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Eight stages from powered shell to production

One accountable partner from purchase order to steady-state operations. Platforms: NVIDIA HGX, B200, B300, GB300, Vera Rubin. Regions: UK and Europe, India, Middle East, APAC.

8stages, one accountable partner
Stages 1 to 4extended scope, taken on as needed around your in-house capability
Stages 5 to 8core delivery by Purview installation specialists
Extended scope · stages 1 to 4
STAGE 01

Plan & Specify

Extended scope
  • NVIDIA Reference Architecture and Design Guide turned into a site-specific build before hardware ships
  • Rack elevations, digital twin, power and thermal density
  • MEP interface and clash control
  • First-cut Rack Build Instructions (RBI)
STAGE 02

OEM Alignment

Extended scope
  • OEM selection and negotiation support
  • OEM collaboration on the reference architecture
  • BOM and specification engineering
  • Vendor SLAs and warranty terms
STAGE 03

Import & Clear

Extended scope
  • Export control and HS classification
  • Bonded custody and duty optimisation through GigaPort Hyderabad
  • Chain-of-custody freight to site
  • BIS and DGFT filings for India, end to end
STAGE 04

Stage & Integrate

Extended scope
  • Cluster planning and P2P/topology documentation with NVIDIA
  • Pre-staging and burn-in
  • Firmware and BIOS baselining
  • Asset tagging and serialisation
  • Finalised Rack Build Instructions
Core delivery · stages 5 to 8
STAGE 05

Install

Core delivery
  • GPU and server installation: HGX and GPU clusters across B200, B300, GB300, Vera Rubin; storage (VAST, DDN, Tintri); InfiniBand fabric cabling
  • Structured cabling: certified fibre and Cat6A, patch panels, labelling, testing for warranty submission
  • Last-mile liquid cooling: CDU-to-rack, manifolds, flush and fill, coolant chemistry, leak testing
  • Power and receiving: busway, rPDU, earthing and bonding, power validation, DOA screening, RMA
STAGE 06

Commission

Core delivery
  • L2 to L5 commissioning including Integrated Systems Test (IST)
  • Cooling verification: leak, pressure and flush testing
  • Cable certification: OTDR and insertion-loss on every link; copper to Fluke DSX-8000 Level VI; MPO-8/12/16/24 fibre
  • Cluster burn-in: NCCL/HPL, POST and log validation, DOA and RMA
  • Four quality gates: engineering release, site validation, installation verification, independent acceptance QA
STAGE 07

Handover

Core delivery
  • As-builts and asset register
  • Warranty and spares strategy
  • O&M manuals and client training
  • Uptime M&O readiness
  • Commissioning sign-off
STAGE 08

Operate & Refresh

Core delivery
  • Metrics: cluster availability, node time-to-repair, GPU-hours delivered
  • 24×7 SLA operation of AI data halls: facilities, smart hands, NOC; liquid cooling and 100kW+ rack power operations
  • GPU cluster and fabric operations: DCGM telemetry, InfiniBand and RoCE, firmware and BMC at fleet scale, VAST/DDN, Slurm and Kubernetes
  • Refresh: IMAC, RMA and spares, technology refresh, ITAD and secure erasure
  • Enterprise IT managed services: 24×7 helpdesk, server, storage, network and security operations, SLA reporting

Also delivered: enterprise network infrastructure

  • Enterprise firewall refresh
  • Core and access switch deployment
  • Wireless surveys and deployment
  • Rack and stack services
  • Network configuration and validation
  • ICT infrastructure migration

Engineering disciplines

  • Network engineers: switching, routing, firewalls, wireless, VLAN design
  • Data centre engineers: servers, storage, rack and stack, power, cable management
  • AI and storage engineers: NVIDIA HGX, GPU clusters, high-performance storage, InfiniBand

Assured delivery

  • CMMi Level 5
  • ISO 27001, ISO 20000, ISO 9001, ISO 14001
  • UK Crown Commercial Service supplier
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