Getting Started with Bow Pod and IPU-POD Systems

This guide provides information to help you get started using a Bow Pod or IPU-POD system to run a simple IPU program.

• 1. Pod overview
  • 1.1. About Pod systems
  • 1.2. Poplar SDK
  • 1.3. V-IPU software
• 2. Software installation
  • 2.1. Installing the Poplar SDK
  • 2.2. Installing the V-IPU command-line tools
  • 2.3. Installations for PyTorch and TensorFlow
• 3. Preparing for running a program
  • 3.1. Enable the Poplar SDK
  • 3.2. Establishing connectivity with the V-IPU controller
    • 3.2.1. Using command line options
    • 3.2.2. Using environment variables
  • 3.3. Creating a partition
• 4. Running a Poplar program on your Pod
• 5. Hardware and software monitoring
  • 5.1. Command line tools
  • 5.2. Trace output
  • 5.3. Execution profiling
• 6. Next steps
  • 6.1. Documentation
  • 6.2. Running applications in Docker
  • 6.3. Tutorials, examples and applications
  • 6.4. Other support
• 7. Trademarks & copyright