Predictika · Server and rack quotes

An AI sales agent's server and rack quote, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares a configure-and-price quote for Corvane Halcyon servers, GPU servers and rack-scale systems, with racks, power feeds, switches, cooling, support and deployment, and a total it tells the customer. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks the whole build against a declarative model of the product and site rules and returns a verdict, every reason and the total it computed.

Scope: Corvane Halcyon H-series servers, Halcyon Titan T8 GPU servers and the Zephra ZX72 rack-scale system, with racks, PDUs, switches, liquid cooling, support and deployment. See everything this validator covers

This validator models Corvane server and rack quotes of this kind, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Every server line — processor socket and cooling limit, processor count, memory slots and balance, GPU form factor, count and cooling limit, network adapters, drives, and whether the power supplies are the right type and can carry the server's full load.
  • Racks and site — how many racks the servers need from their space and power, the PDU and switch choice, the power the site delivers per rack, and facility water for liquid-cooled servers and rack-scale systems.
  • Rack-scale systems — the power a system draws per rack against the site limit, facility water, and the factory deployment service that rack-scale systems must be ordered with.
  • Price and stated total — the full line-item build, the volume discount band, support and deployment, and the total the quote states against the total computed.

Any Corvane server and rack quote that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Corvane Systems and its products are fictional; every price, limit and threshold is invented for illustration. Not covered: other vendors, storage arrays, software licences and negotiated pricing.

The AI sales agentBuilds the server and rack quote from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
Parts that must fit the chassisOnly with care
Socket, cooling limit, memory slots, adapter, drive and supply limits are separate product rules for every platform, and each new platform needs its own set.		Each platform's limits are data in one model, and every line is checked against them on every call.
A fix that moves another figureOnly with workarounds
Swapping a processor or choosing a bigger PDU changes the price, the racks, the coolant units, deployment and support, so the quote trips the next rule and the stated total goes stale.		Every figure is recomputed from the whole request on each call, so a fix is seen against all the other rules and the new total.
Racks, power and cooling from every lineOnly with workarounds
The racks needed depend on the space and power of every server line together, and facility water depends on whether any line is liquid cooled, so each is a rule across lines.		Server lines, rack plan and site limits are in one request, so the rack count and the cooling check come from all lines at once.
A stated total that must match the computed totalOnly with workarounds
The total is built from servers, parts, racks, coolant units, discount band, support and deployment, so a separate rule has to recompute it and compare it with the stated figure.		The stated total is a field of the request and is compared with the computed total on every call.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved or a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: Aldric R9 8800 is rated 330 W; this chassis cools up to 280 W per processor.
2Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6: Aldric R7 7400 uses socket ALD4A but this platform takes MAR5B.
3Corvane Halcyon H210 Series 7: Zephra ZP200 PCIe 128GB is rated 560 W; this chassis cools up to 420 W per GPU.
410 liquid-cooled servers are on the quote but the site has no facility water for liquid cooling.
5Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 direct liquid cooled: 4 GPUs chosen; the GPU baseboard comes fully populated with 8.
6Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 air-cooled: Zephra ZP40 PCIe 40GB is a PCIe GPU; this platform takes HGX or OAM 8-GPU baseboards.
7A rack-scale system draws 128.0 kW per rack; the site delivers 90 kW per rack.
8Rack-scale systems ship as factory-integrated racks and must be ordered with the deployment service.
9Rack-scale systems are direct liquid cooled but the site has no facility water for liquid cooling.
10Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 direct liquid cooled: the server draws up to 10,680 W but its power supplies give 8,400 W with 2 kept as redundant spares.
111 rack chosen; these servers need at least 4 (up to 32.4 kW and 44 RU for servers per rack).
12Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: 40 DIMMs chosen but 2 processors give 28 slots.
13Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: Corvane DC 2800W 54VDC Titanium does not fit this platform (it takes FlexPower supplies).
14One Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 air-cooled draws 10.29 kW and is 6 RU; a rack here carries 7.0 kW and 44 RU for servers.
15The total the agent states ($528,307.50) differs from the total the validator computes ($533,307.50).
16Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: no processor chosen.
17Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: 3 processors chosen; the board has 2 sockets.
18Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: 6 network adapters chosen; the platform has 2 slots.
19Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: Corvane 6.4TB NVMe E3.S is a E3S drive; the bays take U2.
20Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: 12 drives chosen; the platform has 8 bays.
21Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: 4 power supplies chosen; the platform has 2 bays.
22Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 air-cooled: this is a GPU platform; choose its GPU baseboard.
23Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 air-cooled: 9 GPUs chosen; the platform has room for 8.
24Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: no memory chosen.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Research computing order: A research computing order of three server lines: 12 H215 servers, 4 liquid-cooled Titan T8 GPU servers and 6 H210 GPU servers, in 2 racks on 16 kVA feeds at a site without facility water

