Which step belongs in third-party storage bring-up?
Why D is the answer
Configure initial parameters for the cluster's use
Third-party storage bring-up includes configuring its initial parameters for the cluster.
In detail
- NVIDIA lists configuring initial parameters for third-party storage.
- Follow the vendor's guide.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A storage system needs its initial settings for the cluster before it can be used.
See it in different ways
mindmap
root((Verification))
Compute
HPL
ClusterKit
Fabric
NCCL
Signal quality
Versions
Switches
BlueField
Transceivers
Storage
fioflowchart LR S0["Rack it"] --> S1["Configure parameters"] --> S2["Test"]
Key point: Configure initial storage parameters.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Disable the storage network for each of the nodes
- Nodes need the storage network.
- B. Replace the shared storage with node-local disks
- That replaces the storage.
- C. Install Slurm on the storage array's controller
- Storage arrays do not run Slurm.