NCSI interface design of smart NIC and server

Xie Wenjun; Li Rengang; Han Dafeng; Zhang Jingwei; Liu Tiejun

doi:10.16157/j.issn.0258-7998.200933

Dianzi Jishu Yingyong (May 2021)

NCSI interface design of smart NIC and server

Xie Wenjun,
Li Rengang,
Han Dafeng,
Zhang Jingwei,
Liu Tiejun

Affiliations

Xie Wenjun: Department of Architecture Research，Inspur(Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co.，Ltd.，Beijing 100085，China
Li Rengang: Department of Architecture Research，Inspur(Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co.，Ltd.，Beijing 100085，China
Han Dafeng: Department of Architecture Research，Inspur(Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co.，Ltd.，Beijing 100085，China
Zhang Jingwei: Department of Architecture Research，Inspur(Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co.，Ltd.，Beijing 100085，China
Liu Tiejun: Department of Architecture Research，Inspur(Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co.，Ltd.，Beijing 100085，China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16157/j.issn.0258-7998.200933
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 47, no. 5
pp. 112 – 116

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In the big data and artificial intelligence era, smart network interface card(smart NIC) is designed to take the data pro- cessing tasks, together with serves. The baseboard management controller(BMC) of server communicates with smart NIC through network controller sideband interface(NCSI). Therefore, a smart NIC may have to match with different servers electrically. To ensure a reliable smart NIC management, the designer must design the NCIS interface carefully and make all the signals meet NCSI specification. This paper discuss the design of server main board, cable and connector, smart NIC and the whole NCSI interface.

smart nic; ncsi interface; server main board; cable and connector; system design

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ISSN: 0258-7998 (Print)
Publisher: National Computer System Engineering Research Institute of China
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Electronics
Website: http://journal.chinaaet.com/en

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