{"id":92749,"date":"2024-12-12T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T22:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/blog\/?p=92749"},"modified":"2025-07-24T19:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T02:22:39","slug":"an-introduction-to-nvidia-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/blog\/an-introduction-to-nvidia-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulate Real-World Data Centers in the Cloud with NVIDIA Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The advent of AI has introduced a new type of data center, the AI factory<\/em>, purpose-built from the ground up to handle AI workloads. AI workloads can significantly vary in scope and scale, but in every case, the network is key to ensuring high performance and faster time to value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To accelerate time to AI and offer enhanced return on investment, NVIDIA Air<\/a> enables organizations to build digital twins of network infrastructure. In the cloud-based NVIDIA Air interface, you can model each switch, adapter, and cable in your AI factory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This digital twin provides a virtual environment for testing and validating network provisioning, automation, security policies, and more. Network admins can get started with these Day 0 operations before a single piece of hardware has shipped.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NVIDIA difference<\/i><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NVIDIA Air specifically targets simulating real-world data center environments. It offers the immense speed, resources, and networking functions needed to perform such feats. You can spin up new servers in seconds, and tens or even hundreds in a matter of minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also provides different network operating systems to install on your switches, including NVIDIA Cumulus and SONiC, from a wide range of versions. You can even bring your own into NVIDIA Air if you like. You can integrate your simulation with handy networking tools such as NetQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NVIDIA Air is designed to remove the need for a hypervisor, which can be a great bottleneck of resources and time. It requires no hardware, compatibility, or integration requirements. It is cloud-based and runs right in your browser. You don\u2019t have to install or download any software. You can even log into NVIDIA Air from your cell phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NVIDIA Air is a platform built by the networking experts of the world. You can be confident in the NVIDIA commitment to your success with the following resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Comprehensive documentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fully baked, preconfigured marketplace labs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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