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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 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 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

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
Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: H100 NVL81 lineshared by 16 SKUs

Compute Tray Parts Summary

1
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
NVLink PCIe 5.0 x16 Retimer16,3848.001.00
2026 share
Nvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)Σ 100%
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ItemUnit CostQuantityQuantity (per Server)Quantity (per XPU)Extended Price for ClusterExtended Price per ServerPower (W) per UnitExtended Power (W) per ClusterExtended Power (W) per ServerDevice TypeHyperscalerVendorManufacturerComponentSpeedSerDes SpeedProtocolTechnologyXPUNetworkTab Name
Per-server cost: $4,800.00
$1,200.008,1924.000.50$9,830,400.00$4,800.00407 W3,337,421 W1,630 WScale-Up SwitchMetaNvidiaDevice LevelNVLinkH100Scale-UpMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
Per-server cost: $25,940.25
$260.0016,3848.001.00$4,259,840.00$2,080.0010 W163,840 W80 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$130.0039,42419.252.41$5,125,120.00$2,502.500 W0 W0 WFiberMetaAmphenolDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$480.0033,28016.252.03$15,974,400.00$7,800.0015 W499,200 W244 WTransceiverMetaCoherentDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$800.0016,3848.001.00$13,107,200.00$6,400.0050 W819,200 W400 WNICMetaNvidiaDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$15,000.005760.280.04$8,640,000.00$4,218.75593 W341,568 W167 WSwitchMetaAristaDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$35,827.751600.080.01$5,732,440.19$2,799.041,400 W224,000 W109 WSwitchMetaAristaDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$35,827.7580.000.00$286,622.01$139.952,500 W20,000 W10 WSwitchMetaAristaDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
Per-server cost: $7,415.17
$25,200.001970.100.01$4,956,160.00$2,420.001,200 W236,008 W115 WSwitchMetaAcctonDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$5,000.0010.000.00$4,063.49$1.98450 W366 W0 WSwitchMetaCelesticaDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$3,072.57290.010.00$89,894.65$43.89250 W7,314 W4 WSwitchMetaAcctonDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$350.002410.120.01$84,195.56$41.11100 W24,056 W12 WSwitchMetaAcctonDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$500.009,5144.650.58$4,757,130.16$2,322.8216 W152,228 W74 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$260.009,4654.620.58$2,460,818.29$1,201.5710 W94,647 W46 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$54.004,2002.050.26$226,801.37$110.743 W12,600 W6 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level28GEthernetFully RetimedH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$180.0013,0216.360.79$2,343,789.71$1,144.430 W0 W0 WFiberMetaCorningDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$130.00670.030.00$8,663.37$4.230 W0 W0 WFiberMetaAmphenolDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$130.001,8710.910.11$243,208.13$118.750 W0 W0 WFiberMetaCorningDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
$1.0011,5475.640.70$11,546.82$5.640 W0 W0 WCableMetaAmphenolDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
Per-server cost: $466.67
$58.3316,3848.001.00$955,733.33$466.679 W147,456 W72 WRetimerMetaAsteraAsteraL1 AbstractionH100Compute TrayMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-16K
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$9,830,400.00$4,800.003,337,421 W1,630 W
Total Backend$53,125,622.20$25,940.252,067,808 W1,010 W
Total Frontend$15,186,271.54$7,415.17527,219 W257 W
Total Compute Tray$955,733.33$466.67147,456 W72 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$79,098,027.07$38,622.086,079,903 W2,969 W
By component
Total Transceivers$27,678,989.82$13,515.13922,515 W450 W
Total Switches$19,793,375.90$9,664.73853,311 W417 W
Total Fiber$7,720,781.21$3,769.910 W0 W
Total Cables$11,546.82$5.640 W0 W
Total Connectors
Total NICs$13,107,200.00$6,400.00819,200 W400 W