NVIDIA® BlueField® NVMe-oF Target Solution

Overview

NVIDIA® BlueField® enables hardware acceleration for the NVMe-oF (Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics) target application. In this solution, NVMe-oF RoCE/RDMA packets are processed by BlueField® hardware and passed directly from the network to the storage disk drives.

Key Components

The container includes a comprehensive NVMe-oF target solution composed of:

1. DOCA Library (DOCA STA – “Storage Target Accelerator”):

   • Configures and interacts with the offload accelerator.

2. NVMe-oF Target Application:

   • Supports the exposed DOCA STA public APIs to enable hardware offloading.

Benefits

This solution allows the entire NVMe-oF target data path to run on the BlueField hardware accelerator engine, freeing up BlueField® ARM cores for other tasks. The offload datapath logic communicates with attached NVMe drives using PCIe P2P (peer-to-peer) technology.

Requirements

• BlueField® Device:
  • Must be a generation 3 or higher device.
  • Acts as a standalone server with all NVMe drives directly attached.

Features

• Standalone accelerated NVMe-oF target application.
• Full integration with the BlueField® hardware accelerator engine.
• Efficient data path processing using PCIe P2P communication.

For more information, refer to the NVIDIA documentation or support resources.