Deployment Guide Revision History

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Revision	Date	Description
3.4.0	August 07, 2023	Added UFM Appliance Firewall Settings under sharp_am Network Interfaces Updated Dynamic vs. Static Allocation Mode Updated Dynamic Trees Allocation Algorithms Added Operating NVIDIA SHARP with PKeys Under NVIDIA SHARP Collective Library: Updated `SHARP_COLL_JOB_QUOTA_PAYLOAD_PER_OST` flag description Updated the default value of `SHARP_COLL_OSTS_PER_GROUP` flag Updated `SHARP_COLL_SAT_LOCK_BATCH_SIZE` flag description Added the default value for `SHARP_COLL_NUM_COLL_GROUP_RESOURCE_ALLOC_THRESHOLD` flag Updated the default value for `SHARP_COLL_ENABLE_MCAST_TARGET` flag Updated `SHARP_COLL_POLL_BATCH` description Added the default value for `SHARP_COLL_ERROR_CHECK_INTERVAL` Updated `SHARP_COLL_JOB_PRIORITY` flag description Updated `SHARP_COLL_ENABLE_PCI_RELAXED_ORDERING` flag description
3.3.0	May 1, 2023	Added Configuring Dynamic Trees Allocation Mode Added SHARP Application Awareness Updated Operating NVIDIA SHARP in Dynamic Trees Allocation Mode Updated smx_sock_interface entry under Network Interfaces Configuration table in sharp_am Network Interfaces
3.1.1	November 30, 2022	Added SHARP Cleanup.
3.1.0	October 31, 2022	Added Operating NVIDIA SHARP in Dynamic Trees Allocation Mode Updated Modifying NVIDIA SHARP Aggregation Manager Configuration Updated Aggregation Trees Diagnostics under Testing NVIDIA SHARP Setup
2.7.0	May 3, 2022	Updated Setup Requirements under Setting up NVIDIA SHARP Environment Updated NVIDIA Hardware Capabilities and Limitations under Setting up NVIDIA SHARP Environment Updated Running NVIDIA SHARP Aggregation Manager (AM) Daemons Updated Number of Simultaneous Streaming Aggregation Flows under Disabling SHARP on Specific Network Devices in OpenSM Added NVIDIA SHARP Configuration Flags under NVIDIA SHARP Collective Library Added NCCL_IBEXT_DISABLE under Control Flags in Using NVIDIA SHARP with NVIDIA NCCL
2.6.1	December 5, 2021	Updated the following sections: Updated NVIDIA Hardware Capabilities and Limitations Updated the SHARP_COLL_ENABLE_SAT flag in NVIDIA SHARP Streaming Aggregation Updated SHARP variables and added NCCL SHARP Plugin variables in Control Flags
2.5.0	August 04, 2021	Added sections: NVIDIA Hardware Capabilities and Limitations Disabling SHARP on Specific Network Devices in OpenSM Updated the following tables: NVIDIA SHARP Streaming Aggregation SHARP Miscellaneous Tuning
2.4.3	May 02, 2021	Restructured the deployment guide in its entirety.