GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 NVIDIA B3220 DPU / SmartNIC

Enterprise DPU/SmartNIC for Infrastructure Offload and Inline Security with the GPU-NVDPU-BA3220

The GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 is an NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220 Data Processing Unit designed to shift networking, security, and storage datapaths away from host CPUs so application cores remain dedicated to business workloads. In dense virtualized clusters, the GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 provides a programmable acceleration layer for SDN/NFV functions, virtual switching, and service chaining while maintaining consistent policy enforcement close to the wire.

By deploying the GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 as a DPU/SmartNIC endpoint, architects can build a predictable I/O plane for RDMA-enabled transport and NVMe-oF data services, reducing CPU interrupts and software overhead in latency-sensitive fabrics. The GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 also enables inline crypto offload for IPsec and TLS, supporting zero-trust segmentation without scaling host-side encryption threads. While host interface, port configuration, memory size, and PCIe generation are platform-dependent, the GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 integrates cleanly into standard server PCIe expansion strategies and is suited for disaggregated storage and microservices environments that demand deterministic throughput.

Why Choose the GPU-NVDPU-BA3220?

The GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 strengthens the infrastructure control plane by combining datapath acceleration, policy enforcement, and storage transport enablement in a single DPU footprint. For enterprise rollouts, the GPU-NVDPU-BA3220 improves density-to-performance by consolidating offload functions per server node, supports scale-out designs through consistent services at the edge, and helps standardize operational behavior across heterogeneous CPU platforms.

NVIDIA’s BlueField engineering focuses on isolating infrastructure services from tenant workloads to improve reliability and simplify compliance-driven designs. The platform aligns with modern data centre requirements for programmable networking, cryptographic acceleration, and automated service insertion across virtual and container environments.

Key Applications:

• SDN/NFV and virtual switching
• Service chaining and micro-segmentation
• Inline IPsec/TLS encryption offload
• Zero-trust enforcement at the network edge
• NVMe-oF and RDMA-enabled storage fabrics

At Happyware - Server Hardware you benefit from non-binding offers tailored to your deployment and procurement requirements for the GPU-NVDPU-BA3220, and can secure an extended warranty up to 6 years to protect long-term infrastructure investments.