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NVIDIA DSX Air

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Spec score 8.0 #3 of 17 in Data Center Networking Solutions

Spec sheet

Purpose
NVIDIA DSX Air is a cloud-hosted data center simulation platform for creating digital twins of IT infrastructure.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com
Intended users
The datasheet identifies engineers, architects, and DevOps teams as users who can model deployments, simulate operations, and test automation or security policies.Read 10 Oct 2026 · dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com
API
NVIDIA provides DSX Air API reference and SDK documentation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com
Integrations
The datasheet describes API-based integration with storage, routing, security, orchestration, and other partner solutions, and names Git and Ansible for automation workflows.Read 10 Oct 2026 · dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com
Security
NVIDIA’s product security page says reported concerns are evaluated, validated, and addressed with corrective actions, and provides security bulletins and vulnerability reporting.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Access
The datasheet says simulated nodes can expose HTTP, HTTPS, and SSH services for dashboards, APIs, and external systems.Read 10 Oct 2026 · dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com
Access requirements
DSX Air uses NVIDIA NGC for authentication and requires a business email address; a personal email address is not accepted.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com
AI factory simulation
It simulates compute, networking, storage, orchestration, and security deployments before servers are unboxed.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Automation
NVIDIA describes automating patches and security updates and prevalidating provisioning scripts, automation, and security.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Billing
NVIDIA says DSX Air usage is billed by compute hour, measured by the minute, with vCPUs and memory billed independently.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com
Browser support
The user guide says DSX Air fully supports Chrome 120 or later and Firefox 121 or later, with Edge and Safari supported on a best-effort basis.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com
Data handling
The datasheet describes user-owned configurations and topologies and says no data is stored on the platform.Read 10 Oct 2026 · dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com
Documentation
NVIDIA provides a DSX Air user guide, API reference, and SDK documentation.Read 10 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com
Free trial
NVIDIA offers a free trial of DSX Air to build or simulate a network topology.Read 10 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Network coverage
DSX Air supports full simulation of both east-west and north-south networks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Networking software
The datasheet lists support for NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, SONiC, and NetQ.Read 10 Oct 2026 · dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com
Operations
Teams can design, test, and validate provisioning, automation, and security policies before hardware arrives.Read 10 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Partner ecosystem
The product page lists Armada, Aviz, BE Networks, Check Point, Hedgehog, Keysight, Netris, OpenNebula, Rafay, TrendAI, and VAST as ecosystem partners.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Scale
The platform can create one-for-one virtual AI factory replicas with hundreds of switches and thousands of GPUs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Simulation
It supports simulations of NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet switches, ConnectX SuperNICs, BlueField DPUs, GPUs, and data center networking.Read 10 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Supported NVIDIA systems
It supports simulation of Spectrum-X Ethernet switches, ConnectX SuperNICs, BlueField DPUs, NetQ, Run:ai, and Base Command Manager.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Training
NVIDIA says users can build skills through prebuilt DSX Air labs, tutorials, and shared simulation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · nvidia.com
Validation
The platform can be used to validate configurations, features, and automation code and to run full-scale network architectures with multiple network operating systems.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com
Workflows
DSX Air supports continuous integration and delivery workflows, infrastructure as code, and launching simulations through its SDK.Read 10 Oct 2026 · dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com

Plans and prices

Free trial Free 60 concurrent vCPUs · 60 GiB concurrent memory · 10,000 compute-hour credits · 1 year · only eligible organizations; only organization owners can start Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.nvidia.com

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