Arrcus unveiled the integration of its ArcOS network operating system with NVIDIA’s BlueField-3 Data Processing Units (DPUs), enabling scalable, secure, and energy-efficient networking for enterprise AI data centers. The announcement was made at NVIDIA’s GTC Paris event, highlighting how ArcOS leverages the NVIDIA DOCA software framework to offload network functions from host CPUs, boosting performance and reducing power consumption.
Traditional datacenter architectures rely on host CPUs to manage key virtualized network services, including EVPN/VXLAN, IP routing, NAT, ACLs, and IPsec. Arrcus’ ArcOS now shifts these functions to BlueField-3 DPUs, which are optimized for software-defined packet processing. This move significantly enhances throughput and resource efficiency while freeing compute power for AI and other performance-critical applications. ArcOS uses DOCA’s modular acceleration libraries to provide line-rate connectivity with integrated QoS, telemetry, and Zero Trust security.
The ArcOS–BlueField-3 platform is designed to meet the demands of multi-tenant, AI-driven enterprise environments by streamlining provisioning, simplifying orchestration, and ensuring workload portability across hybrid and multi-cloud networks.
• ArcOS offloads EVPN/VXLAN, IPsec, ACLs, and NAT to BlueField-3 DPUs
• Uses DOCA libraries for low-latency, line-rate software-defined networking
• Enables secure multi-cloud connectivity and workload portability
• Improves compute utilization by reducing host CPU networking overhead
• Integrates traffic engineering, telemetry, and Zero Trust security
• Available now for trials and demos at GTC Paris, Booth S32
“With the exponential rise of AI-driven workloads, enterprises need datacenter networking solutions that deliver high performance, scalability, and energy efficiency without compromise,” said Shekar Ayyar, Chairman and CEO at Arrcus.
