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Meta 4096 H100 CX-7 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration

META-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K

Meta · H100 · CX-7

Rack type
NVL8
Cluster / location
Meta 4k DSF Cluster Architecture
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Ethernet
Number of XPUs
4,096
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)2,0484.000.50

Backend network

6 rows
Assigned blockDefault
H100 - NVL8 - CX7 - 2L - ETH - 7700R4C - META
BackendXPU: H100 NVL86 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Parts Summary

6
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 400G DR48,19216.002.00
Generic 400G Single Mode9,21618.002.25
Generic 400G FR410,24020.002.50
ConnectX-7 NIC - 400G4,0968.001.00
Arista 14.4T DSF Leaf (7700R4C)1280.250.03
Arista 102.4T DSF Spine (7720R4)400.080.01

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 51.2T19700.0480
Minipack-1 OCP Rack 12.8T100.0002
WhiteBox Tomahawk 2 6.4T2900.0071
Generic 1GbE Ethernet24100.0587
Generic 800G DR89,514192.3228
Generic 400G DR49,465182.3107
Generic 100G DR4 QSFP284,20081.0254
Generic 800G Single Mode13,021253.1790
Generic 400G Single Mode6700.0163
Generic 100G Single Mode1,87140.4567
RJ45 Cables11,547232.8190

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 Retimer4,0968.001.00
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
$1,200.002,0484.000.50$2,457,600.00$4,800.00407 W834,355 W1,630 WScale-Up SwitchMetaNvidiaDevice LevelNVLinkH100Scale-UpMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
Per-server cost: $26,249.04
$260.008,19216.002.00$2,129,920.00$4,160.0010 W81,920 W160 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$130.009,21618.002.25$1,198,080.00$2,340.000 W0 W0 WFiberMetaAmphenolDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$340.0010,24020.002.50$3,481,600.00$6,800.0015 W153,600 W300 WTransceiverMetaCoherentDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$800.004,0968.001.00$3,276,800.00$6,400.0050 W204,800 W400 WNICMetaNvidiaDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$15,000.001280.250.03$1,920,000.00$3,750.00593 W75,904 W148 WSwitchMetaAristaDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$35,827.75400.080.01$1,433,110.05$2,799.041,400 W56,000 W109 WSwitchMetaAristaDevice LevelH100BackendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
Per-server cost: $7,415.17
$25,200.00490.100.01$1,239,040.00$2,420.001,200 W59,002 W115 WSwitchMetaAcctonDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$5,000.0000.000.00$1,015.88$1.98450 W91 W0 WSwitchMetaCelesticaDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$3,072.5770.010.00$22,473.66$43.89250 W1,829 W4 WSwitchMetaAcctonDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$350.00600.120.01$21,048.89$41.11100 W6,014 W12 WSwitchMetaAcctonDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$500.002,3794.650.58$1,189,282.54$2,322.8216 W38,057 W74 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$260.002,3664.620.58$615,204.57$1,201.5710 W23,662 W46 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$54.001,0502.050.26$56,700.34$110.743 W3,150 W6 WTransceiverMetaAAOIDevice Level28GEthernetFully RetimedH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$180.003,2556.360.79$585,947.43$1,144.430 W0 W0 WFiberMetaCorningDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$130.00170.030.00$2,165.84$4.230 W0 W0 WFiberMetaAmphenolDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$130.004680.910.11$60,802.03$118.750 W0 W0 WFiberMetaCorningDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
$1.002,8875.640.70$2,886.70$5.640 W0 W0 WCableMetaAmphenolDevice LevelH100FrontendMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
Per-server cost: $466.67
$58.334,0968.001.00$238,933.33$466.679 W36,864 W72 WRetimerMetaAsteraAsteraL1 AbstractionH100Compute TrayMETA-H100-CX7-DSF-AR-4K
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$2,457,600.00$4,800.00834,355 W1,630 W
Total Backend$13,439,510.05$26,249.04572,224 W1,118 W
Total Frontend$3,796,567.89$7,415.17131,805 W257 W
Total Compute Tray$238,933.33$466.6736,864 W72 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$19,932,611.27$38,930.881,575,248 W3,077 W
By component
Total Transceivers$7,472,707.45$14,595.13300,389 W587 W
Total Switches$4,636,688.48$9,056.03198,840 W388 W
Total Fiber$1,846,995.30$3,607.410 W0 W
Total Cables$2,886.70$5.640 W0 W
Total Connectors
Total NICs$3,276,800.00$6,400.00204,800 W400 W