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Additional Information/Comments |
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GB |
Grace-Blackwell |
The CPU-GPU combination of this generation of NVIDIA compute systems. |
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NVL |
NVLink |
A high-speed interconnect used for NVIDIA GPU-to-GPU traffic. |
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NIC |
Network Interface Card |
Interchangeable terms for a device providing network connectivity to a computer system. The connectivity can be either Ethernet or InfiniBand, depending on the device. |
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HCA |
Host Controller Adapter |
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CA |
Certificate Authority |
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NDIS |
NVIDIA Device Identity Services |
A publicly-accessible web endpoint providing access to NVIDIA certificates used for attestation and other PKI needs: NVIDIA Device Identity Services. |
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IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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CBOR |
Concise binary object representation |
See link under CoRIM. |
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COSE |
CBOR object signing and encryption |
See link under CoRIM. |
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CoMID |
Concise Module ID |
See link under CoRIM. |
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CoRIM |
Concise Reference Integrity Manifest |
IETF CoRIM |
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eRoT |
external RoT |
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iRoT |
internal RoT |
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RoT |
Root-of-Trust |
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TPM |
Trusted Platform Module |
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DMTF |
Distributed Management Task Force |
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MCTP |
Management Component Transport Protocol |
DMTF MCTP |
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SPDM |
Security Protocols and Data Models |
DMTF SPDM |
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NVOS |
NVIDIA Operating System |
The Linux-based operating-system used on the GB NVL Switch Trays. |
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NVUE |
NVIDIA User Experience |
NVUE defines two ways to interact with a switch system. 1. NVUE CLI, which is a command-line interface available after login to the NVOS environment. 2. NVUE API, which is a REST API to interact with the switch settings. |
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BMC |
Baseboard Manageability Controller |
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COMex |
COM Express |
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TCG |
Trusted Computing Group |
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DICE |
Device Identifier Composition Engine |
TCG DICE |
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Compute Tray |
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The compute subsystem of a rack-scale NVL system. Combines CPU and GPU compute, as well as networking devices. |
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Switch Tray |
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The switching subsystem of a rack-scale NVL system. Provides GPU-to-GPU connectivity. |
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FW |
Firmware |
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HW |
Hardware |
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SW |
Software |
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PSC |
Platform Security Controller |
The embedded security engine used in some of NVIDIA’s hardware devices. |
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Ncore |
Networking Core |
In the case of Connect-X NICs, this refers to the “main” FW of the device and/or the embedded micro-controller computing cores on which it executes on. |
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TPM |
Trusted Platform Module |
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IAK |
Initial Attestation Key |
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