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Amazon 131072 Teton3 Max Nitro-v6 Hyperscaler EFA Cluster Configuration

AWS-Teton3 MAX-Nv6-EFA-WB-320L

Amazon · Trainium3 · Nitro-v6

Rack type
Teton3 Max
Cluster / location
Teton3 Max Clusters
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
EFA
Number of XPUs
131,072
NIC used
Nitro-v6
NICs / XPU
1
Scale-out BW / XPU
400G
XPU / server
144

Scale-up network

9 rows
Assigned blockDefault
Trainium3 - Teton3 Max - AWS - 3
Scale-UpXPU: Trainium3 Teton3 Max9 linesshared by 1 SKU

Scale-up Units are based on the scale-up world size (144 XPUs).

XPU World Size

2
WS
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Lane Count#
Lane BWGbit/s uni-d
XPUs per Node·4···
Scale-Up World Size·144···

Switches

4
SW
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Lane Count#
Lane BWGbit/s uni-d
per SwitchAstera Labs Scorpio X 320-lane PCIe Gen 6.0110,24016064
per SwitchAstera Labs Scorpio-P 32-Lane PCIe Gen 6.012,0483264
Scale-Up Switch TotalAstera Labs Scorpio X 320-lane PCIe Gen 6.04010,240··
Scale-Up Switch TotalAstera Labs Scorpio-P 32-Lane PCIe Gen 6.0288···

Connections & cabling

8
CN
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
BW / LaneGbit/s uni-d
Unit DP#
DP / Lane#
Total DPs#
BW / ConnectorCable / Model
Cable Units#
Male ConnectorsPaladin HD 112Gb/s 320 DP (Male)8064320225,60010,240Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsPaladin HD 112Gb/s 320 DP (Female)8064320225,60010,240112Gb/s SkewClear EXD Cable25,600
Switch Total** Two Connectors per Switch········
Male ConnectorsStrada Whisper 112Gb/s 80 DP Absolute Connector (Male)2886480223,0402,560Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsStrada Whisper 112Gb/s 80 DP Absolute Connector (Female)2886480223,0402,560Already Counted Below·
XPU Total** Two Connectors per XPU········
·Generic PCIe Gen6 x16 (128Gb/s uni-di) 2-meter AEC72·······
·Teton3 Backplane Chassis2·······
Notes
  • Male Connectors · Paladin HD 112Gb/s 320 DP (Male) — >> 16 lanes or 32 DP are Redundant
  • Female Connectors · Paladin HD 112Gb/s 320 DP (Female) — >> Explains why the DPs avail at switch trays exceed
  • Switch Total · ** Two Connectors per Switch — ...DPs avail on the XPU Tray

PCIe Lane Math

PCIe Lane Math
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PCIe lane accounting for the Trainium scale-up domain. Values behave like spreadsheet cells: type = to start a formula, then click other Value cells to link them (hard-coded values read blue, pure cell links read white).

SectionMetric
Value#
Note
·Lanes per Connector pair160·
·Total Lanes per Switch320>> Only 288 Lanes Utilized per Switch
·Redundant Lanes32·
·Switch Tray Paladin Units per Chip2·
·DP per Connector pair80·
·DP per Lane2·
·Lanes per Connector pair40·
·Backplane Lanes per Chip64·
·Spare Lanes16·
·XPU Strada Whisper Units per Chip2·
(a)Number of Chips144·
·AEC Lanes per Chip16·
·Lanes per AEC16·
·AEC Units per (a)72·
·Backplane Lanes64·
·AEC Lanes16·
·PCB Lanes64·
·Total Lanes per Trainium144·

Scale-Up Parts Summary

9
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Astera Labs Scorpio X 320-lane PCIe Gen 6.036,40940.000.28
Astera Labs Scorpio-P 32-Lane PCIe Gen 6.0262,144288.002.00
Paladin HD 112Gb/s 320 DP (Male)72,81880.000.56
Paladin HD 112Gb/s 320 DP (Female)72,81880.000.56
112Gb/s SkewClear EXD Cable23,301,68925,600.00177.78
Strada Whisper 112Gb/s 80 DP Absolute Connector (Male)262,144288.002.00
Strada Whisper 112Gb/s 80 DP Absolute Connector (Female)262,144288.002.00
Generic PCIe Gen6 x16 (128Gb/s uni-di) 2-meter AEC65,53672.000.50
Teton3 Backplane Chassis1,8202.000.01

Backend network

7 rows
Assigned blockDefault
Trainium3 - Teton3 Max - EFAv4 - 3L - ETH - TH3 - AWS - 2
BackendXPU: Trainium3 Teton3 Max7 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Units are based on the cluster size (131,072 XPUs).

