NVIDIA Deep Learning NCCL Documentation
Release Notes (PDF) - v2.17.1 - Last updated April 6, 2023

NCCL Release 2.12.7

This is the NCCL 2.12.7 release notes. For previous NCCL release notes, refer to the NCCL Archives.

Compatibility

NCCL 2.12.7 has been tested with the following:

Key Features and Enhancements

This NCCL release includes the following key features and enhancements.

  • Added NVLink-optimized network communication to keep traffic rail-local (PXN).

  • Improved alltoall latency by aggregating messages within a node to a given destination.

  • Added new v5 plugin API with grouped receives and tags, keeping compatibility for v4 plugins.

  • Added naming of NCCL threads to help debugging.

  • Added support for Relaxed Ordering for IB.

  • Added profiling and timing infrastructure.

Fixed Issues

The following issues have been resolved in NCCL 2.12.7:
  • Fixed NVLink detection and avoid data corruption when some NVLinks are down.