NVIDIA Mellanox BlueField E-Series 1U Reference Platform, Crypto Disabled - MBE1100A-BN1
This network appliance platform is the NVIDIA Mellanox MBE1100A-BN1, a BlueField-1 E-Series 1U reference platform designed for infrastructure offload, storage disaggregation, and network function virtualization. This is a refurbished unit, professionally tested and validated by T.E.S IT-SOLUTIONS. Crypto functionality is NOT enabled on this unit. SSDs are NOT included but the platform supports expandable storage.
Engineering Context
The MBE1100A-BN1 integrates a BlueField-1 data processing unit (DPU) with Arm cores and ConnectX-5 network functionality into a standalone 1U appliance form factor. The E-Series designation indicates the platform includes a 2.0 GHz Arm core, 16 GB on-board DDR memory, a 1 GbE out-of-band (OOB) management port, and 64 GB on-board eMMC storage for the operating system. The platform provides high-speed network connectivity with hardware offloads for RDMA, NVMe-oF, IPsec (requires crypto-enabled variant), and programmable data path processing via the Arm cores.
Deployment and Use Cases
The MBE1100A-BN1 is deployed as a standalone DPU appliance for infrastructure-layer processing in data centers. Use cases include NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) storage target appliances that expose local NVMe SSDs over the network fabric, software-defined storage nodes running Ceph or similar distributed storage platforms, and network function virtualization (NFV) appliances for firewalling, load balancing, or packet inspection offloaded from host CPUs. Research labs and development environments use it as a BlueField-1 development platform for DPU software bring-up and testing.
Technical Specifications
Model: MBE1100A-BN1
Platform: BlueField-1 E-Series
Form Factor: 1U rack-mountable
Arm Core: 2.0 GHz
On-Board Memory: 16 GB DDR
On-Board Storage: 64 GB eMMC
OOB Management: 1 GbE port
Crypto: Disabled
Expandable Storage: SSD slots (SSDs not included)
Condition: Refurbished
Compatibility and Hard Constraints
The MBE1100A-BN1 is a standalone 1U appliance and does NOT require a host server or PCIe slot. It is NOT a PCIe adapter card; it is a complete platform with integrated power supply. Crypto (IPsec/TLS hardware offload) is NOT enabled on this variant. For crypto-enabled functionality, a different BlueField variant is required. SSDs are NOT included and must be sourced separately. The platform runs its own operating system on the Arm cores (typically Ubuntu or a custom BlueField OS image). NVIDIA DOCA SDK is required for DPU application development.
Why Choose T.E.S IT-SOLUTIONS
T.E.S IT-SOLUTIONS provides this MBE1100A-BN1 as a professionally refurbished unit with full functional testing including boot validation, network port verification, and management interface confirmation. Technical consultation is available to verify suitability for your DPU development or infrastructure offload use case. Global shipping is available with 1-3 business day handling time.