NVIDIA DOCA: zero to FAE
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NVIDIA DOCA: zero to FAE
BlueField DPUs, DOCA libraries and services, Dell PowerEdge qualification.
BlueField DPUs, DOCA libraries and services, OVS-DOCA and HBN, DPF, Spectrum-X, Dell PowerEdge qualification, and customer scenarios. Interactive diagrams, two-variant labs (no hardware / BlueField-3 in the Dell lab), checkpoints.
Who it is for: Field Application Engineers and SEs selling and supporting BlueField on Dell OEM servers.
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Explain to a Dell account team what a DPU is, what the BlueField-3 product line contains, and what DOCA is, with correct vocabulary.
- 1.1Why infrastructure moved onto the NICShow me the counterUnderstand25 min
- 1.2The NVIDIA networking portfolioSixty-four lines, one part numberUnderstand25 min
- 1.3BlueField-3 under the hoodThe card that boots and the card that does notUnderstand30 min
- 1.4Modes of operation: DPU, NIC, Zero-Trust02:10, twelve nodes with no NICAnalyze30 min
- 1.5The DOCA framework map, versions and LTSThe host image that stops at ConnectX-7Understand30 min
- Module 1 checkpoint12 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
Provision, verify, upgrade, and recover a BlueField-3 in a PowerEdge safely, and know the Dell-side prerequisites.
- 2.1DOCA-Host install and profilesThe playbook that stops at BlueField-3Apply35 min
- 2.2The MFT toolbox: read-only vs mutatingThe card that vanished at 02:40Apply30 min
- 2.3rshim and the BFB pathExit code zero, and nothing worksApply45 min
- 2.4Out-of-band: BMC, Redfish, and the BlueField-4 pathThe channel already has an ownerUnderstand30 min
- 2.5Switching modes safelyIt is one parameter, how long can it takeAnalyze40 min
- 2.6Dell-specific bring-up: iDRAC, BIOS, CPLD, aux power, DSEThree cards, three different Dell failuresAnalyze40 min
- Module 2 checkpoint14 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
Read and modify a DOCA C sample with confidence and explain the object lifecycle to a developer customer.
- 3.1Development environmentsSix weeks without a cardApply35 min
- 3.2DOCA Core objects and lifecycleIt worked yesterday, now it returns BAD_STATEAnalyze40 min
- 3.3Tasks, the progress engine, and completionOne core, and they want it backAnalyze35 min
- 3.4First programs: dma_copy and secure_channelThe rehearsal that hangsApply45 min
- 3.5Debugging and measuring with DOCA BenchThirty percent, and a quote due tomorrowEvaluate40 min
- Module 3 checkpoint12 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
- 4.1E-switch, representors, and switchdevThe VF that OVS cannot seeUnderstand30 min
- 4.2The DOCA Flow modelThree lookups before the coffee goes coldAnalyze45 min
- 4.3Domains, connection tracking, aging, metersTwo in the morning, and nothing expiresAnalyze45 min
- 4.4DOCA Ethernet and OVS-DOCAProve it is in hardwareEvaluate45 min
- 4.5DPL: P4 on BlueFieldOur header is not in anybody's parserEvaluate40 min
- Module 4 checkpoint12 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
- 5.1HBN: BGP/EVPN on the serverThe fabric that stops one hop shortAnalyze40 min
- 5.2Observability: DTS, BlueMan, FireflyTwenty-four cards that never answeredApply35 min
- 5.3DMS: one interface for every deviceThe port number in last year's runbookApply30 min
- 5.4Storage offload: SNAP, Virtio, DevEmu, STAThe drive the host cannot findAnalyze40 min
- 5.5Security: Argus, App Shield, and zero trustThe agent that watches the watcherEvaluate35 min
- 5.6DPF: DPUs at Kubernetes scaleTwo hundred cards and one wrong version numberAnalyze45 min
- Module 5 checkpoint14 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
- 6.1DMA, RDMA, and VerbsThe export that pointed at nothingAnalyze45 min
- 6.2Compress, SHA, Erasure Coding, AES-GCMThe slide with an engine that is not thereApply40 min
- 6.3DPA, Flex IO, and PCC02:40, the kernel that would not bindAnalyze50 min
- 6.4GPUNetIO and UROMThe topology matrix in the hotel lobbyUnderstand35 min
- 6.5Offload economicsProcurement has already Googled your numbersEvaluate45 min
- Module 6 checkpoint13 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
Place DOCA and BlueField correctly inside NVIDIA's AI-factory reference designs as sold through Dell.
- 7.1Spectrum-X architectureThe all-reduce that stalls at sixty percentAnalyze30 min
- 7.2HGX reference architecture rolesThe ninth card on the quoteAnalyze25 min
- 7.3The validated stack and version pinning01:10, and the change window closes at fourEvaluate35 min
- 7.4Roadmap: BlueField-4, ConnectX-9, DOCA MemosTwenty minutes in the hotel lobbyEvaluate25 min
- Module 7 checkpoint13 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
- 8.1PowerEdge support matrixTwo lines, one chip, two support answersUnderstand30 min
- 8.2iDRAC, BIOS, CPLD and the DPU03:40, and the DPU is goneAnalyze35 min
- 8.3Writing a DOCA validation plan for an OEM serverThe change board wants a yesCreate40 min
- Module 8 checkpoint10 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min
- 9.1Scenario: a qualification requestOne line of email and a five-week windowCreate45 min
- 9.2Scenario: escalationsThe card that answers rshim and nothing elseEvaluate50 min
- 9.3Scenario: sizing and positioningThree cards on the table and a printed press releaseEvaluate45 min
- 9.4Mock interview and 90-day planForty minutes, one whiteboard, and your own case on the boardEvaluate60 min
- Module 9 checkpoint40 questions · pass mark 80% · 12 min