Production Server Anatomy — three deployment models, one fabric
Same hardware. Same network. Different host stack. Click any component. Red dot = RDMA packet (inter-node). Orange dots = NVLink (intra-node).
Deployment model:
GPU
NVLink / NVSwitch
NIC (PF + VFs)
Host / pod / VM
Switch (leaf / spine)
RDMA path
NVLink path
Click any component
Production server anatomy
Two GPU servers with full internal detail. Same hardware in all three deployment modes — only the host stack between the application and the NIC changes.
Switch deployment modes using the buttons up top, then click any element for details.