    
The agent's request. Please quote 12 Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6, each with 2 Aldric R7 7400, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 8 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF; and 4 Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 direct liquid cooled, each with 2 Marenko M5 9100, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 8 Zephra ZX400 HGX 256GB, 8 Pelorin PX8 800Gb, 4 Corvane 6.4TB NVMe E3.S; and 6 Corvane Halcyon H210 Series 7, each with 2 Aldric R7 7400, 16 Corvane 32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Zephra ZP200 PCIe 128GB, 1 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF, 2 Corvane DC 2800W 54VDC Titanium. Racking: Corvane Atlas 45U 800mm (use 2 racks), Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 16.0 kVA. The site has 36 kW per rack. Support: Corvane Assure Critical 5-year. Include the rack integration and deployment service. The total is $2,915,084.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Power supplies must carry the server load. Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 direct liquid cooled: the server draws up to 10,680 W but its power supplies give 8,400 W with 2 kept as redundant spares.
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  • Processor socket must match the platform. Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6: Aldric R7 7400 uses socket ALD4A but this platform takes MAR5B.
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  • Network adapters within the slots. Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6: 8 network adapters chosen; the platform has 6 slots.
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  • GPU within the chassis cooling limit. Corvane Halcyon H210 Series 7: Zephra ZP200 PCIe 128GB is rated 560 W; this chassis cools up to 420 W per GPU.
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  • Power supply type must fit the platform. Corvane Halcyon H210 Series 7: Corvane DC 2800W 54VDC Titanium does not fit this platform (it takes FlexPower supplies).
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  • Enough racks for the servers. 2 racks chosen; these servers need at least 6 (up to 16.0 kW and 44 RU for servers per rack).
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  • Liquid-cooled servers need facility water. 4 liquid-cooled servers are on the quote but the site has no facility water for liquid cooling.
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  • Stated total does not match. The total the agent states ($2,915,084.00) differs from the total the validator computes ($3,204,890.00).
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2. Research computing order: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 12 Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6, each with 2 Marenko M5 9100, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF; and 4 Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 direct liquid cooled, each with 2 Marenko M5 9100, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 8 Zephra ZX400 HGX 256GB, 8 Pelorin PX8 800Gb, 4 Corvane 6.4TB NVMe E3.S; and 6 Corvane Halcyon H210 Series 7, each with 2 Aldric R7 7400, 16 Corvane 32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Zephra ZP40 PCIe 40GB, 1 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF, 2 Corvane FlexPower 2000W Titanium. Racking: Corvane Atlas 45U 800mm (use 2 racks), Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 16.0 kVA. The site has 36 kW per rack and facility water available. Support: Corvane Assure Critical 5-year. Include the rack integration and deployment service. The total is $3,102,260.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Processor within the chassis cooling limit. Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6: Marenko M5 9100 is rated 380 W; this chassis cools up to 370 W per processor.
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  • Enough racks for the servers. 2 racks chosen; these servers need at least 6 (up to 16.0 kW and 44 RU for servers per rack).
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3. Research computing order: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 12 Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6, each with 2 Marenko M5 7300, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF; and 4 Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 direct liquid cooled, each with 2 Marenko M5 9100, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 8 Zephra ZX400 HGX 256GB, 8 Pelorin PX8 800Gb, 4 Corvane 6.4TB NVMe E3.S; and 6 Corvane Halcyon H210 Series 7, each with 2 Aldric R7 7400, 16 Corvane 32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Zephra ZP40 PCIe 40GB, 1 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF, 2 Corvane FlexPower 2000W Titanium. Racking: Corvane Atlas 45U 800mm (use 4 racks), Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 32.4 kVA 415V. The site has 36 kW per rack and facility water available. Support: Corvane Assure Critical 5-year. Include the rack integration and deployment service. The total is $3,135,410.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. 22 servers in 4 racks, 63.58 kW. Hardware list $2,803,100.00, volume discount 20%, hardware net $2,242,480.00, support $840,930.00, deployment $52,000.00, total $3,135,410.00.
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4. Compact virtualization cluster: 21 compact H110 servers for a virtualization cluster with a 330 W processor and five-year critical support

