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The NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE is a rack-scale system optimized to accelerate large AI model training, fine-tuning, and real-time inference for AI models over 1 trillion parameters.
This architecture is comprised of 36 NVIDIA Grace ARM processors and 72 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs all interconnected with NVIDIA’s 5th-gen NVLink technology. The rack is powered by a set of power shelves through a bus bar and the compute trays are cooled with cold plates on the CPUs and GPUs. The HPE offering incorporates direct-liquid cooling technologies from HPE. NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE offers a complete, scalable solution for AI and HPC customers everywhere. NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE provides maximum performance for Large Model AI Training and Deep Learning. Built with high-speed networking technologies, integrated storage, a robust software portfolio and management tools, NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE systems enable customers to innovate and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges.
Overview
Front / Rear View - Rack
| Item | Description | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Top-of-rack switches | 2. | Power Shelves |
| 3. | NVLink Switch Trays | 4. | Compute Trays |
| 5. | Cable Cartridges | 6. | 44U Rack Manifolds |
NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE SKUsBelow is a list of SKUs to configure the NVL72 System Additional Software and Support SKUs will be added soon | |
| Models | SKU |
| NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 by HPE Base System Code | S5T77A |
| NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 by HPE Upgrade System Code | S5T78A |
| NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE Base Rack | S6C60A |
| NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE Hybrid Cooling Base Compute Tray | S6C59A |
| Compute Tray Options | SKU |
| HPE 3.84 TB NVMe Read Intensive E1.S ST Self-encrypting Multivendor SSD | S6F53A |
| HPE 7.68 TB NVMe Read Intensive E1.S ST Self-encrypting Multivendor SSD | S6F54A |
| HPE 15 TB NVMe Read Intensive E1.S ST Self-encrypting Multivendor SSD | S6F55A |
| Rack Options | SKU |
| NVIDIA Spectrum SN2201 48-port 1/100 GbE QSFP28/RJ45 ToR Switch | S6F61A |
| HPE 1U 33 kW 50VDC Air Cooling Left Power-Capacitance Shelf Kit | S6E21A |
| Power Whip Kits | SKU |
| HPE 400 V 60Amp Top Feed NA Power Whip Kit | S6X18A |
| HPE 400 V 60Amp Bottom Feed NA Power Whip Kit | S6X19A |
| HPE 400 V 60Amp Top Feed INTL Power Whip Kit | S6X20A |
| HPE 400 V 60Amp Bottom Feed INTL Power Whip Kit | S6X21A |
| HPE 480 V 60Amp Top Feed NA Power Whip Kit | S6X22A |
| HPE 480 V 60Amp Bottom Feed NA Power Whip Kit | S6X23A |
| Cooling | |
| RDHX options | SKU |
| HPE M12 48U 600 mm G2 Rack 208-230 V Top Feed Rear Door Heat Exchanger | S4N09A |
| HPE M12 48U 600 mm G2 Rack 208-230 V Bottom Feed Rear Door Heat Exchanger | S4N11A |
| CDU options | SKU |
| HPE 3-phase 380-480 V Top Feed Primary Bottom Feed Secondary XDU1350 Coolant Distribution Unit | S5R40A |
| HPE 3-phase 380-480 V Bottom Feed Primary Bottom Feed Secondary XDU1350 Coolant Distribution Unit | S5R41A |
| HPE 3-phase 380-480 V Top Feed Primary Top Feed Secondary XDU1350 Coolant Distribution Unit | S5S27A |
| HPE 3-phase 380-480 V Bottom Feed Primary Top Feed Secondary XDU1350 Coolant Distribution Unit | S5S28A |
| Sellable Service Kit | SKU |
| Vertiv XDU1350 Essential Spare Parts Kit | S5R44A |
| Vertiv XDU1350 Recommended Spare Parts Kit | S6D83A |
| Service / Deployment | SKU |
| HPE Rack-scale Fill Station | S6H12A |
| HPE Rack-scale EU Fill Station | S6J45A |
| HPE Quick Disconnect Adapter for NVIDIA NVL72 | S6K93A |
| HPE Cray Fill and Drain Hand Pump Kit | P59920-B21 |
| CDU Power Cord | SKU |
| HPE 560P6W 400 V 3 m CDU Power Cord for Vertiv XDU1350 | S5Z51A |
| HPE 560P6W 400 V 6 m CDU Power Cord for Vertiv XDU1350 | S5Z52A |
| HPE 560P7W 400 V 6 m CDU Power Cord for Vertiv XDU1350 | S5Z53A |
| HPE 560P7W 400 V 3 m CDU Power Cord for Vertiv XDU1350 | S5Z54A |
| CDU Connection Kit | SKU |
| HPE CDU Con Flex Hose Kit Universal | S5S29A |
| HPE CDU Connection Hard Pipe Kit for Vertiv XDU1350 | S5S30A |
| Secondary Fluid Network Manifold | SKU |
| HPE In-Row CDU Top Feed Secondary Manifold Kit | S5R42A |
| HPE In-Row CDU Bottom Feed Secondary Manifold Kit | S5R43A |
| Optional for Secondary Manifold | SKU |
