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X AI 2048 H100 CX-7 Hyperscaler Infiniband Cluster Configuration

XAI-H100-IB-8R-2L

X AI · H100 · CX-7

Rack type
NVL8
Cluster / location
Default H100 Cluster
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Infiniband
Number of XPUs
2,048
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)1,0244.000.50

Backend network

5 rows
Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8 - CX7 - 2L - IB - QM9700 - Generic
BackendXPU: H100 NVL85 linesshared by 3 SKUs

Backend Units are based on the cluster size (2,048 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·2,04840040002,0482,04802,0482,0480819.2·
NICs per NodeConnectX-7 NIC - 400G8400400··8······
LeafQuantum-2 InfiniBand (QM9700)6425,6008001616321,0241,0242,048819.2819.21
SpineQuantum-2 InfiniBand (QM9700)3225,600800320321,02401,024819.20·

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 NodesNvidia LinkX 400G SR42,0482,048400850819.2
Leaf
DownlinkNvidia LinkX 800G SR81,024168008100819.2
UplinkNvidia LinkX 800G SR81,024168008100819.2
Spine
DownlinkNvidia LinkX 800G SR81,024328008100819.2
UplinkNvidia LinkX 800G SR80·····
Core
Downlink·······
Uplink·······
Super-Core

Cables

6
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
XPU NodesNvidia LinkX 400G Multimode2,04814004100
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkNvidia LinkX 400G Multimode2,04824004100
Spine
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
Uplink······
Core
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
Uplink······
Super-Core

Backend Parts Summary

5
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia LinkX 400G SR42,0488.001.00
Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode4,09616.002.00
Nvidia LinkX 800G SR83,07212.001.50
ConnectX-7 NIC - 400G2,0488.001.00
Quantum-2 InfiniBand (QM9700)960.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8 - SN5600 - Generic
FrontendXPU: H100 NVL811 linesshared by 10 SKUs

Converged Frontend + Storage Fabric

11
LayerPart / ModelUnitsAttach / XPU
·Spectrum-4 51.2T (SN5600)250.0120
·Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)00.0000
·Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700)40.0018
·Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201)300.0147
·Nvidia LinkX 800G SR81,1890.5807
·Nvidia LinkX 400G SR41,1830.5777
·Nvidia LinkX 100G SR4 QSFP285250.2563
·Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode1,6280.7947
·Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode80.0041
·Nvidia LinkX 100G Multimode2340.1142
·RJ45 Cables1,4430.7048

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Spectrum-4 51.2T (SN5600)78730.3841
Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)300.0016
Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700)11700.0571
Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201)96240.4698
Nvidia LinkX 800G SR838,05714918.5825
Nvidia LinkX 400G SR437,85914818.4857
Nvidia LinkX 100G SR4 QSFP2816,800668.2032
Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode52,08420325.4317
Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode26710.1302
Nvidia LinkX 100G Multimode7,483293.6540
RJ45 Cables46,18718022.5524

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 Retimer2,0488.001.00