Cross-platform dependency map
Identify the compute, network, storage and management inputs required at each integration stage, with clear owners and readiness conditions for the interfaces between separate technical workstreams.
Capabilities / Infrastructure delivery capabilities
Accelerated cluster integration
Resolve the interfaces that make a cluster work
Accelerated infrastructure often arrives through several specialist workstreams, each with its own completion criteria. O-Connect coordinates the points where they meet: GPU platforms, high-speed fabric, storage paths and platform baselines. The integration plan gives those teams shared dependencies and an acceptance view that follows the connected system through to handover.
The brief
Treat integration as a defined workstream
A platform can be installed while a storage dependency remains unresolved; a fabric can be configured before every intended endpoint is ready. O-Connect maps those relationships against the approved architecture and assigns the required inputs to their owners. This gives the project a practical sequence for bringing the environment together and dealing with interface issues.
Integration also depends on knowing which baseline the evidence describes. Scoped firmware and driver versions, fabric configuration and storage connectivity are reconciled with the approved platform position. The acceptance plan then connects component checks to agreed system-level activities, giving stakeholders a record of the delivered configuration and the conditions under which its integration was assessed.
Scope & deliverables
What the work covers.
Fabric and storage path coordination
Coordinate the approved Ethernet or InfiniBand fabric and parallel storage paths with their endpoints, making connectivity requirements and technical handoffs visible across the integration plan.
Firmware and driver baseline alignment
Reconcile scoped firmware and driver requirements with the approved platform baseline and relevant owners, recording exceptions for review before they complicate system-level checks or acceptance.
Shared integration evidence
Bring platform, fabric and storage results into a connected acceptance record, identifying the tested configuration, interface findings and decisions required before the system is handed over.
Delivery approach
A clear path through the work.
Define the system boundaries
Establish the approved architecture, workstream responsibilities and acceptance goals, then map the interfaces where one team's output becomes another team's prerequisite for technical integration work.
Align technical readiness
Coordinate baseline decisions and endpoint availability across platform, fabric and storage owners, tracking changes and unresolved conditions as the planned integration sequence progresses through its stages.
Assess the connected system
Review the agreed integration checks as a whole, reconcile findings with the delivered baseline and assemble a handover position that makes remaining responsibilities and evidence limits clear.
At handover
A shared acceptance view across specialist teams
The project gains a coherent integration position across GPU platforms, network fabric and storage. Dependencies, baseline decisions and verification results remain connected, helping technical owners assess the delivered system together and giving operations the context needed to understand its configuration and any outstanding integration work.
Define your acceptance criteriaPlanning questions
Before the work begins.
How does this differ from deploying individual GPU servers?
Individual server work establishes node-level readiness. Cluster integration coordinates the dependencies between those nodes, the fabric, storage and platform baseline. It makes the interfaces and shared acceptance activities visible so the project can assess how the deployed components work together.
Can O-Connect coordinate multiple specialist vendors?
The delivery plan can define the handoffs between appointed platform, network, storage and facility teams. Each party's responsibilities and required inputs need to be agreed during scoping, with an identified route for technical decisions that cross those workstream boundaries.
Are firmware and driver versions selected during installation?
The deployment should follow an approved baseline established with the relevant technical owners. O-Connect coordinates its implementation and records exceptions within scope. A proposed version change needs owner review so its effect on compatibility, testing and acceptance is understood before it is adopted.
Connected workstreams
Explore the next dependency.
Services
AI cluster deployment→
Coordinate GPU nodes, fabric, storage and platform baselines through AI cluster deployment, with defined dependencies, health checks and acceptance evidence.
Services
Network fabric→
Implement the approved data center fabric across Ethernet or InfiniBand, management and storage paths, with port records and end-to-end verification.
Services
Validation & burn-in→
Build an evidence-based handover with agreed checks for firmware, hardware health, thermal behaviour and workloads across the deployed infrastructure.