NVIDIA BlueField-2 InfiniBand/Ethernet DPU User Guide

Pin Description

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PCI Express Interface

The below tables lists the PCI Express pins description. For further details, please refer to PCI Express Interface.

Pin #

Signal Name

Description

Pin #

Signal Name

Description

A1

PRSNT1#

Mechanical Present

B1

12V


A2

12V


B2

12V


A3

12V


B3

12V


A4

GND


B4

GND


A5

TCK

JTAG - Not Connected

B5

SMCLK

Host SMBus

A6

TDI

JTAG - Not Connected

B6

SMDAT

Host SMBus

A7

TDO

JTAG - Not Connected

B7

GND


A8

TMS

JTAG - Not Connected

B8

3.3V

3.3V - Not Connected

A9

3.3V

3.3V - Not Connected

B9

TRST#

JTAG - Not Connected

A10

3.3V

3.3V - Not Connected

B10

3.3V_AUX


A11

PERST#

PCIe Reset

B11

WAKW#/RSVD

A12

GND


B12

RSVD


A13

REFCLK+

Host Reference Clock

B13

GND


A14

REFCLK-

Host Reference Clock

B14

PETP0


A15

GND


B15

PETN0


A16

PERP0


B16

GND


A17

PERN0


B17

RSVD


A18

GND


B18

GND


A19

RSVD


B19

PETP1


A20

GND


B20

PETN1


A21

PERP1


B21

GND


A22

PERN1


B22

GND


A23

GND


B23

PETP2


A24

GND


B24

PETN2


A25

PERP2


B25

GND


A26

PERN2


B26

GND


A27

GND


B27

PETP3


A28

GND


B28

PETN3


A29

PERP3


B29

GND


A30

PERN3


B30

RSVD


A31

GND


B31

RSVD


A32

RSVD


B32

GND


A33

RSVD


B33

PETP4


A34

GND


B34

PETN4


A35

PERP4


B35

GND


A36

PERN4


B36

GND


A37

GND


B37

PETP5


A38

GND


B38

PETN5


A39

PERP5


B39

GND


A40

PERN5


B40

GND


A41

GND


B41

PETP6


A42

GND


B42

PETN6


A43

PERP6


B43

GND


A44

PERN6


B44

GND


A45

GND


B45

PETP7


A46

GND


B46

PETN7


A47

PERP7


B47

GND


A48

PERN7


B48

RSVD


A49

GND


B49

GND


A50

RSVD


B50

PETP8


A51

GND


B51

PETN8


A52

PERP8


B52

GND


A53

PERN8


B53

GND


A54

GND


B54

PETP9


A55

GND


B55

PETN9


A56

PERP9


B56

GND


A57

PERN9


B57

GND


A58

GND


B58

PETP10


A59

GND


B59

PETN10


A60

PERP10


B60

GND


A61

PERN10


B61

GND


A62

GND


B62

PETP11


A63

GND


B63

PETN11


A64

PERP11


B64

GND


A65

PERN11


B65

GND


A66

GND


B66

PETP12


A67

GND


B67

PETN12


A68

PERP12


B68

GND


A69

PERN12


B69

GND


A70

GND


B70

PETP13


A71

GND


B71

PETN13


A72

PERP13


B72

GND


A73

PERN13


B73

GND


A74

GND


B74

PETP14


A75

GND


B75

PETN14


A76

PERP14


B76

GND


A77

PERN14


B77

GND


A78

GND


B78

PETP15


A79

GND


B79

PETN15


A80

PERP15


B80

GND


A81

PERN15


B81

GND


A82

GND


B82

PRSNT2#

Mechanical Present

4-pin Vertical USB Connector

The below table provides the 4-pin vertical USB connector on the DPU. For further details, please refer to USB Interface.

Pin #

Signal

1

+5V_USB

2

USB DP

3

USB DN

4

GND

External Power Supply Connector

The below table provides the External Power Supply pins of the external power supply interfaces on the DPU. For further details, please refer to External PCIe Power Supply Connector.

The mechanical pinout of the 6-pin external +12V power connector is shown below. The +12V connector is a GPU power PCIe standard connector. Care should be taken to ensure the power is applied to the correct pins as some 6-pin ATX-type connectors can have different pinouts.

Pin#

Signal Name

Description

1

12V

ATX Supplied 12V

2

12V

ATX Supplied 12V

3

12V

ATX Supplied 12V

4

GND

Power Return

5

Not connected

Unused

6

GND

Power Return

NC-SI Management Interface

The below tables list the NC-SI management interface pinout descriptions per card type. Please follow the link to the table coinciding with the OPN you have purchased.

