Break/fix
When a server part stops working, you perform this type of task.
What is Break/fix.
This type of switch connects the racks servers to the rest of the data center network, usually located at the top.
What is the Top of rack Switch(TOR)?
GB200s are used for this type of work load.
What is AI compute
Keeping cables neat and organized is called this.
What is cable dressing?
The ticket system that runs our data center.
What is DC Central?
The first thing you check when a server wont power on.
What is the power cable or PSU.
The type of cable used for high-speed connections between nodes.
What is fiber?
These components inside the GB200s handle heavy processing.
What are GPUs?
The reason for cable dressing is neatness and this.
What is Troubleshooting?
The protective gear worn in colos.
What is PPE?
Removing a part and reinstalling it.
What is reseating.
When a server cant join the network, this is often the cause.
What is a bad cable or port?
When a GB200 overheats, this system helps cool it.
What is Liquid cooling?
This type of cable, often paired with QSFP connectors, can carry 200 GBPS or more, making it ideal for linking GB200 GPUs in a cluster.
What is a DAC cable?
This aisle seems to be warm.
What is the hot aisle?
When you cant fix an issue, you do this.
what is escalate.
The pull Tab located on each blade of a server rack.
What is an asset tag?
one of the standout features of the GB200 is its ability to support this kind of multi-GPU setup that lets several GB200s work together like a single superchip.
What are NVlinks?
We usually refer to these cables as an AOC.
What is an Active Optical Cable?
Microsofts first data center opened in 1994 in this U.S. state?
What is Washington?
This type of fiber optic cable, often colored yellow in data centers, is designed for long distance transmission using a small core that allows only one mode of light to propagate.
What is a single mode fiber?
These numbers are located on the rack itself. one server might take up one of these.
What is a rack Unit?
these are custom servers in microsofts azure data centers that house GB200 GPUs for large scale AI model training?
What are Supercomputing nodes or Ai supernodes?
Good cable dressing helps prevent this common issue.
What is airflow blockage?
Microsofts cloud platform which uses data centers around the world is called this.
What is Azure?