NVIDIA Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol (SHARP) Rev 3.13.0

General Information

SHARP Software is provided with the following package:

Package

Version

DOCA-Host

3.2.0

HPC-X

2.25

UFM (Aggregation Manager only)

6.23.0

UFM Enterprise Appliance

1.14

OpenSM

5.25.1

Device

Firmware/Software Version

NVIDIA Quantum

27.2014.2428

NVIDIA Quantum-2

31.2016.2054

NVIDIA Quantum-3

35.2016.2016

ConnectX-6

20.44.1xxx

ConnectX-6 DE

22.47.1026

ConnectX-7

28.47.1026

ConnectX-8

40.47.1026

Device

Capabilities and Limitations

NVIDIA Quantum

  • Supports both SHARP low latency and streaming aggregation operations.

  • Supports up to 126 aggregation trees in the subnet (63 low latency trees, and 63 streaming aggregation trees).

Note: The number of SHARP streaming aggregation operations is limited to one active tree per switch.

NVIDIA Quantum-2

  • Supports both SHARP low latency and streaming aggregation operations.

  • Supports up to 1023 aggregation trees in the subnet (511 low latency trees, and 511 streaming aggregation trees).

Note: Multiple SHARP streaming aggregation operations can be operated in parallel by a single Quantum-2 switch. The limit is one active tree per port.

ConnectX-6 and above

Supports both SHARP low latency and streaming aggregation operations.

For complete list of supported Operating Systems and platforms, please refer to list of operation systems and platforms supported by HPC-X and DOCA-Host.

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