Predictika · Supermicro servers and racks

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

An AI sales agent prepares a quote for Supermicro servers and racks: platform, processors, memory, GPUs, adapters, drives, power supplies, racks, power and cooling, support. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the configuration rules and returns a verdict, every reason, the figures it computed and, for a quote that can proceed, the line-item quote itself.

Scope: Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H, SYS-222H and AS-2126HS servers, SYS-821GE, SYS-822GS, SYS-422GS-LCC and AS-8126GS GPU systems, and the GB300 NVL72 SuperCluster rack, with racks, power, cooling, support and deployment. See everything this validator covers

This validator checks AI-drafted quotes for Supermicro servers and racks: the Hyper SYS-122H-TN and SYS-222H-TN, the H14 Hyper AS-2126HS-TN, the GPU systems SYS-821GE-TNHR, SYS-822GS-NB3RT, SYS-422GS-NBRT-LCC and AS-8126GS-TNMR, and the GB300 NVL72 SuperCluster rack, together with the racks, power distribution, top-of-rack switches, cooling, support and deployment quoted around them. It does not price or configure any other Supermicro product line.

  • CPU and socket compatibility — processor socket and per-processor power limit against what each Supermicro platform supports.
  • Power-supply capacity — the draw of the whole server against the capacity of its power supplies with the redundant ones held back.
  • GPU baseboard and cooling limits — full-population requirements and per-GPU power limit by chassis.
  • Liquid cooling and facility fit — facility water for liquid-cooled systems, and power and space per rack, including the racks needed.
  • Rack-scale and slot limits — factory-integrated rack-scale deployment rules, power per rack for rack-scale systems, network adapter slots and drive-bay type.
  • Quote totals — volume discount band, support plan and deployment, and the total price and power the agent states, compared with what the validator computes.

The validator handles any case involving these Supermicro servers and racks — any combination of platform, processor, memory, GPU, adapter, drive, power supply and rack that touches the checks above — not only the scenarios shown on this page.

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.

8 scenarios in 4 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

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

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
Processor socket and power limit that differ by platform (a LGA7529, 500 W processor in a LGA4710 chassis that cools 350 W)Only with care
A lookup rule per platform for socket and per-processor limit. Works, but every new platform or processor adds rules that someone must keep in step.		One catalog table; the check follows from the platform chosen, in any order.
A server that draws more than its power supplies can carry once redundant ones are held backOnly with workarounds
Needs the draw of the processors, memory, GPUs, adapters and drives added up per server, then compared with supplies minus the redundant ones. Doable with chained formulas and summary variables, and fragile when any input changes.		Computed from the model and checked on every line of every call.
A GPU rated above what the chassis can cool (HGX B300 at 1,100 W in a 1,000 W chassis)Easy
A straightforward product rule once the per-GPU limit is a field on the platform and the GPU.		Same, from the catalog.
Racks needed from space and power, with PDU capacity and the site limit per rackOnly with workarounds
Needs rack units, power per server, PDU capacity, switch space and the site limit combined, then rounded up. Rules-based CPQ tools rarely compute this; reps often guess.		Computed from the model; the racks chosen are checked against it.
Facility water, power per rack and the deployment service for liquid-cooled and rack-scale systemsOnly with care
Separate validation rules against site fields. Fine if the site fields are always filled in; silent if they are left blank.		Each is a check in the same model; all findings come back together.
A quote that states a total or power different from what the build givesOnly with care
A validation rule can compare a stated figure with a calculated field, but only if the stated figure is a field on the quote, which it rarely is.		The stated figures travel with the quote and are compared with the computed ones 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 live runs
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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; warnings and notes are computed alongside. These are the findings returned in the live runs behind this page: the eight scenarios plus four extra checks.

    
1Processor does not fit this server. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: Intel Xeon 6 6980P uses socket LGA7529 but this platform takes LGA4710.
2Processor runs too hot for this server. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: Intel Xeon 6 6980P is rated 500 W; this chassis cools up to 350 W per processor.
3Power supplies too small for the server. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: the server draws up to 1300 W but its power supplies give 1200 W with 1 kept as a redundant spare.
4GPU runs too hot for this server. Supermicro SYS-422GS-NBRT-LCC: NVIDIA HGX B300 288GB is rated 1100 W; this chassis cools up to 1000 W per GPU.
5Rack-scale system needs more power per rack. A rack-scale system draws 135 kW per rack; the site delivers 120 kW per rack.
6Rack-scale system needs the deployment service. Rack-scale systems ship as factory-integrated racks and must be ordered with the deployment service.
7Quoted power does not match. The quote states 7 kW total power; the validator computes 8.4 kW.
8Quoted total does not match. The quote states a total of $250,000.00; the validator computes $262,200.00.
9Too many network adapters. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: 4 network adapters chosen; the platform has 3 slots.
10Drives do not fit the bays. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: Supermicro 7.68TB NVMe E1.S is an E1.S drive; the bays take U.2 drives.
11Liquid-cooled servers need facility water. 4 liquid-cooled servers are on the quote but the site has no facility water for liquid cooling.
12Too few racks chosen. 1 rack chosen; these servers need at least 2 (up to 57.5 kW and 47 RU for servers per rack).
13Memory channels filled unevenly. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: 20 DIMMs across 16 memory channels leaves them unevenly filled; use a multiple of 16 for full bandwidth.
14Memory runs slower with two modules per channel. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: two DIMMs per channel; memory runs at 6000 MT/s instead of 6400 MT/s.
15Air-cooled racks above the comfort zone. Air-cooled racks average 51.33 kW; above 30 kW air cooling usually needs rear-door heat exchangers or hot-aisle containment.