| HPE Secondary Manifold Single Rack Spacer for NVIDIA NVL72 | S5T44A |
| HPE Secondary Manifold Double Rack Spacer for NVIDIA NVL72 | S5T45A |
Standard Faetures
Platform Information
Form Factor
- − 48U rack-scale system
System
- − 18x Compute Trays
- • 2x Grace CPUs
- • 4x Blackwell GPUs
- • PCIe slots (non-configurable): 1x BlueField-3 DPUs and 2x ConnectX-8 IO modules
- • Storage: SEDs – Opal/TCP-Capable
- o 8x E1.S
- o 1x M.2
- − 9x NVIDIA NV Link Switch Trays
- − 8 33 kW Power shelves
- − 50 V DC Busbar
- − 2x SN2201_M Top-of-rack switches
- − 44U Rack Liquid Manifold
- − FIO:
- • 1x USB 3.0
- • 1x USB 2.0 for UART
- • 1x Mini Display Port
- • 1x Management 1 GbE Port
- − 3x Status LEDs
Processors – Grace ARM processor
Notes: NVL72 contains 18 compute trays. Each compute tray contains 2 GB300 boards. Each board has 1 Grace ARM processor
Grace CPU | |
|---|---|
| CPU core count | 72 Arm Neoverse V2 cores |
| L1 cache | 64KB i-cache & 64KB d-cache |
| L2 cache | 1 MB per Core |
| L3 cache | 114 MB |
| Base frequency | all-core SIMD freq | 3.1 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| LPDDR5X Size | 512 GB (480 GB usable) |
On System Management Chipset
- − Based on NVIDIA OpenBMC
- − ASPEED 2600 management controller
- − Other BMC Chipsets under investigation
Memory
- − Soldered on 512 GB LPDDR5X – 480 GB usable of LPDDR5X
- − Memory ECC – Supported and enabled by default
- Notes: Memory is not configurable
Front Panel Connections
- − 2x NVIDIA ConnectX-8 (800 Gbps)
- − 1x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3240
- − 8x E1.S SSDs
- − 1x FIO panel
Front IO | |
|---|---|
| Technology | |
| 1. | E1.S SSDs |
| 2. | FIO (RJ45 1 GbE port, USB 3.0, USB 2.0 UART, Mini Display Port) |
| 3. | BlueField-3 DPUs (RJ45 BF3 BMC port, 2x QSFP) |
| 4. | ConnectX-8 IO Board (2x OSFP) |
System Unit Specifications
Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth)
- − Rack
- 2495 mm (H) x 600 mm (W) x 1068 mm (L)
Weight (approximate)
- − Fully Loaded (with PGW):
- 3300 lbs
Internal Storage
Hot-pluggable and hot-swappable
| Drive | Capacity | Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| Front facing [DATA] - E1.S SSD | 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15 TB | 4x, 8x |
| Internal [BOOT] - M.2 SSD | 1.98 TB | 1 x 1.98 TB |
Power Delivery and Requirements
The NVL72 rack is powered by a set of 8 power shelves and a DC bus bar. Each power shelf is fed by a power whip with input connector type IEC 60309 5-wire 560P6W. Each power shelf can provide up to 33 kW of power to the rack.
The rack’s TDP (thermal design power) is 132 kW nominal with an EDPp (electrical design power – peak) of approximately 155 kW
HPE suggests that data centers should provision their bus ways to be able to support 192 kW EDPp.
- − 1 Power Shelf contains
- • 6x 5.5 kW PSU – Power Supply Units
- • 1x PMC – Power shelf management controller
- • 1x Power Shelf Chassis
CDU (Cooling Distribution Unit) For NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE
The cooling distribution unit (CDU) is a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger that is used to remove heat from HPE GB300 NVL72 by HPE.
The CDU uses a secondary loop to circulate a heat transfer liquid to the cold plates. The heat captured in the secondary loop is transferred to the facilities primary loop via a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. The CDU is designed to circulate and control the heat transfer fluid to the manifolds that are in each rack.
The in-row CDU is rated for 1.3 MW of cooling. One CDU supports a maximum of 8 racks.
HPE supports overhead (top feed) and underfloor (bottom feed) secondary loops configurations. A spacer manifold can be used for racks that do not need liquid cooling
Operating Systems and Virtualization Software Support for HPE Servers
Currently, the only supported OS with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE is:
- − Ubuntu 24.04
HPE Server UEFI (under development – subject to change)
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an industry standard that provides better manageability and more secured configuration than the legacy ROM while interacting with your server at boot time. HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers have a UEFI Class 3 implementation and support UEFI Mode only.
Notes: The UEFI System Utilities tool is analogous to the HPE ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) of legacy BIOS. For more information, please visit http://www.HPE.com/servers/uefi.
