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Oracle 131072 GB200 NVL72 CX-8 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration

OCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L

Oracle · GB200 · CX-8

Rack type
NVL72
Cluster / location
2-Tier GB200 SX
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Ethernet
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
GB200 - NVL72
Scale-UpXPU: GB200 NVL728 linesshared by 10 SKUs

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

5 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL72 - CX8 - 2L - ETH - TH5 - OCI
BackendXPU: GB200 NVL725 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Parts Summary

5
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Credo 800G ZF Optics262,144144.002.00
Generic 800G Single Mode262,144144.002.00
Generic 800G DR8262,144144.002.00
ConnectX-8 NIC - 800G131,07272.001.00
Arista Tomahawk 5 51.2T 512 Radix6,1443.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL72 - Arista TH5 - Generic
FrontendXPU: GB200 NVL7211 linesshared by 3 SKUs

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Arista Tomahawk 5 51.2T (7060X6-64PE)1,89310.0144
Arista Tomahawk 3 12.8T (7050PX4-32S)800.0001
Arista Tomahawk 2 6.4T (7050CX3-32S)28200.0021
Arista Ethernet 1GbE (7048-A)2,31510.0177
Generic 800G DR891,575500.6987
Generic 400G DR491,098500.6950
Generic 100G DR4 QSFP2840,425220.3084
Generic 800G Single Mode125,328690.9562
Generic 400G Single Mode64100.0049
Generic 100G Single Mode18,007100.1374
RJ45 Cables111,138610.8479

Compute Tray Networking Content

3 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL72 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: GB200 NVL723 linesshared by 10 SKUs

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
2026 share
Nvidia NVSwitch 5.0 (NVLink 5)Σ 100%
%
NV 2 UltraPass OverPass 144 DP 224Gb/sΣ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Female)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Male)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Female)Σ 100%
%
NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 CableΣ 100%
%
NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 5)Σ 100%
%
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: $166,764.00
$3,200.0032,76818.000.25$104,857,600.00$57,600.00407 W13,349,683 W7,333 WScale-Up SwitchOracleNvidiaDevice LevelNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$720.0065,53636.000.50$47,185,920.00$25,920.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$576.0065,53636.000.50$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$288.0065,53636.000.50$18,874,368.00$10,368.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$288.00131,07272.001.00$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$144.00131,07272.001.00$18,874,368.00$10,368.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$4.009,437,1845,184.0072.00$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$150.003,6412.000.03$546,133.33$300.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleOthersOthersDevice LevelNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $280,297.50
$585.00262,144144.002.00$153,354,240.00$84,240.0015 W3,932,160 W2,160 WTransceiverOracleCredoDevice LevelEthernetFully RetimedGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$180.00262,144144.002.00$47,185,920.00$25,920.000 W0 W0 WFiberOracleCorningDevice LevelGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$500.00262,144144.002.00$131,072,000.00$72,000.0016 W4,194,304 W2,304 WTransceiverOracleAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$1,500.00131,0724.001.00$196,608,000.00$6,000.0075 W9,830,400 W300 WNICOracleNvidiaDevice LevelGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$27,300.006,1443.380.05$167,731,200.00$92,137.501,200 W7,372,800 W4,050 WSwitchOracleAristaDevice LevelGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $70,650.07
$26,000.001,5730.860.01$40,907,987.30$22,471.431,200 W1,888,061 W1,037 WSwitchOracleAristaDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$15,000.0070.000.00$97,523.81$53.57630 W4,096 W2 WSwitchOracleAristaDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$11,000.002340.130.00$2,574,628.57$1,414.29250 W58,514 W32 WSwitchOracleAristaDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$2,400.001,9241.060.01$4,618,727.62$2,537.14150 W288,670 W159 WSwitchOracleAristaDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$500.0076,11441.810.58$38,057,041.27$20,905.3616 W1,217,825 W669 WTransceiverOracleAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$260.0075,71741.590.58$19,686,546.29$10,814.1410 W757,175 W416 WTransceiverOracleAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$54.0033,60018.460.26$1,814,410.97$996.693 W100,801 W55 WTransceiverOracleAAOIDevice Level28GEthernetFully RetimedGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$180.00104,16857.220.79$18,750,317.71$10,299.860 W0 W0 WFiberOracleCorningDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$130.005330.290.00$69,306.92$38.070 W0 W0 WFiberOracleAmphenolDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$130.0014,9678.220.11$1,945,665.02$1,068.790 W0 W0 WFiberOracleCorningDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$1.0092,37550.740.70$92,374.55$50.740 W0 W0 WCableOracleAmphenolDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $4,005.00
$1.2565,53636.000.50$81,920.00$45.000 W0 W0 WConnectorOracleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$35.0065,53636.000.50$2,293,760.00$1,260.000 W0 W0 WCableOracleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
$37.50131,07272.001.00$4,915,200.00$2,700.000 W0 W0 WCableOracleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-AR-8P-2L
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$303,584,597.33$166,764.0013,349,683 W7,333 W
Total Backend$695,951,360.00$280,297.5025,329,664 W8,814 W
Total Frontend$128,614,530.03$70,650.074,315,143 W2,370 W
Total Compute Tray$7,290,880.00$4,005.000 W0 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$1,135,441,367.36$521,716.5742,994,490 W18,518 W
By component
Total Transceivers$343,984,238.53$188,956.1910,202,265 W5,604 W
Total Switches$215,930,067.30$118,613.939,612,142 W5,280 W
Total Fiber$67,951,209.65$37,326.710 W0 W
Total Cables$7,301,334.55$4,010.740 W0 W
Total Connectors$81,920.00$45.000 W0 W
Total NICs$196,608,000.00$6,000.009,830,400 W300 W