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Oracle 131072 GB200 NVL72 CX-8 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration

OCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-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 - Spectrum-5 - 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
Spectrum-5 51.2T (SN56XX) 512 Radix6,1443.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL72 - SN5600 - Generic
FrontendXPU: GB200 NVL7211 linesshared by 5 SKUs

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Spectrum-4 51.2T (SN5600)1,89310.0144
Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700)800.0001
Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700)28200.0021
Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201)2,31510.0177
Nvidia LinkX 800G SR891,575500.6987
Nvidia LinkX 400G SR491,098500.6950
Nvidia LinkX 100G SR4 QSFP2840,425220.3084
Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode125,328690.9562
Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode64100.0049
Nvidia LinkX 100G Multimode18,007100.1374
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-SX5-8P-2L
$720.0065,53636.000.50$47,185,920.00$25,920.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$576.0065,53636.000.50$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$288.0065,53636.000.50$18,874,368.00$10,368.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$288.00131,07272.001.00$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$144.00131,07272.001.00$18,874,368.00$10,368.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$4.009,437,1845,184.0072.00$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$150.003,6412.000.03$546,133.33$300.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneOracleOthersOthersDevice LevelNVLinkGB200Scale-UpOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $272,535.00
$585.00262,144144.002.00$153,354,240.00$84,240.0015 W3,932,160 W2,160 WTransceiverOracleCredoDevice LevelEthernetFully RetimedGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$180.00262,144144.002.00$47,185,920.00$25,920.000 W0 W0 WFiberOracleCorningDevice LevelGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$500.00262,144144.002.00$131,072,000.00$72,000.0016 W4,194,304 W2,304 WTransceiverOracleAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$1,500.00131,0724.001.00$196,608,000.00$6,000.0075 W9,830,400 W300 WNICOracleNvidiaDevice LevelGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$25,000.006,1443.380.05$153,600,000.00$84,375.00950 W5,836,800 W3,206 WSwitchOracleNvidiaDevice LevelEthernetGB200BackendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $122,577.84
$23,000.001,5730.860.01$36,187,834.92$19,878.57950 W1,494,715 W821 WSwitchOracleNvidiaDevice LevelEthernetGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$21,600.0070.000.00$140,434.28$77.14630 W4,096 W2 WSwitchOracleNvidiaDevice LevelEthernetGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$13,273.512340.130.00$3,106,759.00$1,706.59250 W58,514 W32 WSwitchOracleNvidiaDevice LevelEthernetGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$2,400.001,9241.060.01$4,618,727.62$2,537.14150 W288,670 W159 WSwitchOracleNvidiaDevice LevelEthernetGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$930.2376,11441.810.58$70,803,797.70$38,893.6914 W1,065,597 W585 WTransceiverOracleNvidiaCoherent, Eoptolink, Innolight, MellanoxWhite Label112GInfiniBandFully RetimedGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$575.0075,71741.590.58$43,537,554.29$23,915.899 W681,457 W374 WTransceiverOracleNvidiaCoherent, Innolight, MellanoxWhite Label112GInfiniBandFully RetimedGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$123.7433,60018.460.26$4,157,813.02$2,283.953 W100,801 W55 WTransceiverOracleNvidiaMellanox, OthersWhite Label28GInfiniBandFully RetimedGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$525.00104,16857.220.79$54,688,426.67$30,041.250 W0 W0 WFiberOracleOthersWhite LabelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$375.005330.290.00$199,923.81$109.820 W0 W0 WFiberOracleOthersWhite LabelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$375.0014,9678.220.11$5,612,495.24$3,083.040 W0 W0 WFiberOracleOthersWhite LabelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$1.0092,37550.740.70$92,374.55$50.740 W0 W0 WCableOracleAmphenolDevice LevelGB200FrontendOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-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-SX5-8P-2L
$35.0065,53636.000.50$2,293,760.00$1,260.000 W0 W0 WCableOracleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
$37.50131,07272.001.00$4,915,200.00$2,700.000 W0 W0 WCableOracleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayOCI-GB200 NVL72-CX8-SX5-8P-2L
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$303,584,597.33$166,764.0013,349,683 W7,333 W
Total Backend$681,820,160.00$272,535.0023,793,664 W7,970 W
Total Frontend$223,146,141.10$122,577.843,693,851 W2,029 W
Total Compute Tray$7,290,880.00$4,005.000 W0 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$1,215,841,778.43$565,881.8440,837,198 W17,333 W
By component
Total Transceivers$402,925,405.01$221,333.549,974,319 W5,479 W
Total Switches$197,653,755.82$108,574.457,682,796 W4,220 W
Total Fiber$107,686,765.71$59,154.110 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