, 10GBASE-SR

Data Rate: 1/10/25/40/50/100 Gb/s Ethernet

PCI Express Gen3.0/4.0: SERDES @ 8.0 / 16.0GT/s, 16 lanes (2.0 and 1.1 compatible)

On-board Memory

16GB On-board DDR4

Power

Voltage: 12V

Power

Cable


Typical Power

Passive Cables

51.28W





Maximum Power

Passive Cables

55.83W

1.5W Active Cables

59.24W

2.5W Active Cables

61.51W

3.5W Active Cables

63.78W

Maximum power available through SFP28 port: 3.5W



Environmental



Temperature

Operational

0°C to 45°C

Non-operational

-40°C to 70°C

Humidity

90% relative humidity(a)

Airflow

(Heatsink-to-port)

Cable Type

At 35°C Ambient

At 45°C Ambient

Passive Cables

TBD

TBD

Active 3.5W Cables

TBD

TBD


Regulatory

Safety

CB / cTUVus / CE

EMC

CE / FCC / VCCI / ICES / RCM

RoHS

RoHS compliant

a. For both operational and non-operational states.

Mechanical Drawing and Dimensions

Mechanical Drawing of the BF1500 Controller Card - Component Side

https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/download/attachments/25145316/image2020-3-29_15-11-3.png?version=2&modificationDate=1585484272707&api=v2

Mechanical Drawing of the BF1500 Controller Card - Print Side

https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/download/attachments/25145316/image2020-3-29_15-11-46.png?version=1&modificationDate=1585484272783&api=v2

Bracket Mechanical Drawing

https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/download/thumbnails/25145316/image2020-3-29_15-12-3.png?version=1&modificationDate=1585484272817&api=v2

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