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Oracle 131072 GB200 NVL72 CX-8 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration

OCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L

Oracle · GB200 · CX-8

Rack type
NVL72
Cluster / location
2-Tier GB200 SX
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Ethernet
Number of XPUs
131,072
NIC used
CX-8
NICs / XPU
1
Scale-out BW / XPU
800G
XPU / server
72

Scale-up network

8 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL72
Scale-UpXPU: GB200 NVL728 linesshared by 10 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
Lane Count#
Lane BWGbit/s uni-d
XPUs per Node·47,20018400
Scale-Up World Size·72518,400··

Switches

2
SW
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Lane Count#
Lane BWGbit/s uni-d
per SwitchNvidia NVSwitch 5.0 (NVLink 5)1828,80072400
Scale-Up Switch Total·18518,400··

Connections & cabling

8
CN
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
BW / PortGbit/s uni-d
Unit DP#
DP / Port#
Total DPs#
BW / ConnectorCable / Model
Cable Units#
Ultrapass to SwitchNV 2 UltraPass OverPass 144 DP 224Gb/s3640014445,18414,400··
Male ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male)3640014445,18414,400Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Female)3640014445,18414,400Already Counted Below·
Switch Total** Two connectors per switch·····28,800··
Male ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Male)724007245,1847,200Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsNV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Female)724007245,1847,200NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 Cable5,184
XPU Total** One connector per GPU·····7,200··
·NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 5)2·······

Scale-Up Parts Summary

8
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia NVSwitch 5.0 (NVLink 5)32,76818.000.25
NV 2 UltraPass OverPass 144 DP 224Gb/s65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Female)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Male)131,07272.001.00
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Female)131,07272.001.00
NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 Cable9,437,1845,184.0072.00
NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 5)3,6412.000.03

Backend network

5 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL72 - CX8 - 2L - ETH - Spectrum-5 - OCI
BackendXPU: GB200 NVL725 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·131,07280010001,048,5761,048,57601,048,5761,048,5760104,857.6·
NICs per NodeConnectX-8 NIC - 800G4800100··8······
LeafSpectrum-5 51.2T (SN56XX) 512 Radix4,09651,2001002562565121,048,5761,048,5762,097,152104,857.6104,857.61
SpineSpectrum-5 51.2T (SN56XX) 512 Radix2,04851,200100512·5121,048,57601,048,576104,857.60·

Transceivers

4
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 NodesCredo 800G ZF Optics131,072131,0728008100104,857.6
Leaf
DownlinkCredo 800G ZF Optics131,072328008100104,857.6
UplinkGeneric 800G DR8131,072328008100104,857.6
Spine
DownlinkGeneric 800G DR8131,072648008100104,857.6
Uplink·······
Core
Downlink·······
Uplink·······
Super-Core

Cables

4
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
XPU NodesGeneric 800G Single Mode131,07218004200
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 800G Single Mode131,07218004200
Spine
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
Uplink······
Core
Downlink······
Uplink······
Super-Core

Backend Parts Summary

5
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Credo 800G ZF Optics262,144144.002.00
Generic 800G Single Mode262,144144.002.00
Generic 800G DR8262,144144.002.00
ConnectX-8 NIC - 800G131,07272.001.00
Spectrum-5 51.2T (SN56XX) 512 Radix6,1443.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL72 - SN5600 - Generic
FrontendXPU: GB200 NVL7211 linesshared by 5 SKUs

Converged Frontend + Storage Fabric

11
LayerPart / ModelUnitsAttach / XPU
·Spectrum-4 51.2T (SN5600)1,5730.0120
·Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)70.0000
·Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700)2340.0018
·Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201)1,9240.0147
·Nvidia LinkX 800G SR876,1140.5807
·Nvidia LinkX 400G SR475,7170.5777
·Nvidia LinkX 100G SR4 QSFP2833,6000.2563
·Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode104,1680.7947
·Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode5330.0041
·Nvidia LinkX 100G Multimode14,9670.1142
·RJ45 Cables92,3750.7048

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Spectrum-4 51.2T (SN5600)1,89310.0144
Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)800.0001
Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700)28200.0021
Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201)2,31510.0177
Nvidia LinkX 800G SR891,575500.6987
Nvidia LinkX 400G SR491,098500.6950
Nvidia LinkX 100G SR4 QSFP2840,425220.3084
Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode125,328690.9562
Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode64100.0049
Nvidia LinkX 100G Multimode18,007100.1374
RJ45 Cables111,138610.8479

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
GB200 - NVL72 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: GB200 NVL723 linesshared by 10 SKUs
Tray layerPart / ModelUnits per Tray
Unit BWGb/s
Lanes
Lane BWGb/s
Per switch
XPUs per TrayBlackwell 2004····
Bianca BoardNV MCIO PCIe x16 Connector2····
Bianca BoardNV MCIO PCIe x16 Cable2····
Mezz Board to OSFPNV DensiLink OverPass to OSFP Cage4····

Compute Tray Parts Summary

3
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
NV MCIO PCIe x16 Connector65,53636.000.50
NV MCIO PCIe x16 Cable65,53636.000.50
NV DensiLink OverPass to OSFP Cage131,07272.001.00