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V-IPU User Guide
Version: 1.15.1
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1. Scope of the document
    • 1.2. Structure of the document
  • 2. Concepts and architecture
    • 2.1. Architecture
  • 3. Getting started
    • 3.1. Installing the V-IPU client
    • 3.2. V-IPU configuration
    • 3.3. Creating partitions
  • 4. Partitions
    • 4.1. Overview
    • 4.2. Creating a reconfigurable partition
      • 4.2.1. Limitations
    • 4.3. Creating a preconfigured partition
    • 4.4. IPU selection
    • 4.5. Displaying partition information
      • 4.5.1. Partition state
      • 4.5.2. Provisioning state
    • 4.6. IPUoF environment variables
    • 4.7. IPUoF configuration files
      • 4.7.1. Creating an IPUoF configuration file
      • 4.7.2. Sharing access to devices
    • 4.8. Removing a partition
    • 4.9. Routing configuration
      • 4.9.1. Intra-GCD sync configuration
    • 4.10. Multi-GCD partitions
      • 4.10.1. Multi-host IPUoF configuration
        • Multi-host IPUoF configuration files
      • 4.10.2. Intra-GCD sync configuration
      • 4.10.3. Inter-GCD sync configuration
      • 4.10.4. Crossing IPU-Link domains
  • 5. Integration with Slurm
    • 5.1. Configuring Slurm to use V-IPU select plugin
    • 5.2. Configuration parameters
    • 5.3. The V-IPU job submission plugin
    • 5.4. An example Slurm Controller configuration
    • 5.5. Job submission and parameters
      • 5.5.1. Job script examples
  • 6. Integration with Kubernetes
    • 6.1. Components and design
    • 6.2. Package contents
    • 6.3. Deploying the software
      • 6.3.1. Prerequisites
      • 6.3.2. Installation
        • Installing the CRDs
        • Installing the Operator
        • Multiple V-IPU controller support
        • Verify the installation is successful
      • 6.3.3. Uninstall
      • 6.3.4. Upgrading the Helm Chart
    • 6.4. Configurations
    • 6.5. Creating an IPUJob
      • 6.5.1. Interactive mode
      • 6.5.2. Mounting data volumes for an IPUJob
      • 6.5.3. Automatic restarts
      • 6.5.4. Clean up Kubernetes resources and IPU partitions
    • 6.6. Debugging problems
      • 6.6.1. How does the IPU Operator work?
      • 6.6.2. Debugging
    • 6.7. IPU usage statistics
    • 6.8. Operator Metrics
    • 6.9. Known limitations
  • 7. Command line reference
    • 7.1. Resource types
    • 7.2. Global options
      • 7.2.1. Using a configuration file
      • 7.2.2. Using environment variables
    • 7.3. Create partition
      • 7.3.1. Syntax
      • 7.3.2. Examples
      • 7.3.3. Options
    • 7.4. Get partition
      • 7.4.1. Syntax
      • 7.4.2. Examples
      • 7.4.3. Options
    • 7.5. List allocation
      • 7.5.1. Syntax
      • 7.5.2. Examples
      • 7.5.3. Options
    • 7.6. List IPUs
      • 7.6.1. Supported options
    • 7.7. List partition
      • 7.7.1. Syntax
      • 7.7.2. Examples
      • 7.7.3. Options
    • 7.8. Remove a partition
      • 7.8.1. Syntax
      • 7.8.2. Examples
      • 7.8.3. Options
    • 7.9. Reset partition
      • 7.9.1. Syntax
      • 7.9.2. Examples
      • 7.9.3. Options
    • 7.10. Bash completion
      • 7.10.1. Syntax
      • 7.10.2. Examples
      • 7.10.3. Options
    • 7.11. Zsh completion
      • 7.11.1. Syntax
      • 7.11.2. Examples
      • 7.11.3. Options
  • 8. Revision history
  • 9. Trademarks & copyright
V-IPU User Guide

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