HPE Servers and Nvidia H100 with NVswitch

[Luis Otavio da Costa]

Hi folks , 

What exactly is NVswitch ? 

Is it a device ( HBA or anything else)  installed into HPE Servers ?

Which HPE servers does support this device ?

I did a complete search at Seismic and I only got something about it within the HPE Cray servers ( like XD670 Gen11 ) .

Can we have "this device NVswitch" implemented in the DL385 and DL380a Gen11 servers which support NVlink or not ?

Is NVswitch only a concept and we can have this technology into HPE DL380a and DL385 Gen11 servers using technologies like Infiniband ?

Sorry about to many questions but I am trying to be very direct about it !!!

Thanks in advance . 

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

You will get more information on Nvidia portal
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/upgrading-multi-gpu-interconnectivity-with-the-third-generation-nvidia-nvswitch/
https://images.nvidia.com/content/pdf/nvswitch-technical-overview.pdf

Now regarding which server supports this, please refer to this QuickSpecs on page# 5 & 8 for NVlink Supported Servers.
Much info is not available on NVswitch because we may not be using that (I could be wrong as well).
It would be better you contact HPE Sales to more information.

Thank You!
I work with HPE but opinions expressed here are mine.

[Luis Otavio da Costa]

Thank you Suman,

I read the articles and they are really interesting. Thanks for sharing them. In any case, I would still like more details on the NVSwitch feature on the HPE line of servers , especially the DL380a and DL385 Gen11 line.

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