UEFI enables numerous new capabilities specific to HPE ProLiant servers such as:
- − Secure Boot and Secure Start enabled for enhanced security
- − Embedded UEFI Shell
- − Operating system specific functionality
- − Mass Configuration Deployment Tool using iLO RESTful API that is Redfish API Conformant
- − Support for > 2.2 TB (using GPT) boot drives
- − PXE boot support for IPv6 networks
- − USB 3.0 Stack
- − Workload Profiles for simple performance optimization
UEFI Boot Mode only
- − TPM 2.0 Support
- − iSCSI Software Initiator Support.
- − NVMe Boot Support
- − HTTP/HTTPs Boot support as a PXE alternative.
- − Platform Trust Technology (PTT) can be enabled.
- − Boot support for option cards that only support a UEFI option ROM
Notes: For UEFI Boot Mode, boot environment and OS image installations should be configured properly to support UEFI.
Industry Standard Compliance (under development – subject to change)
- − ACPI 6.3 Compliant
- − IPMI 2.0
- − PCIe 4.0 Compliant
- − PCIe 5.0 Compliant
- − PXE Support
- − Redfish API
- − TPM 2.0 Support
- − Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)
- − UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Forum) 2.6
- − USB 2.0 Compliant
- − USB 3.0 Compliant
Embedded Management (under development – subject to change)
Based on NVIDIA’s Reference Firmware with HPE Enhancements such as
- − Security Features
- • Ultimaco ESKM appliance support
- • Remote Keys
- • Self-encrypting devices (OPAL compliance)
- − Audit Logging
- − Restricted SSH Access
- − Serviceability Features
- • AHS logging limited to sensors and events
- • CLI Interface
- • Remote Support
- o Software delivered as a package to capture and surface data
- o Redfish Crawler built-in
- o Secure connectivity layer (provided by RDA)
- o Provides method of secure remote access to customer systems
- − Manufacturability Features
- • Non-volatile Hostname/Password
- − Branding
- • HPE Branded GUI
Server Management
NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE Baseboard Management Controller
Embedded, in-depth server-level monitoring and management technology offering system management, service alerting, reporting and remote management including remote console and virtual media mount.
Industry Standard Redfish
The NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 by HPE supports industry standard DMTF Redfish that provides API conformance and offers simplified server management automation such as configuration and maintenance tasks based on modern industry standards. Learn more at:
https://dmtf.org/standards/redfish
Security (under development – subject to change)
- − Secure Start – only boot Signed Firmware
- − UEFI Secure Boot
- − NIST SP800-193 Protect, Detect, Recover for BIOS and BMC Tamper-free updates – components digitally signed and verified using CNSA strength RSA4096 signing key.
- − Secure Recovery – recover critical firmware to known good state on detection of compromised firmware. Event recorded in the event log.
- − UEFI TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module 2.0) - supports OpenSSL 3.0 provide for secure remote connectivity session to system
- − SPI BUS monitoring to ensure BIOS and BMC FW are always signed and secure.
- − Secure, out-of-the-box high-entropy RMC administrator password is unique for each system.
- − Support for multiple Redfish role-based access control (RBAC) accounts ensuring that passwords need not be shared and can provide separation of duties.
Technical Specifications
Warranty
This product is covered by a global limited warranty and supported by HPE Services and a worldwide network of Hewlett Packard EnterpriseAuthorized Channel Partners resellers. Hardware diagnostic support and repair is available for three years from date of purchase. Support for software and initial setup is available for 90 days from date of purchase. Enhancements to warranty services are available through HPE Services operational services or customized service agreements. Hard drives have either a one-year or three-year warranty; refer to the specific hard drive QuickSpecs for details.
Notes: Server Warranty includes 3-Year Parts, 3-Year Labor, 3-Year Onsite support with next business day response. Warranty repairs may be accomplished using Customer Self Repair (CSR) parts. These parts fall into two categories: 1) Mandatory CSR parts are designed for easy replacement. A travel and labor charge will result when customers decline to replace a Mandatory CSR part; 2) Optional CSR parts are also designed for easy replacement but may involve added complexity. Customers may choose to have Hewlett Packard Enterprise replace Optional CSR parts at no charge. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at: https://www.HPE.com/support/ProLiantServers-Warranties
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HPC&AI Custom Service
This is a Statement of Work (SoW) based service that provides site readiness verification, installation planning and management, unpacking, plug-ins for the system, and installation of a secondary coolant loop between Nvidia NVL72 Rack Scale System cabinets. The service also helps set up the CDU, powers up the Nvidia NVL72 Rack Scale and performs connectivity validation.
https://www.HPE.com/psnow/doc/a50002850enw
https://www.HPE.com/psnow/doc/a50002922enw
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- − Implementation assistance services: Highly trained technical service specialists to assist you with a variety of activities, ranging from design, implementation, and platform deployment to consolidation, migration, project management, and onsite technical forums.
- − HPE Service Credits: Access to prepaid services for flexibility to choose from a variety of specialized service activities, including assessments, performance maintenance reviews, firmware management, professional services, and operational best practices.
Notes:
To review the list of Lifecycle Services available for your product go to: https://www.HPE.com/services/lifecycleFor a list of the most frequently purchased services using service credits, see the HPE Service Credits Menu
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