NVIDIA NVIDIA BlueField-3 E-Series FHHL PCIe Gen 5.0 200Gb/s QSFP112 DPU

NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220SH E-Series FHHL (900-9D3C6-00CV-DA0)

The NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220SH E-Series is a third-generation data centre infrastructure-on-a-chip, combining high-performance networking, dedicated processing and hardware-accelerated infrastructure services within a single DPU. Featuring a 16-core Arm processor, hardware-accelerated cryptography and an integrated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), it offloads networking, storage, security and management tasks from host CPUs. This enables software-defined, hardware-accelerated infrastructure across cloud environments, enterprise data centres and edge deployments, helping improve resource efficiency, security and overall data centre performance.

48GB DDR5 & 40GB pSLC eMMC

Equipped with 48GB of dual-channel DDR5 memory running at 5200MT/s, the BlueField-3 B3220SH includes ECC support for improved data integrity. On-board storage comprises 40GB of pSLC eMMC memory alongside a 128GB SSD, providing dedicated capacity for system software, infrastructure services and data. These resources support the DPU's programmable acceleration capabilities and software-defined infrastructure workloads.

The Power of PCIe Gen 5

The card features a PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 interface, delivering 32.0GT/s per lane and maintaining backwards compatibility with PCIe Gen 4.0, Gen 3.0, Gen 2.0 and Gen 1.1. An optional additional PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 connection is available through a PCIe auxiliary passive card and Cabline SA-II Plus harnesses. Network connectivity is provided by dual-port QSFP112 connectors, supporting copper and optical connections.

Networking Performance & Protocol Support

Supporting Ethernet speeds of up to 200Gb/s per port, the BlueField-3 B3220SH accommodates 200Gb/s, 100Gb/s, 50Gb/s, 25Gb/s and 10Gb/s connectivity. It also supports a broad range of Ethernet physical-layer standards, including 200GBASE-CR4, 100GBASE-CR4, 50GBASE-CR and 25GBASE-R. InfiniBand support covers NDR200, HDR, HDR100, EDR, FDR and SDR, with compliance to IBTA v1.5a and automatic link speed negotiation. This high-speed connectivity provides the foundation for demanding data centre networking, distributed computing and storage traffic.

Software-Defined Infrastructure & Applications

Powered by NVIDIA's DOCA software framework, BlueField-3 provides programmable acceleration engines for software-defined networking, storage and security services. Its capabilities support cloud networking applications such as SDN acceleration, network virtualisation, NAT and load balancing, alongside storage technologies including NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), NVMe/TCP, encryption, data deduplication and erasure coding. Security applications include distributed firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS), microsegmentation and DDoS protection. The platform also caters to HPC, AI, multi-tenant cloud environments and telecommunications infrastructure, including virtualised edge gateways and Cloud RAN deployments. DOCA provides software backward compatibility across the BlueField platform, helping organisations build and deploy infrastructure services across different generations of hardware.

Security & Multi-Tenant Computing

NVIDIA BlueField-3 uses in-network computing and dedicated hardware acceleration to help isolate infrastructure services from application workloads. This enables secure, multi-tenant environments and virtual private cloud deployments, with support for native multi-node tenant isolation. By moving infrastructure processing away from host CPUs, BlueField-3 helps protect application resources while strengthening data centre security and supporting more efficient infrastructure management.

Physical & Electrical Specifications

Featuring a single-slot Full Height, Half Length (FHHL) form factor, the card measures 111.15 x 167.65mm, with a tall bracket measuring 121.0 x 21.6mm. The heatsink measures 139.6 x 92.7 x 10.2mm. The card operates on a 12V power supply, with further electrical and thermal specifications available through NVIDIA's BlueField-3 DPU and SuperNIC documentation.

Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

The BlueField-3 B3220SH supports operating temperatures between 0°C and 55°C, with non-operating temperatures ranging from -40°C to 70°C. Operating humidity is rated at 10–85% relative humidity, increasing to 10–90% during non-operation, while the maximum operating altitude is 3,050m. Regulatory certifications include CB, cTUVus and CE for safety, CE, FCC, VCCI, ICES and RCM for EMC, alongside RoHS compliance.

• 200Gb/s NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU featuring a 16-core Arm processor and hardware-accelerated networking, storage, security and infrastructure management at up to 200Gb/s per port.
• Dual-port QSFP112 connectivity supporting copper and optical network connections.
• Ethernet speeds up to 200Gb/s per port, with support for 100Gb/s, 50Gb/s, 25Gb/s and 10Gb/s.
• InfiniBand connectivity supporting NDR200, HDR, HDR100, EDR, FDR and SDR.
• 48GB dual-channel DDR5 memory at 5200MT/s with ECC support.
• 40GB pSLC eMMC storage and 128GB SSD.
• PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 interface delivering 32.0GT/s per lane.
• Hardware-accelerated cryptography and integrated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).
• Programmable acceleration for SDN, network virtualisation, load balancing, NVMe-oF and NVMe/TCP.
• Security capabilities including encryption, microsegmentation, distributed firewalls and DDoS prevention.
• Multi-tenant computing and native multi-node tenant isolation support.
• NVIDIA DOCA software framework support.
• Single-slot Full Height, Half Length (FHHL) form factor.
• Operating temperature range of 0°C to 55°C./p>