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Meta 16384 H100 CX-7 Hyperscaler DSF Ethernet Cluster Configuration

META-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K

Meta · H100 · CX-7

Rack type
NVL8
Cluster / location
Meta 16k DSF Cluster Architecture
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
DSF Ethernet
Number of XPUs
16,384
NIC used
CX-7
NICs / XPU
1
Scale-out BW / XPU
400G
XPU / server
8

Scale-up network

1 rows
Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8
Scale-UpXPU: H100 NVL81 lineshared by 17 SKUs

Scale-up Units are based on the scale-up world size (8 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·83,600··
Scale-Up World Size·828,800··

Switches

5
SW
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Port Count#
Port BWGbit/s uni-d
Scale-Up Switch ANvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)18,00020400
Scale-Up Switch BNvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)16,40016400
Scale-Up Switch CNvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)16,40016400
Scale-Up Switch DNvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)18,00020400
Scale-Up Switch TotalNvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)428,80072·

Scale-Up Parts Summary

1
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)8,1924.000.50

Backend network

7 rows
Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8 - CX7 - 4L - ETH - 7700R4C - META
BackendXPU: H100 NVL87 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Units are based on the cluster size (16,384 XPUs).

Switches

6
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·16,384400400016,38416,384016,38416,38406,553.6·
NICs per NodeConnectX-7 NIC - 400G8400400··1······
Leaf (RDSW)Arista 14.4T DSF Leaf (7700R4C)51230,40040032407616,38420,48038,9126,553.68,1920.8
Spine (FDSW)Arista 102.4T DSF Spine (7720R4)160102,4004001281625620,4802,56040,9608,1921,0248
Core (EDSW)Arista 14.4T DSF Leaf (7700R4C)6430,4004004032762,5602,0484,8641,024819.21.25
Super-Core (DTSW)Arista 102.4T Modular Chassis (7808R3-FM+7808J3)8102,40040025602562,04802,048819.20·

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 NodesGeneric 400G DR416,38416,38440041006,553.6
Leaf
DownlinkGeneric 800G 2xFR48,1921680081006,553.6
UplinkGeneric 800G 2xFR410,2402080081008,192
Spine
DownlinkGeneric 800G 2xFR410,2406480081008,192
UplinkGeneric 800G 2xFR41,280880081001,024
Core
DownlinkGeneric 800G 2xFR41,2802080081001,024
UplinkGeneric 800G 2xFR41,024168008100819.2
Super-Core

Cables

7
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
XPU NodesGeneric 400G Single Mode16,38414004100
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 400G Single Mode20,48024004100
Spine
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 400G Single Mode2,56024004100
Core
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
Uplink·2,04824004100
Super-Core

Backend Parts Summary

7
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 400G DR416,3848.001.00
Generic 400G Single Mode39,42419.252.41
Generic 800G 2xFR433,28016.252.03
ConnectX-7 NIC - 400G16,3848.001.00
Arista 14.4T DSF Leaf (7700R4C)5760.280.04
Arista 102.4T DSF Spine (7720R4)1600.080.01
Arista 102.4T Modular Chassis (7808R3-FM+7808J3)80.000.00

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8 - Minipack-3 - META
FrontendXPU: H100 NVL811 linesshared by 4 SKUs

Converged Frontend + Storage Fabric

11
LayerPart / ModelUnitsAttach / XPU
·Minipack-3 OCP Rack 51.2T1970.0120
·Minipack-1 OCP Rack 12.8T10.0000
·WhiteBox Tomahawk 2 6.4T290.0018
·Generic 1GbE Ethernet2410.0147
·Generic 800G DR89,5140.5807
·Generic 400G DR49,4650.5777
·Generic 100G DR4 QSFP284,2000.2563
·Generic 800G Single Mode13,0210.7947
·Generic 400G Single Mode670.0041
·Generic 100G Single Mode1,8710.1142
·RJ45 Cables11,5470.7048

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Minipack-3 OCP Rack 51.2T19700.0120
Minipack-1 OCP Rack 12.8T100.0001
WhiteBox Tomahawk 2 6.4T2900.0018
Generic 1GbE Ethernet24100.0147
Generic 800G DR89,51450.5807
Generic 400G DR49,46550.5777
Generic 100G DR4 QSFP284,20020.2563
Generic 800G Single Mode13,02160.7947
Generic 400G Single Mode6700.0041
Generic 100G Single Mode1,87110.1142
RJ45 Cables11,54760.7048

Compute Tray Networking Content

1 rows

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

Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: H100 NVL81 lineshared by 16 SKUs
Tray layerPart / ModelUnits per Tray
Unit BWGb/s
Lanes
Lane BWGb/s
Per switch
XPUs per TrayHopper 1008····
H100 ServerNVLink PCIe 5.0 x16 Retimer8512···

Compute Tray Parts Summary

1
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
NVLink PCIe 5.0 x16 Retimer16,3848.001.00