Deployment Guide Revision History

3.11.0

May 08, 2025

• Added 

3.10.3

February 06, 2025

• Modified Operating NVIDIA SHARP in Dynamic Trees Allocation Mode

• Modified 

3.10.2

December 24, 2024

N/A

3.9.0

November 07, 2024

• Added the following new sections:(3.11.0) Using NVIDIA SHARP with UCC(3.11.0) sharp_am Telemetry(3.11.0) HCA-to-TOR Benchmark Tool

• Replaced most instances of MLNX_OFED with DOCA-Host throughout the document.

3.8.0

August 14, 2024

• Modified SHARP Application Awareness title to SHARP Reservation - see SHARP Reservation

• Modified Operating NVIDIA SHARP in Dynamic Trees Allocation Mode

• Modified SHARP Reservation

• Modified Operating NVIDIA SHARP with PKeys

3.7.0

May 5, 2024

In , updated the following parameters: 

• smx_ to smx_sock_addr_family

• ucx_interface to smx_ucx_interface

3.6.0

February 8, 2023

N/A

3.5.0

November 7, 2023

• Added 

• Updated 

3.4.0

August 07, 2023

• Added UFM Appliance Firewall Settings under 

• Updated Dynamic vs. Static Allocation Mode

• Updated Dynamic Trees Allocation Algorithms

• Added Operating NVIDIA SHARP with PKeys

• Under :Updated SHARP_COLL_JOB_QUOTA_PAYLOAD_PER_OST flag descriptionUpdated the default value of SHARP_COLL_OSTS_PER_GROUP flagUpdated SHARP_COLL_SAT_LOCK_BATCH_SIZE flag descriptionAdded the default value for SHARP_COLL_NUM_COLL_GROUP_RESOURCE_ALLOC_THRESHOLD flagUpdated the default value for SHARP_COLL_ENABLE_MCAST_TARGET flagUpdated SHARP_COLL_POLL_BATCH descriptionAdded the default value for SHARP_COLL_ERROR_CHECK_INTERVALUpdated SHARP_COLL_JOB_PRIORITY flag descriptionUpdated SHARP_COLL_ENABLE_PCI_RELAXED_ORDERING flag description

3.3.0

May 1, 2023

• Added Configuring Dynamic Trees Allocation Mode

• Added SHARP Reservation

• Updated Operating NVIDIA SHARP in Dynamic Trees Allocation Mode

• Updated smx_sock_interface entry under Network Interfaces Configuration table in

3.1.1

November 30, 2022

Added 

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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 

• Updated Number of Simultaneous Streaming Aggregation Flows under

• Added NVIDIA SHARP Configuration Flags under 

• Added NCCL_IBEXT_DISABLE under Control Flags in

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