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Napatech 400G SmartNIC N3070X

Data Sheet

Powerful Altera®-based SmartNIC
The Napatech SmartNIC N3070X is a 400G PCIe Gen5 card with Altera’s Agilex™ AGI041 FPGA. The Agilex™ AGI041 FPGA provides hardened 100/200Gbps Ethernet, 3x PCIe Gen 5.0 interfaces, and plenty of resources to support a 400G pipeline for line rate processing of data. One PCIe Gen 5.0 interface connects to the host, whereas the other PCIe Gen 5.0 interfaces support an optional mezzanine card and an expansion port to remote PCIe devices, such as NVMe storage. These powerful capabilities allow for unique offload capabilities, and the N3070X is the perfect solution for network and security data plane offload and acceleration.

Customization on demand
The N3070X offers programmable hardware to tailor the SmartNIC to the most demanding and specific needs in your network, and to modify and enhance its capabilities over life of the deployment. It is based on Altera’s Application Stack Acceleration Framework (ASAF) that supports the integration of software and IP from Intel, Napatech, 3rd parties and homegrown solutions. This one-of-a-kind architecture enables hardware performance and the speed of software innovation.

Applications and Use Cases:

  • Artificial Intelligence infrastructure
  • Cloud and edge computing
  • 5G mobile infrastructure
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Fintech and financial services
  • Cybersecurity
  • Monitoring and recording
  • Network test & measurement

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIFICATIONS

FPGA Device

  • Intel Agilex AGIC041 (1xF-tile, 3xR-tile)
  • 4M LEs, 1356.1K ALMs, 17.1K M20Ks
  • Crypto support: AES, SM4
  • FPGA options: AGI022, AGI027

External Memory

  • Standard memory configuration
    • 4×4 GB DDR4-2666MT/s (40b + ECC)
  • Memory configuration options
    • x8 GB DDR4-2666/3200MT/s (40b + ECC)
  • 2×2048 Mbit flash memory for boot images

PCI Express Interfaces

  • 3x PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 (32 GT/s) + CXL 2.0
    • Host interface (card edge)
    • Expansion port
    • Mezzanine interface

High-Speed Network Interfaces

  • 2-ports QSFP-DD
  • 2x200GbE, 4x100GbE

Network Standards

  • IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
  • Ultra Ethernet (UEC) (*)

Form Factors, Power and Cooling

  • Option 1: Full-height, half-length (QSFP passive DAC only)
  • Option 2: Full-height, 3/4-length (QSFP active and passive)
  • Passive cooling
  • PCI Express 150W-ATX AUX power connector
  • Max 175W power dissipation supported by platform
  • Typical power consumption: TBD

Board Management

  • Integrated BMC
  • HW RoT (option)
  • Secure boot and configuration
  • Secure FPGA image update
  • MCTP over SMBus and MCTP over PCIe VDM
  • Dedicated NC-SI RBT internal port
  • PLDM for Monitor and Control (DSP0248)
  • PLDM for FRU (DSP0257)

Operating Environment

  • Temperature:
    • -5 to +55 deg. C at >= 3.5 m/s airflow
    • -5 to +45 deg. C at >= 2.5 m/s airflow
  • Humidity: 5 – 85%
  • ASHRAE class A2

Regulatory Approvals and Compliances

  • PCI-SIG®, CE, CB, RoHS, REACH, cURus (UL)
  • FCC, ICES, VCCI, RCM

Supported Napatech Software

  • Link-Programmable™
  • Link-Inline™ (*)
  • Link-Capture™ (*)
  • Link-Virtualization™ (*)

(*) Napatech directional roadmap

Napatech SmartNIC N3070X Data Sheet