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Oracle 131072 GB300 CX-8 Hyperscaler Spectrum X Cluster Configuration

OCI-GB300 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L

Oracle · GB300 · CX-8

Rack type
NVL72
Cluster / location
2-Tier GB300 SX
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Spectrum X
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
GB300 - NVL72
Scale-UpXPU: GB300 NVL728 linesshared by 22 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·47,20018400
Scale-Up World Size·72518,400··

Switches

2
SW
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Port Count#
Port BWGbit/s uni-d
per SwitchNvidia NVSwitch 5.0 (NVLink 5)128,80072400
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

4 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB300 - NVL72 - CX8 - 2L - ETH - TH5 - OCI
BackendXPU: GB300 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·131,07280010001,048,5761,048,57601,048,5761,048,5760104,857.6·
NICs per NodeConnectX-8 NIC - 800G4800100··8······
LeafArista Tomahawk 5 51.2T 512 Radix4,09651,2001002562565121,048,5761,048,5762,097,152104,857.6104,857.61
SpineArista Tomahawk 5 51.2T 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 NodesGeneric 800G DR8131,072131,0728008100104,857.6
Leaf
DownlinkGeneric 800G DR8131,072328008100104,857.6
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

4
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 800G DR8524,288288.004.00
Generic 800G Single Mode262,144144.002.00
ConnectX-8 NIC - 800G131,07272.001.00
Arista Tomahawk 5 51.2T 512 Radix6,1443.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB300 - NVL72 - Arista TH5 - Generic
FrontendXPU: GB300 NVL7211 linesshared by 3 SKUs

Converged Frontend + Storage Fabric

11
LayerPart / ModelUnitsAttach / XPU
·Arista Tomahawk 5 51.2T (7060X6-64PE)1,5730.0120
·Arista Tomahawk 3 12.8T (7050PX4-32S)70.0000
·Arista Tomahawk 2 6.4T (7050CX3-32S)2340.0018
·Arista Ethernet 1GbE (7048-A)1,9240.0147
·Generic 800G DR876,1140.5807
·Generic 400G DR475,7170.5777
·Generic 100G DR4 QSFP2833,6000.2563
·Generic 800G Single Mode104,1680.7947
·Generic 400G Single Mode5330.0041
·Generic 100G Single Mode14,9670.1142
·RJ45 Cables92,3750.7048

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Arista Tomahawk 5 51.2T (7060X6-64PE)1,57310.0120
Arista Tomahawk 3 12.8T (7050PX4-32S)700.0001
Arista Tomahawk 2 6.4T (7050CX3-32S)23400.0018
Arista Ethernet 1GbE (7048-A)1,92410.0147
Generic 800G DR876,114420.5807
Generic 400G DR475,717420.5777
Generic 100G DR4 QSFP2833,600180.2563
Generic 800G Single Mode104,168570.7947
Generic 400G Single Mode53300.0041
Generic 100G Single Mode14,96780.1142
RJ45 Cables92,375510.7048

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
GB300 - NVL72 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: GB300 NVL723 linesshared by 20 SKUs
Tray layerPart / ModelUnits per Tray
Unit BWGb/s
Lanes
Lane BWGb/s
Per switch
XPUs per TrayBlackwell 3004····
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