Dell allows DPUs to be retrofitted to older PowerEdge servers

Dell has decided that users of its older servers deserve the chance to run data processing units (DPUs, aka SmartNICs) – cards that combine networking hardware with enough compute and storage to run chores like encryption and free up CPU cores for more productive uses. The on-prem hardware holdout last week annnounced " …

[Anonymous Coward]

vSphere 8...

But vSphere 8 isn't up to 8.0U3 yet.

So nobody is considering upgrading just yet.

Maybe next year.

[Anonymous Coward]

Online translation service .... Message 0001

"Dell has decided that users of its older servers deserve the chance to run data processing units"

translation:

"Dell has a warehouse full of DPU's and needs to get rid of them .... !!!"

:)