  

  

    
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. Processor and power supply limits: Ten 1U servers with a high-core-count processor

    
The agent's request. Please quote ten Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN servers, each with two Intel Xeon 6 6980P processors, sixteen 32 GB DDR5 memory modules, one Supermicro AIOM 25 Gb dual-port adapter and two 3.84 TB U.2 NVMe drives, with onsite next-business-day support for 3 years. The quote shows a total price of $516,120.00 and a total power of 13 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
2. Processor and power supply limits: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote ten Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN servers, each with two Intel Xeon 6 6737P processors, sixteen 32 GB DDR5 memory modules, one Supermicro AIOM 25 Gb dual-port adapter and two 3.84 TB U.2 NVMe drives, with onsite next-business-day support for 3 years. The quote shows a total price of $262,200.00 and a total power of 8.4 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
3. GPU servers and power supplies: Six GPU servers on standard power supplies

    
The agent's request. Please quote six Supermicro Hyper SYS-222H-TN GPU servers, each with two Intel Xeon 6 6737P processors, sixteen 64 GB DDR5 memory modules, four NVIDIA L40S GPUs, one Supermicro AIOM 25 Gb dual-port adapter and four 3.84 TB U.2 NVMe drives, with onsite next-business-day support for 5 years. The quote shows a total price of $459,110.08 and a total power of 14.17 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
4. GPU servers and power supplies: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote six Supermicro Hyper SYS-222H-TN GPU servers, each with two Intel Xeon 6 6737P processors, sixteen 64 GB DDR5 memory modules, four NVIDIA L40S GPUs, one Supermicro AIOM 25 Gb dual-port adapter, four 3.84 TB U.2 NVMe drives and two 2600 W power supplies, with onsite next-business-day support for 5 years. The quote shows a total price of $462,679.36 and a total power of 14.17 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
5. Liquid-cooled GPU racks: Eight liquid-cooled GPU servers with deployment

    
The agent's request. Please quote eight Supermicro SYS-422GS-NBRT-LCC liquid-cooled GPU servers, each with two Intel Xeon 6 6787P processors, sixteen 64 GB DDR5 memory modules, eight NVIDIA HGX B300 GPUs, eight NVIDIA ConnectX-7 400 Gb adapters and four 7.68 TB E1.S drives. Place them in Supermicro 48U racks with four 57.5 kVA PDUs per rack and NVIDIA Spectrum-X SN5600 switches, at a site with facility water and 80 kW per rack, with factory rack integration and deployment and onsite 4-hour mission-critical support for 3 years. The quote shows a total price of $4,253,390.08 and a total power of 89.12 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
6. Liquid-cooled GPU racks: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote eight Supermicro SYS-422GS-NBRT-LCC liquid-cooled GPU servers, each with two Intel Xeon 6 6787P processors, sixteen 64 GB DDR5 memory modules, eight NVIDIA HGX B200 GPUs, eight NVIDIA ConnectX-7 400 Gb adapters and four 7.68 TB E1.S drives. Place them in Supermicro 48U racks with four 57.5 kVA PDUs per rack and NVIDIA Spectrum-X SN5600 switches, at a site with facility water and 80 kW per rack, with factory rack integration and deployment and onsite 4-hour mission-critical support for 3 years. The quote shows a total price of $3,733,198.08 and a total power of 82.72 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
7. Rack-scale systems and site power: Two GB300 NVL72 racks at a 120 kW site

    
The agent's request. Please quote two Supermicro GB300 NVL72 SuperCluster racks, at a site with facility water that delivers 120 kW per rack, with onsite 4-hour mission-critical support for 3 years. The quote shows a total price of $7,059,168.00 and a total power of 270 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
8. Rack-scale systems and site power: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote two Supermicro GB300 NVL72 SuperCluster racks, at a site with facility water that delivers 150 kW per rack, with factory rack integration and deployment and onsite 4-hour mission-critical support for 3 years. The quote shows a total price of $7,089,168.00 and a total power of 270 kW. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
  

  

    
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 quote for Supermicro servers and racks: platform, processors, memory, and more. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the configuration rules and returns a verdict, every reason, the figures it computed and, for a quote that can proceed, the line-item quote itself.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please quote ten Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN servers, each with two Intel Xeon 6 6980P processors, sixteen 32 GB DDR5 memory modules. The quote shows a total price of $516,120.00 and a total power of 13 kW. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with three findings, all in one answer. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: Intel Xeon 6 6980P uses socket LGA7529 but this platform takes LGA4710. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: Intel Xeon 6 6980P is rated 500 W; this chassis cools up to 350 W per processor. Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN: the server draws up to 1300 W but its power supplies give 1200 W with 1 kept as a redundant spare.
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  6. The validator returned three 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.
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  7. What this shows: for a server that draws more than its power supplies can carry once redundant ones are held back, 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 processor to Intel Xeon 6 6737P, the quoted total price to $262,200 and the quoted total power to 8.4 kW.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. The validator also returns the line-item quote. It starts with Supermicro Hyper SYS-122H-TN and Intel Xeon 6 6737P; the other seven lines are on screen.
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  13. All three earlier findings are cleared, and the validator's total, $262,200.00, matches the quote.
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  14. Three problems caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean $262,200 quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer.
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