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NVIDIA DOCA Platform Framework

Type: Framework Tags: NVIDIA, DOCA Platform Framework, DPF, BlueField, DPU, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, services, orchestration Related: NVIDIA-DOCA, NVIDIA-BlueField-DPU, DOCA-Telemetry-Service, DOCA-App-Shield, DOCA-Device-Emulation, DOCA-SNAP, OVS-DOCA, NVIDIA-NCX-Infra-Controller, NVIDIA-Network-Operator, NVIDIA-Cloud-Accelerator-NCX Sources: https://docs.nvidia.com/ncx/index.html; https://github.com/NVIDIA/doca-platform Last Updated: 2026-04-29

Summary

NVIDIA DOCA Platform Framework (DPF) is an orchestration system for provisioning and operating BlueField-accelerated infrastructure services in cloud environments. NCX describes DPF as a way to build, deploy, and operate BlueField-accelerated infrastructure services for secure, multi-tenant cloud infrastructure. The public NVIDIA repository describes DPF as a system that provisions and orchestrates NVIDIA BlueField DPUs through Kubernetes APIs.

Detail

DPF sits above NVIDIA-DOCA and NVIDIA-BlueField-DPU in the software stack. DOCA provides the underlying SDK, drivers, runtime, and services; DPF provides Kubernetes-facing orchestration for DPU provisioning and DPU service lifecycle. Current DOCA service pages such as DOCA-Telemetry-Service, DOCA-App-Shield, DOCA-Device-Emulation, DOCA-SNAP, and OVS-DOCA are the kinds of BlueField capabilities that need lifecycle, provisioning, and cloud-orchestration context.

The public DPF README lists three key features: Kubernetes integration for DPU provisioning and management, DPU service orchestration, and cluster management for DPUs in Kubernetes clusters. Hardware support currently calls out dual-port BlueField-3 DPUs. The same README notes that BlueField DPUs run Linux on arm64 CPUs and DOCA software components.

Connections

  • NVIDIA-DOCA - DPF orchestrates infrastructure services built on the DOCA software stack.
  • NVIDIA-BlueField-DPU - DPF provisions and manages BlueField DPUs in cloud environments.
  • DOCA-Telemetry-Service - telemetry services are operational DPU workloads that fit DPF-style lifecycle management.
  • DOCA-App-Shield - security introspection services can be deployed as part of a BlueField service estate.
  • DOCA-Device-Emulation - lower-level emulation services underpin DPU-accelerated infrastructure functions.
  • DOCA-SNAP - storage virtualization services are DPU workloads that may need orchestration.
  • OVS-DOCA - accelerated switching is a DPU/network service in cloud environments.
  • NVIDIA-NCX-Infra-Controller - both are NCX infrastructure components for secure multi-tenant GPU cloud operations.
  • NVIDIA-Network-Operator - Network Operator and DPF both expose NVIDIA networking/DPU resources through Kubernetes patterns.
  • NVIDIA-Cloud-Accelerator-NCX - NCX lists DPF as a component for BlueField-accelerated cloud infrastructure.

Source Excerpts

  • “provisions and orchestrates NVIDIA BlueField DPUs in cloud environments”
  • “DPU Service Orchestration”

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