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Default Hyperscaler 131072 VR200 CX-9 Hyperscaler Spectrum X Cluster Configuration

HS-VR200-CX9-SX6-NPO

Default Hyperscaler · VR200 · CX-9

Rack type
NVL72
Cluster / location
Default VR200
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Spectrum X
Number of XPUs
131,072
NIC used
CX-9
NICs / XPU
2
Scale-out BW / XPU
1.6T
XPU / server
72

Scale-up network

7 rows
Assigned blockDefault
VR200 - NVL72
Scale-UpXPU: VR200 NVL727 linesshared by 31 SKUs

Scale-up Units are based on the scale-up world size (72 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·414,40036400
Scale-Up World Size·721,036,800··

Switches

2
SW
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Port Count#
Port BWGbit/s uni-d
per SwitchNvidia NVSwitch 6.0 (NVLink 6)128,80072400
Scale-Up Switch Total·361,036,800··

Connections & cabling

7
CN
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
BW / PortGbit/s uni-d
Unit Bidi#
Bidi / Port#
Total Bidi#
BW / ConnectorCable / Model
Cable Units#
Male ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Male)3640014425,18428,800Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Female)3640014425,18428,800Already Counted Below·
Switch Total** One connector per switch·····28,800··
Male ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Male)724007225,18414,400Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Female)724007225,18414,400NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 Bidi Cable5,184
XPU Total** One connector per GPU·····14,400··
·NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 6)2·······
Notes
  • per Switch · Nvidia NVSwitch 6.0 (NVLink 6) — >> 9 switch trays, 4 NVSwitch 6.0 per tray

Scale-Up Parts Summary

7
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia NVSwitch 6.0 (NVLink 6)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Male)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Female)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Male)131,07272.001.00
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Female)9,437,1845,184.0072.00
NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 Bidi Cable9,437,1845,184.0072.00
NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 6)3,6412.000.03

Backend network

4 rows
Assigned blockDefault
VR200 - NVL72 - CX9 - 2L - ETH - TH6 - Generic
BackendXPU: VR200 NVL724 linesshared by 1 SKU

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

Switches

4
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·131,0721,60020001,048,5761,048,57601,048,5761,048,5760209,715.2·
NICs per NodeConnectX-9 NIC - 800G8800100··8······
LeafGeneric Tomahawk 6 102.4T NPO4,096102,4002002562565121,048,5761,048,5762,097,152209,715.2209,715.21
SpineGeneric Tomahawk 6 102.4T NPO2,048102,400200512·5121,048,57601,048,576209,715.20·

Transceivers

5
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 800G DR4262,144262,1448008100209,715.2
Leaf
Downlink·001,60082000
Uplink·001,60082000
Spine
Downlink·001,60082000
Uplink·······
Core
Downlink·······
Uplink·······
Super-CoreNPO is used here - so there is no need for Transceivers on Switches······

Cables

5
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
XPU NodesNvidia LinkX 800G Single Mode262,14418004200
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkNvidia LinkX 800G Single Mode262,14478004200
Spine
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
Uplink······
Core
Downlink······
Uplink······
Super-Core······

Backend Parts Summary

4
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia LinkX 800G DR4262,144144.002.00
Nvidia LinkX 800G Single Mode524,288288.004.00
ConnectX-9 NIC - 800G262,144144.002.00
Generic Tomahawk 6 102.4T NPO6,1443.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
VR200 - NVL72 - SN6600 - Generic - 2
FrontendXPU: VR200 NVL7211 linesshared by 8 SKUs

Converged Frontend + Storage Fabric

11
LayerPart / ModelUnitsAttach / XPU
·Spectrum-6 102.4T x1600 (SN6600)1,5730.0120
·Spectrum-4 25.6T (SN5400)70.0000
·Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)2340.0018
·Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201)1,9240.0147
·Nvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)76,1140.5807
·Nvidia LinkX 800G DR475,7170.5777
·Nvidia LinkX 200G SR433,6000.2563
·Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode104,1680.7947
·Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode5330.0041
·Nvidia LinkX 200G Multimode14,9670.1142
·RJ45 Cables92,3750.7048

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Spectrum-6 102.4T x1600 (SN6600)1,57310.0120
Spectrum-4 25.6T (SN5400)700.0001
Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)23400.0018
Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201)1,92410.0147
Nvidia LinkX 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)76,114420.5807
Nvidia LinkX 800G DR475,717420.5777
Nvidia LinkX 200G SR433,600180.2563
Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode104,168570.7947
Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode53300.0041
Nvidia LinkX 200G Multimode14,96780.1142
RJ45 Cables92,375510.7048

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
VR200 - NVL72 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: VR200 NVL724 linesshared by 31 SKUs
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)131,07272.001.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Male)524,288288.004.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Female)131,07272.001.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Female)524,288288.004.00