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A retail Bluefield-2 you can get for anywhere from $1.5k-to-$2k USD from a variety of online sellers; just look it up, there are a couple SKUs. You can pick up
by aseipp 4y ago
A retail Bluefield-2 you can get for anywhere from $1.5k-to-$2k USD from a variety of online sellers; just look it up, there are a couple SKUs. You can pick up a second-hand off eBay for about $1k USD right now. It's pretty pricey no matter how you slice it. The real question with a second-hand version is if you get access to the software or not; AFAIK neither Nvidia nor Mellanox have been too stingy about this stuff in the past I think (outside of some EULAs), but who knows...
Also JFYI, all of the Bluefield SKUs are passively cooled, so they normally aren't a great fit for a homelab due to the airflow requirements...
- bf-eater 4y agoYou have to create an account to get at the OS images, but they don't require any proof of purchase to download things. The boards I have came with an Ubuntu image, but I've downloaded updated images from their site and flashed them. They also have RHEL, and some containers that are supposed to help you build your own images.