    
The agent's request. Please quote 21 Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7, each with 2 Aldric R9 8800, 16 Corvane 32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 1 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 2 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF. Racking: Corvane Atlas 42U 600mm, Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 16.0 kVA. The site has 36 kW per rack. Support: Corvane Assure Critical 5-year. The total is $835,384.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Processor within the chassis cooling limit. Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7: Aldric R9 8800 is rated 330 W; this chassis cools up to 280 W per processor.
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5. Compact virtualization cluster: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 21 Corvane Halcyon H110 Series 7, each with 2 Aldric R7 7400, 16 Corvane 32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 1 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 2 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF. Racking: Corvane Atlas 42U 600mm, Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 16.0 kVA. The site has 36 kW per rack. Support: Corvane Assure Critical 5-year. The total is $533,307.50. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. 21 servers in 1 rack, 15.98 kW. Hardware list $440,750.00, volume discount 12%, hardware net $387,860.00, support $145,447.50, deployment $0.00, total $533,307.50.
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6. Rack-scale systems: Two Zephra ZX72 rack-scale systems at a site that delivers 90 kW per rack, ordered without the deployment service

    
The agent's request. Please quote 2 Zephra ZX72 rack-scale systems by Corvane. The site has 90 kW per rack and facility water available. Support: Corvane Assure Complete 3-year. The total is $6,545,448.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Rack-scale system within the site power per rack. A rack-scale system draws 128.0 kW per rack; the site delivers 90 kW per rack.
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  • Rack-scale systems need the deployment service. Rack-scale systems ship as factory-integrated racks and must be ordered with the deployment service.
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7. Rack-scale systems: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote 2 Zephra ZX72 rack-scale systems by Corvane. The site has 140 kW per rack and facility water available. Support: Corvane Assure Complete 3-year. Include the rack integration and deployment service. The total is $6,571,448.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. 2 rack-scale systems, 256.0 kW. Hardware list $6,993,000.00, volume discount 28%, hardware net $5,034,960.00, support $1,510,488.00, deployment $26,000.00, total $6,571,448.00.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent prepares a configure-and-price quote for Corvane Halcyon servers, GPU servers and rack-scale systems, with racks, power feeds. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks the whole build against a declarative model of the product and site rules and returns a verdict, every reason and the total it computed.
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  2. Each tab is a different request. We will start with the first one.
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  3. The agent says. Please quote 12 Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6, each with 2 Aldric R7 7400, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 8 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3. Racking: Corvane Atlas 45U 800mm (use 2 racks), Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 16.0 kVA. The rest of the request is on screen. The total is $2,915,084.00.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with eight findings, all in one answer. Corvane Halcyon Titan T8 direct liquid cooled: the server draws up to 10,680 W but its power supplies give 8,400 W with 2 kept as redundant spares. Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6: Aldric R7 7400 uses socket ALD4A but this platform takes MAR5B. Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6: 8 network adapters chosen; the platform has 6 slots. The other five are on screen.
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  6. The validator returned eight blocking findings in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other and against the stated total.
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  7. What this shows: for a stated total that must match the computed total, a rules-based CPQ can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the server line 1 to 12 Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6, each with 2 Marenko M5 9100, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF, the server line 3 to 6 Corvane Halcyon H210 Series 7, each with 2 Aldric R7 7400, 16 Corvane 32GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Zephra ZP40 PCIe 40GB, 1 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF, 2 Corvane FlexPower 2000W Titanium, the facility water to yes and the total the agent states to $3,102,260.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. Still blocked, with two findings, all in one answer. Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6: Marenko M5 9100 is rated 380 W; this chassis cools up to 370 W per processor. 2 racks chosen; these servers need at least 6 (up to 16.0 kW and 44 RU for servers per rack).
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  12. Seven findings cleared; still blocked on enough racks for the servers, and newly found: processor within the chassis cooling limit.
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  13. The agent resubmits once more.
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  14. The revised request. It changes the server line 1 to 12 Corvane Halcyon H215 Series 6, each with 2 Marenko M5 7300, 24 Corvane 64GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM, 2 Corvane 25Gb 2-port OCP3, 4 Corvane 3.2TB NVMe SFF, the racks chosen to 4, the Rack PDU to Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 32.4 kVA 415V and the total the agent states to $3,135,410.
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  15. It calls the validator once more.
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  16. This time the validator clears it.
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  17. The validator also returns the line-item quote. It starts with Corvane Atlas 45U 800mm and Corvane G2 Metered 3-phase 32.4 kVA 415V; the other 22 lines are on screen.
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  18. Both earlier findings are cleared, and the validator's total, $3,135,410.00, matches the quote.
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  19. Eight problems caught in one call, fixed in two passes, and a clean $3,135,410 quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer.
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