Availability of DPU-powered SmartNICs

[Plabon Dutta]

Hi FABRIC Team,

I’m exploring options for experiments involving data processing units (DPUs) and wanted to ask whether any FABRIC sites currently provide access to DPU-powered SmartNICs, such as NVIDIA BlueField or similar hardware from other vendors.

If such resources are not currently available, are there any plans to support or integrate DPU-powered SmartNICs into the FABRIC in the near future?

Appreciate your time and support!

• This topic was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by Plabon Dutta.

[Komal Thareja]

Hi Plabon,

We’re in the process of procuring BlueField DPUs and are planning to integrate them into the FABRIC infrastructure. While the timeline isn’t finalized yet, we’re tentatively looking at Summer or Fall 2025. Stay tuned for updates!

Thanks,
Komal

[Plabon Dutta]

Hi Komal,

Thank you for the update! That’s exciting news—we’ll be eagerly waiting.

 

Best regards,
Plabon

 

 

[Tanay Maheshwari]

Hi Komal,
Any updates on the DPU integration?

[Komal Thareja]

Hi Tanay,

We are in the process of procuring them. While they may not be available for the Summer release, we are targeting an incremental release or including them in the Fall 2025 release.

Best,

Komal

 

[Tanay Maheshwari]

Hi Komal,
Any updates on the Bluefiled integration? I checked the Fall updates and it doesn’t mention any Bluefields!

Thanks,
Tanay

[Komal Thareja]

Hi Tanay,

We’re in the process of deploying them and are targeting DPU availability at KNIT11 around October 13–14.

Best.

Komal

[Tanay Maheshwari]

Hi Komal, are the BF3s available for testing now?
output_table = fablib.list_sites() i used this to list all the resources, but i couldnt find any.

Thanks!

[Komal Thareja]

Hi Tanay,

BlueField-3 nodes are now available on FABRIC, and we currently offer two variants:

• ConnectX-7-100 – 100 G
• ConnectX-7-400 – 400 G

To provision and use them, your project lead will need to request access through the Portal under Experiment → Project → Request Permissions.

Best,
Komal

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