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X AI 73728 GB300 CX-8 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration

XAI-GB300-CX8-CSCO-Eth-3L

X AI · GB300 · CX-8

Rack type
NVL72
Cluster / location
Default Neocloud GB300 SpectrumX Cluster
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Ethernet
Number of XPUs
73,728
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)18,43218.000.25
NV 2 UltraPass OverPass 144 DP 224Gb/s36,86436.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male)36,86436.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Female)36,86436.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Male)73,72872.001.00
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Female)73,72872.001.00
NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 Cable5,308,4165,184.0072.00
NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 5)2,0482.000.03

Backend network

5 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB300 - NVL72 - CX8 - 3L - ETH - Silicon One - XAI
BackendXPU: GB300 NVL725 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Units are based on the cluster size (73,728 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·73,728800800073,72873,728073,72873,728058,982.4·
NICs per NodeConnectX-8 NIC - 800G4800800··4······
LeafCisco Silicon One 51.2T4,09651,20080018186473,72873,728262,14458,982.458,982.41
SpineCisco Silicon One 51.2T2,30451,20080032326473,72873,728147,45658,982.458,982.41
CoreCisco Silicon One 51.2T1,15251,20080064·6473,728073,72858,982.40·

Transceivers

6
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 NodesNone - AECs are Used ->73,72873,728800810058,982.4
Leaf
DownlinkNone - AECs are Used ->73,72818800810058,982.4
UplinkNone - AECs are Used ->73,72818800810058,982.4
Spine
DownlinkNone - AECs are Used ->73,72832800810058,982.4
UplinkGeneric 800G DR873,72832800810058,982.4
Core
DownlinkGeneric 800G DR873,72864800810058,982.4
Uplink·······
Super-Core

Cables

6
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
XPU NodesCredo 800G AEC - xAI73,72818008100
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkCredo 800G AEC - xAI73,72818008100
Spine
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 800G Single Mode73,72818008100
Core
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
Uplink······
Super-Core

Backend Parts Summary

5
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Credo 800G AEC - xAI147,456144.002.00
ConnectX-8 NIC - 800G73,72872.001.00
Cisco Silicon One 51.2T7,5527.380.10
Generic 800G DR8147,456144.002.00
Generic 800G Single Mode73,72872.001.00

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB300 - NVL72 - Cisco Silicon One - XAI
FrontendXPU: GB300 NVL7211 linesshared by 1 SKU

Converged Frontend + Storage Fabric

11
LayerPart / ModelUnitsAttach / XPU
·Cisco Silicon One 51.2T8850.0120
·Cisco Silicon One 12.8T40.0000
·Cisco Silicon One 6.4T1320.0018
·Generic BlackBox 1GbE Ethernet1,0830.0147
·Generic 800G SR842,8140.5807
·Generic 400G SR442,5910.5777
·Generic 100G SR4 QSFP2818,9000.2563
·Generic 800G Multimode58,5950.7947
·Generic 400G Multimode3000.0041
·Generic 100G Multimode8,4190.1142
·RJ45 Cables51,9610.7048

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Cisco Silicon One 51.2T88510.0120
Cisco Silicon One 12.8T400.0001
Cisco Silicon One 6.4T13200.0018
Generic BlackBox 1GbE Ethernet1,08310.0147
Generic 800G SR842,814420.5807
Generic 400G SR442,591420.5777
Generic 100G SR4 QSFP2818,900180.2563
Generic 800G Multimode58,595570.7947
Generic 400G Multimode30000.0041
Generic 100G Multimode8,41980.1142
RJ45 Cables51,961510.7048

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 Connector36,86436.000.50
NV MCIO PCIe x16 Cable36,86436.000.50
NV DensiLink OverPass to OSFP Cage73,72872.001.00