Switches

5
SW
 Network Layer
Switch and Server SpecAggregate Port UtilizationNetwork Bandwidth Aggregate
SwitchPart Name / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s
Port BWGbit/s
Downlink Ports / SW#
Uplink Ports / SW#
Max Ports#
Downlink Ports#
Uplink Ports#
Total Ports#
Downlink BWTbit/s
Uplink BWTbit/s
OversubRatio
XPUs·131,0724002000262,144262,1440262,144262,144052,428.8·
NICs per NodeEFAv4 Nitro-v6 400G NIC2400200··8······
ToRWhiteBox Tomahawk 3 12.8T8,19212,800400161632131,072131,072262,14452,428.852,428.81
LeafWhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T2,04851,2004006464128131,072131,072262,14452,428.852,428.81
SpineWhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T1,02451,2004001280128131,0720131,07252,428.80·

Transceivers

7
CN
 Network Layer
Transceiver / CablePart Name / Model
Total Units#
Units per SW/GPU#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lanes#
BW per LaneGbit/s
Agg. BWTbit/s
GPU NodesNone - AECs are Used ->131,072131,072400410052,428.8
CPU NodesNone - AECs are Used ->32,768·····
Leaf
DownlinkGeneric 800G DR865,53632800810052,428.8
UplinkGeneric 800G DR865,536#ERR800#ERR1000
Spine
DownlinkGeneric 800G DR865,536#ERR800#ERR1000
Uplink·······
Core
Downlink·······
Uplink·······
Super-Core
ToR
DownlinkNone - AECs are Used ->131,0728400810052,428.8
UplinkGeneric 400G DR4131,0728400810052,428.8

Cables

7
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
GPU NodesGeneric 400G AEC131,07214004100
CPU Nodes······
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 400G Single Mode131,07224004100
Spine
Downlink······
Uplink······
Core
Downlink······
Uplink······
Super-Core
ToR
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 400G Single Mode131,07214004100

Backend Parts Summary

7
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 400G AEC131,072144.001.00
EFAv4 Nitro-v6 400G NIC65,53672.000.50
Generic 400G DR4131,072144.001.00
Generic 400G Single Mode262,144288.002.00
WhiteBox Tomahawk 3 12.8T8,1929.000.06
Generic 800G DR8196,608216.001.50
WhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T3,0723.380.02

Frontend network

No converged frontend + storage fabric data for this cluster.

Frontend Parts Summary

0
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU

Compute Tray Networking Content

3 rows

Networking components inside the compute tray — accelerators, board-to-board connectors, retimers, and their per-tray bandwidth.

Assigned blockDefault
Trainium3 - Teton3 Max - AWS
Compute TrayXPU: Trainium3 Teton3 Max3 linesshared by 3 SKUs
Tray layerPart / ModelUnits per Tray
Unit BWGb/s
Lanes
Lane BWGb/s
Per switch
XPUs per TrayTrainium34···4
To Front End CPU (PCIe 5.0)Astera Labs Scorpio-P 32-Lane PCIe Gen 6.02···2
To Front End CPU (PCIe 5.0)Aries PG6032 16L/32L Gearbox2···2
·Aries PCIe 6.0 x16 Retimer4···4

Compute Tray Parts Summary

3
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Astera Labs Scorpio-P 32-Lane PCIe Gen 6.065,53672.000.50
Aries PG6032 16L/32L Gearbox65,53672.000.50
Aries PCIe 6.0 x16 Retimer131,072144.001.00