About This Manual
The NVIDIA® BlueField®-4 data processing unit (DPU) is an accelerated infrastructure platform purpose-built for gigascale AI factories, delivering throughput up to 800 gigabits per second (Gb/s). By combining the NVIDIA Grace™ CPU for high-performance computing with NVIDIA® ConnectX®-9 networking, BlueField-4 unlocks new levels of acceleration, efficiency, and cybersecurity, powering every layer of AI data center infrastructure.
This User Manual describes NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPUs, it provides details as to the interfaces of the board, specifications, required software and firmware for operating the DPU.
Ordering Part Numbers
All DPUs are shipped with a tall bracket.
BlueField-4 DPUs
|
Model and Form Factor |
NVIDIA OPN |
Arm Cores |
Data Transmission Rate |
No. of Ports |
PCIe Support |
x16 PCIe
|
External Power
|
Capabilities |
On-Board
|
PSID |
Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
B4240
Dual-Slot
|
900-9D4B4-00CW-AA0 |
64 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR IB
|
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 6 x16 |
PCIe Gen 5 x16 |
✔ |
Crypto
|
128GB |
MT_0000001774 |
Prototype |
|
B4240L
|
900-9D4B4-00CW-SA0 |
64 Arm-Cores |
InfiniBand: NDR IB
|
2-Ports QSFP112 |
PCIe Gen 6 x16 |
PCIe Gen 5 x16 |
✔ |
Crypto
|
128GB |
MT_0000001734 |
Prototype |
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for the installer and user of these cards. The manual assumes basic familiarity with InfiniBand/Ethernet network and architecture specifications.
Technical Support
Customers who purchased NVIDIA products directly from NVIDIA are invited to contact us through the following:
https://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/create-case
Customers who purchased NVIDIA M-1 Global Support Services, please see your contract for details regarding Technical Support.
Customers who purchased NVIDIA products through an NVIDIA-approved reseller should first seek assistance through their reseller.
Related Documentation
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This guide provides product release notes as well as information on the BSP and how to develop and/or customize applications, system software, and file system images for the BlueField platform. |
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NVIDIA DOCA SDK software. |
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User Manual describing DOCA SDK platform development. |
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MFT User Manual (NVIDIA Firmware Tools) |
User Manual describing the set of MFT firmware management tools for a single node. |
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InfiniBand Architecture Specification Release 1.2.1, Vol 2 - Release 1.4, Vol 2 - Release 1.5 and Vol 1 - Release 1.7. |
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IEEE Std 802.3 Specification |
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Industry Standard PCI Express Base and Card Electromechanical Specifications. |
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LinkX cables and transceivers are designed to maximize the performance of High-Performance Computing networks with exceptional low latency, low power, and reliability for AI and accelerated computing. NVIDIA offers one of the industry’s most complete line of 100, 200, 400GbE and 800GbE in Ethernet and EDR, HDR, NDR and XDR including Direct Attach Copper cables (DACs), copper splitter cables, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and transceivers in a wide range of lengths from 0.5m to 10km. In addition to meeting Ethernet and IBTA standards, NVIDIA tests every product in an end-to-end environment ensuring a Bit Error Rate of less than 1E-15. |
Document Conventions
When discussing memory sizes, GB and GBytes are used in this document to mean size in gigabytes. The use of Gb or Gbits (small b) indicates size in gigabits. In this document PCIe is used to mean PCI Express.
Revision History
A list of the changes made to this document are provided in Document Revision History.
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