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To enable SHARP (Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol) aggregation using theNCCL-SHARP plugin, the following two environment variables are required:

NCCL_COLLNET_ENABLE=1

Enables NCCL’s support for CollNet (Collective Network) operations, including SHARP.

NCCL_SHARP_AUTOINIT=1

Automatically initializes the SHARP plugin when available, activating SHARP-based collectives.

From theNVIDIA NCCL User Guide – SHARP Plugin Section:

"NCCL_COLLNET_ENABLE must be set to enable collective network acceleration features."

"NCCL_SHARP_AUTOINIT enables automatic SHARP plugin integration at NCCL runtime."

Incorrect Options:

B. NCCL_ALGO=CollNet– This variable controls the algorithm used for collectives but does not enable SHARP.

C. NCCLSPECTRUM_ENABLE– This is not a documented NCCL variable.

EVPN Multi-homingenablesactive-active redundancy without inter-switch linksby usingoverlay routingover VXLAN and distributed control plane using BGP EVPN.

From the officialNVIDIA Cumulus Linux EVPN Multihoming Documentation:

"EVPN multihoming allows multiple Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches to connect to the same server while maintaining full layer-2 redundancy without the need for inter-switch links or traditional MLAG configuration."

Key benefits:

Simplified topology (no ISL/peer-link needed)

BGP-based control plane

Fast convergence

Active-active links per host NIC

Incorrect Options:

MLAGrequires ISL between switches and peer-link configuration.

VSS(Virtual Switching System) is a Cisco term, not supported in NVIDIA networking.

InDPU Mode, theARM cores on BlueFieldown theNIC data path, while still allowing thehost system to access the DPU OS (via OOB or virtio).

From NVIDIA BlueField Documentation:

"In DPU Mode, the data path is offloaded to the BlueField Arm cores, enabling advanced security and networking functions, while still allowing host access to the BlueField OS."

This is different from:

NIC Mode: Data path controlled by host, ARM cores inactive.

Separated Host Mode: Complete isolation; host cannot access DPU OS.

Restricted Mode: Limited host access to DPU OS, but without full offload capabilities.