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AI Data Centre · Level 2 of 8

Rack and cable a GPU server

Level 2 of 8 in the AI Data Centre: a free data centre exercise at Foundation level. Install a new 8-GPU AI server: right place in the rack, on rails, power from both feeds, fabric and management cables, labels and blanking panels.

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3D view of the Rack and cable a GPU server level in the AI Data Centre
Rack and cable a GPU server

The brief

Client
Kestrel Cloud Labs
Site
Hall 1, Ashbourne site
Work order
WO-DC-102
Task code
DC-02
Difficulty
Foundation
Type of work
Installation

Install a new 8-GPU AI server: right place in the rack, on rails, power from both feeds, fabric and management cables, labels and blanking panels.

Skills you practise

  • Rack elevation
  • A and B power
  • Spine-leaf cabling
  • Labelling

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Rack elevation
  • A and B power
  • Spine-leaf cabling
  • Labelling

In this lab

  • Rack and cable GPU servers
  • Power budgets and cooling
  • GPU jobs and a DCIM view

Levels in the AI Data Centre

Previous: Safety walk and hall tourNext: Rack power budget

  1. Safety walk and hall tour
  2. Rack and cable a GPU server
  3. Rack power budget
  4. Cooling hot spot
  5. PUE from a month of meters
  6. Replace a failed part from a ticket
  7. Training job slowdown
  8. Power event drill

Part of the AI Data Centre

Walk an AI data hall, rack and cable a GPU server, and size its power and cooling.

About the AI Data Centre

Feeds these internships: AI and Machine Learning, Data Science and Analytics, AI Agents and Automation, Electrical Design.