OPN

Link to NC-SI connector mapping

MBF2M345A-HECOT

Pin Description | id (2.3)PinDescription TableA NC SIConnectorPins

MBF2M345A-HESOT

MBF2M516A-EECOT






Pin Description | id (2.3)PinDescription TableB NC SIConnectorPins







MBF2M516A-EEEOT

MBF2M516A-EENOT

MBF2H516A-EECOT

MBF2H516A-EEEOT

MBF2H516A-EENOT

MBF2H516C-EECOT

MBF2H516C-EESOT

MBF2M516C-EECOT

MBF2M516C-EESOT

Table A - NC-SI Connector Pins

This table applies to all HW versions of MBF2M345A-HECOT and MBF2M345A-HESOT.

PACK_ID[2:0] signals allow for 8 unique card IDs. The system configurator sets the unique value per card via the connecting harness.

Pin #

Pin Name

I/O

Description / Comments

1

NCSI_REF_CLK

Input

50MHz REF CLK for NC-SI BUS

2

GND

GND

Ground

3

NCSI_ARB_IN

Input

NC-SI hardware arbitration input

4

PACK_ID0, connected to BlueField-2 NIC_GPIO[49]

Input

See the note above table

5

NCSI_ARB_OUT

Output

NC-SI hardware arbitration output

6

PACK_ID1, connected to BlueField-2 NIC_GPIO[47]

Input

See the note above table

7

NCSI_RX_D0

Output

Receive Data Out 0

8

GND

GND

Ground

9

NCSI_RX_D1

Output

Receive Data Out 1

10

GND

GND

Ground

11

NCSI_CRS_DV

Output

Carrier Sense / Receive Data Valid

12

GND

GND

Ground

13

NCSI_TX_D0

Input

Transmit Data In 0

14

GND

GND

Ground

15

NCSI_TX_D1

Input

Transmit Data In 0

16

GND

GND

Ground

17

NCSI_TX_EN

Input

Transmit Enable

18

GND

GND

Ground

19

Reserved



20

SOFT_RST#, connected to BlueField-2 device pin HOST_GPIO[7]



21

ARM_I2C1_SDA

Input/Output

Open-drain signal

22

ARM_NSRST#

Input/Output

Open-drain signal

23

ARM_I2C1_SCL

Input/Output

Open-drain signal

24

PACK_ID2, connected to BlueField-2 device pin NIC_GPIO[46]

Input

See description above table

25

GND

GND

Ground

26

Not Connected



27

Not Connected



28

BF_UART0_TX

Output

UART transmit serial data output

29

Not Connected



30

BF_UART0_RX

Input

UART transmit serial data input

Table B - NC-SI Connector Pins

This table applies to all HW versions of the following OPNs: 

MBF2M516A-EECOT, MBF2M516A-EEEOT, MBF2M516A-EENOT, MBF2H516A-EECOT, MBF2H516A-EEEOT, MBF2H516A-EENOT, MBF2H516C-EECOT, MBF2H516C-EESOT, MBF2M516C-EECOT and MBF2M516C-EESOT.

PACK_ID[2:0] signals allow for 8 unique card IDs. The system configurator sets the unique value per card via the connecting harness.

Pin #

Pin Name

I/O

Description / Comments

1

NCSI_REF_CLK

Input

50MHz REF CLK for NC-SI BUS

2

GND

GND

Ground

3

NCSI_ARB_IN

Input

NC-SI hardware arbitration input

4

PACK_ID0, connected to BlueField-2 device pin NIC_GPIO[49]

Input

See the note above table

5

NCSI_ARB_OUT

Output

NC-SI hardware arbitration output

6

PACK_ID1, connected to BlueField-2 device pin NIC_GPIO[47]

Input

See the note above table

7

NCSI_RX_D0

Output

Receive Data Out 0

8

GND

GND

Ground

9

NCSI_RX_D1

Output

Receive Data Out 1

10

GND

GND

Ground

11

NCSI_CRS_DV

Output

Carrier Sense / Receive Data Valid

12

GND

GND

Ground

13

NCSI_TX_D0

Input

Transmit Data In 0

14

GND

GND

Ground

15

NCSI_TX_D1

Input

Transmit Data In 0

16

GND

GND

Ground

17

NCSI_TX_EN

Input

Transmit Enable

18

GND

GND

Ground

19

Reserved



20

Reserved



21

BMC_I2C2_SDA

Input/Output

Open-drain signal

22

NIC_BMC_CTRL1, connected to BMC device pin W4 (Open Drain)

Input/Output

Open-drain signal

23

BMC_I2C2_SCL

Input/Output

Open-drain signal

24

PACK_ID2, connected to BlueField-2 device pin NIC_GPIO[46]

Input

See description above table

25

GND

GND

Ground

26

NIC_BMC_CTRL0, connected to BMC device pin Y3 (Open Drain)



27

Not Connected



28

BMC_TX5

Output

UART transmit serial data output

29

Not Connected



30

BMC_RX5

Input

UART transmit serial data input



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