Deployment Guide Revision History

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.