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NVIDIA DGX BasePOD: Deployment Guide Featuring NVIDIA DGX H200/H100 Systems

NVIDIA DGX BasePOD: Deployment Guide Featuring NVIDIA DGX H200/H100 Systems - Home NVIDIA DGX BasePOD: Deployment Guide Featuring NVIDIA DGX H200/H100 Systems - Home

NVIDIA DGX BasePOD: Deployment Guide Featuring NVIDIA DGX H200/H100 Systems

Table of Contents

Overview

  • Introduction
  • Hardware Overview
  • Networking
  • Software Overview
  • NFS Storage

BCM/Network Deployment

  • BCM Introduction
  • Network Deployment
  • BCM Headnodes Pre-install Preparation
  • BCM Headnodes Installation
  • Cluster Bring Up

BCM HA and NFS

  • BCM HA
  • Setup shared NFS storage.
  • Testing BCM HA

Deploying Workload Manager

  • Deploy Kubernetes
  • Compute network/ IB Interfaces Configuration

Cluster Validation

  • Validate the GPU status/health
  • Validate the system topology/NVlink
  • Validate the GPU/RDMA access within the container
  • Validate the node level NCCL test with 8 GPUs
  • Validate the cluster level NCCL test with 4 nodes and 32 GPUs

Appendix

  • Site Survey
  • Switch Configurations
  • Validate the system topology/NVlink

Validate the system topology/NVlink#

Using cmsh run the following command

root@bcm10-headnode1:~# cmsh
[bcm10-headnode1]%device
[bcm10-headnode1]% pexec -c dgx-h100 -j "nvidia-smi topo -m"
bcm10-headnode1->device]% pexec -c dgx-h100 -j "nvidia-smi topo -m"
[dgx-01..dgx-04]
76 NICs found in the topology, only displaying 56 in the matrix.
            GPU0    GPU1    GPU2    GPU3    GPU4    GPU5    GPU6    GPU7    NIC0    NIC1    NIC2    NIC3    NIC4    NIC5    NIC6    NIC7    NIC8    NIC9    NIC10   NIC11   NIC12   NIC13   NIC14   NIC15   NIC16   NIC17   NIC18   NIC19   NIC20   NIC21   NIC22   NIC23   NIC24   NIC25   NIC26   NIC27   NIC28   NIC29   NIC30   NIC31   NIC32   NIC33   NIC34   NIC35   NIC36   NIC37   NIC38   NIC39   NIC40   NIC41   NIC42   NIC43   NIC44   NIC45   NIC46   NIC47   NIC48   NIC49   NIC50   NIC51   NIC52   NIC53   NIC54   NIC55   CPU Affinity    NUMA Affinity   GPU NUMA ID
GPU0         X          NV18        NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    PXB     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     0-55,112-167    0               N/A
GPU1        NV18     X          NV18        NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     0-55,112-167    0               N/A
GPU2        NV18    NV18     X          NV18        NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     0-55,112-167    0               N/A
GPU3        NV18    NV18    NV18     X          NV18        NV18    NV18    NV18    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     0-55,112-167    0               N/A
GPU4        NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18     X          NV18        NV18    NV18    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     PXB     NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    56-111,168-223  1               N/A
GPU5        NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18     X          NV18        NV18    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     PXB     56-111,168-223  1               N/A
GPU6        NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18     X          NV18        SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    56-111,168-223  1               N/A
GPU7        NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18    NV18     X          SYS SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    56-111,168-223  1               N/A
NIC0        PXB     NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS      X      NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     PIX     PIX     PIX     PIX     PIX     PIX     PIX     PIX     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS
NIC1        NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE     X      PIX     NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    NODE    SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS     SYS

Verify the NVLink (NV18) status for GPU to GPU interconnect

Reference: Nvidia System Management Interface

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