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Default Hyperscaler 93312 Rubin Ultra NVL144 CX-9 Hyperscaler Spectrum X Cluster Configuration

HS-RU NVL72x2-CX9-IB-4R

Default Hyperscaler · Rubin Ultra · CX-9

Rack type
NVL72x2
Cluster / location
Default Rubin Ultra
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Spectrum X
Number of XPUs
93,312
NIC used
CX-9
NICs / XPU
4
Scale-out BW / XPU
3.2T
XPU / server
144

Scale-up network

6 rows
Assigned blockDefault
Rubin Ultra - NVL72x2
Scale-UpXPU: Rubin Ultra NVL72x26 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
Port Count#
Port BWGbit/s uni-d
XPUs per Node·414,40072200
Scale-Up World Size·1442,073,600··

Switches

3
SW
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Port Count#
Port BWGbit/s uni-d
per SwitchNvidia NVSwitch 7.0 (NVLink 7) - 28.8T128,800144200
Layer 1 SwitchesNvidia NVSwitch 7.0 (NVLink 7) - 28.8T722,073,600144200
Scale-Up Switch Total·722,073,600··

Connections & cabling

12
CN
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
BW / PortGbit/s uni-d
Ports#
Bidi / Port#
Total BW#
BW / ConnectorCable / Model
Cable Units#
Optical EnginesNV 3.2T Optical Engine (OE) for NVLink Switch side CPO·20016·03,200NV 1.6T 8 Fiber Pair FAU0
External Laser SourceNV External Laser Source (ELS) 8 LD 6.4T for NVLink CPO Switch020032·06,400··
L2 Switch Total
Male Connectors to GPUNV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 144DP (Male)72200144·2,073,60028,800Already Counted Below·
Female Connectors to GPUNV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 144DP (Female)72200144·2,073,60028,800··
Optical EnginesNV 3.2T Optical Engine (OE) for NVLink Switch side CPO·20016·03,200NV 1.6T 8 Fiber Pair FAU0
External Laser SourceNV External Laser Source (ELS) 8 LD 6.4T for NVLink CPO Switch020032·06,400··
L1 Switch Total······6,400··
Male ConnectorsNV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 72DP (Male)14420072·2,073,60014,400Uses a Midplane PCB to connect to NVSwitch Chips·
Female ConnectorsNV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 72DP (Female)14420072·2,073,60014,400Uses a Midplane PCB to connect to NVSwitch Chips·
XPU Total** One connector per GPU·····14,400··
·NVL Blade Column Spine Chassis (NvLink 7)2·······
·NVL Kyber Canister Midplane PCB (NvLink 7)0·······

Scale-Up Parts Summary

6
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia NVSwitch 7.0 (NVLink 7) - 28.8T46,65672.000.50
NV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 144DP (Male)46,65672.000.50
NV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 144DP (Female)46,65672.000.50
NV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 72DP (Male)93,312144.001.00
NV Sentry HD 448Gb/s 72DP (Female)93,312144.001.00
NVL Blade Column Spine Chassis (NvLink 7)1,2962.000.01

Backend network

4 rows
Assigned blockDefault
Rubin Ultra - NVL72x2 - CX9 - 3L - IB - X800-Q3400-RA - Generic
BackendXPU: Rubin Ultra NVL72x24 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Units are based on the cluster size (93,312 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·93,3123,2003,200093,31293,312093,31293,3120298,598.4·
NICs per NodeConnectX-9 NIC - 800G16800100··8······
LeafQuantum-X800-Q3400-RA (Air Cooled)5,184115,2008007272144373,248373,248746,496298,598.4298,598.41
SpineQuantum-X800-Q3400-RA (Air Cooled)5,184115,2008007272144373,248373,248746,496298,598.4298,598.41
CoreQuantum-X800-Q3400-RA (Air Cooled)2,592115,200800144·144373,2480373,248298,598.40·

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
XPU NodesNvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)93,31293,3123,2008400298,598.4
Leaf
DownlinkNvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)186,624361,6008200298,598.4
UplinkNvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)186,624361,6008200298,598.4
Spine
DownlinkNvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)186,624361,6008200298,598.4
UplinkNvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)186,624361,6008200298,598.4
Core
DownlinkNvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)186,624721,6008200298,598.4
Uplink·······
Super-CoreCPO is used here - so there is no need for Transceivers on Switches······

Cables

7
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
XPU NodesNvidia LinkX 800G Single Mode373,24848004200
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkNvidia LinkX 800G Single Mode373,24828004200
Spine
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkNvidia LinkX 800G Single Mode373,24828004200
Core
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
Uplink······
Super-Core······

Backend Parts Summary

4
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)1,026,4321,584.0011.00
Nvidia LinkX 800G Single Mode1,119,7441,728.0012.00
ConnectX-9 NIC - 800G373,248576.004.00
Quantum-X800-Q3400-RA (Air Cooled)12,96020.000.14

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
Rubin Ultra - NVL72x2 - SN6600 - Generic
FrontendXPU: Rubin Ultra NVL72x211 linesshared by 1 SKU

Converged Frontend + Storage Fabric

11
LayerPart / ModelUnitsAttach / XPU
·Spectrum-6 102.4T x1600 (SN6600)1,1200.0120
·Spectrum-4 25.6T (SN5400)50.0000
·Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)1670.0018
·Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700)1,3700.0147
·Nvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)54,1870.5807
·Nvidia LinkX 800G DR453,9040.5777
·Nvidia LinkX 200G SR423,9200.2563
·Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode74,1590.7947
·Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode3800.0041
·Nvidia LinkX 200G Multimode10,6550.1142
·RJ45 Cables65,7630.7048

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Spectrum-6 102.4T x1600 (SN6600)1,12020.0120
Spectrum-4 25.6T (SN5400)500.0001
Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)16700.0018
Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700)1,37020.0147
Nvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)54,187840.5807
Nvidia LinkX 800G DR453,904830.5777
Nvidia LinkX 200G SR423,920370.2563
Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode74,1591140.7947
Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode38010.0041
Nvidia LinkX 200G Multimode10,655160.1142
RJ45 Cables65,7631010.7048

Compute Tray Networking Content

4 rows

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

Assigned blockDefault
Rubin Ultra - NVL72x2 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: Rubin Ultra NVL72x24 linesshared by 1 SKU
Tray layerPart / ModelUnits per Tray
Unit BWGb/s
Lanes
Lane BWGb/s
Per switch
XPUs per TrayRubin 2004····
PCIe 6.0 Connector (Male)NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Male)2512···
PCIe 6.0 Connector (Male)NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Male)81,024···
PCIe 6.0 Connector (Female)NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Female)4512···
PCIe 6.0 Connector (Female)NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Female)161,024···
PCIe 6.0 Connector (Male)NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Male)2512···
PCIe 6.0 Connector (Male)NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Male)81,024···
Notes
  • PCIe 6.0 Connector (Male) · NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Male) — 2 pins = 1DP
  • PCIe 6.0 Connector (Male) · NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Male) — 2DP = 1Lane

Compute Tray Parts Summary

4
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Male)93,312144.001.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Male)373,248576.004.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Female)93,312144.001.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Female)373,248576.004.00