General Information | NVIDIA Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol (SHARP)

Packages Provided with SHARP

SHARP Software is provided with the following package:

Package	Version
HPC-X	2.26
UFM (Aggregation Manager only)	6.24.1
UFM Enterprise Appliance	1.15.1
OpenSM	5.26.0

Prerequisites

Device	Firmware/Software Version
NVIDIA Quantum	27.2014.2428
NVIDIA Quantum-2	31.2016.2054
NVIDIA Quantum-3¹	35.2016.2016
ConnectX-6	20.44.1xxx
ConnectX-6 DE	22.48.1000
ConnectX-7	28.48.1000
ConnectX-8	40.48.1000

Support limited to NVIDIA Quantum-3 based XDR Q34xx‑RA InfiniBand Switch.

NVIDIA Hardware Capabilities and Limitations

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.

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.

Supported Operating Systems and Platforms

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

Last updated: May 04, 2026