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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 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 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

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
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 Retimer2,0488.001.00
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
$1,200.001,0244.000.50$1,228,800.00$4,800.00407 W417,178 W1,630 WScale-Up SwitchX AINvidiaDevice LevelNVLinkH100Scale-UpXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
Per-server cost: $38,662.79
$575.002,0488.001.00$1,177,600.00$4,600.009 W18,432 W72 WTransceiverX AINvidiaCoherent, Innolight, MellanoxWhite Label112GInfiniBandFully RetimedH100BackendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$375.004,09616.002.00$1,536,000.00$6,000.000 W0 W0 WFiberX AIOthersWhite LabelH100BackendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$930.233,07212.001.50$2,857,674.42$11,162.7914 W43,008 W168 WTransceiverX AINvidiaCoherent, Eoptolink, Innolight, MellanoxWhite Label112GInfiniBandFully RetimedH100BackendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$800.002,0488.001.00$1,638,400.00$6,400.0050 W102,400 W400 WNICX AINvidiaDevice LevelH100BackendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$28,000.00960.380.05$2,688,000.00$10,500.00747 W71,712 W280 WSwitchX AINvidiaDevice LevelH100BackendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
Per-server cost: $13,619.76
$23,000.00250.100.01$565,434.92$2,208.73950 W23,355 W91 WSwitchX AINvidiaDevice LevelEthernetH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$21,600.0000.000.00$2,194.28$8.57630 W64 W0 WSwitchX AINvidiaDevice LevelEthernetH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$13,273.5140.010.00$48,543.11$189.62250 W914 W4 WSwitchX AINvidiaDevice LevelEthernetH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$2,400.00300.120.01$72,167.62$281.90150 W4,510 W18 WSwitchX AINvidiaDevice LevelEthernetH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$930.231,1894.650.58$1,106,309.34$4,321.5214 W16,650 W65 WTransceiverX AINvidiaCoherent, Eoptolink, Innolight, MellanoxWhite Label112GInfiniBandFully RetimedH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$575.001,1834.620.58$680,274.29$2,657.329 W10,648 W42 WTransceiverX AINvidiaCoherent, Innolight, MellanoxWhite Label112GInfiniBandFully RetimedH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$123.745252.050.26$64,965.83$253.773 W1,575 W6 WTransceiverX AINvidiaMellanox, OthersWhite Label28GInfiniBandFully RetimedH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$525.001,6286.360.79$854,506.67$3,337.920 W0 W0 WFiberX AIOthersWhite LabelH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$375.0080.030.00$3,123.81$12.200 W0 W0 WFiberX AIOthersWhite LabelH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$375.002340.910.11$87,695.24$342.560 W0 W0 WFiberX AIOthersWhite LabelH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
$1.001,4435.640.70$1,443.35$5.640 W0 W0 WCableX AIAmphenolDevice LevelH100FrontendXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
Per-server cost: $466.67
$58.332,0488.001.00$119,466.67$466.679 W18,432 W72 WRetimerX AIAsteraAsteraL1 AbstractionH100Compute TrayXAI-H100-IB-8R-2L
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$1,228,800.00$4,800.00417,178 W1,630 W
Total Backend$9,897,674.42$38,662.79235,552 W920 W
Total Frontend$3,486,658.45$13,619.7657,716 W225 W
Total Compute Tray$119,466.67$466.6718,432 W72 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$14,732,599.53$57,549.22728,878 W2,847 W
By component
Total Transceivers$5,886,823.87$22,995.4190,313 W353 W
Total Switches$3,376,339.93$13,188.83100,556 W393 W
Total Fiber$2,481,325.71$9,692.680 W0 W
Total Cables$1,443.35$5.640 W0 W
Total Connectors
Total NICs$1,638,400.00$6,400.00102,400 W400 W