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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ to set up the execution environment. To achieve the best performance,
please follow the methods outlined in the
[Optimizing Training Platform Guide](https://docs.habana.ai/en/latest/PyTorch/Model_Optimization_PyTorch/Optimization_in_Training_Platform.html).

## Configure a new environment
# --8<-- [end:requirements]
# --8<-- [start:configure-a-new-environment]

### Environment verification

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vault.habana.ai/gaudi-docker/1.18.0/ubuntu22.04/habanalabs/pytorch-installer-2.4.0:latest
```

# --8<-- [end:requirements]
# --8<-- [end:configure-a-new-environment]
# --8<-- [start:set-up-using-python]

# --8<-- [end:set-up-using-python]
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| 0 | 0 | torch.compile |
| 0 | 1 | PyTorch eager mode |
| 1 | 0 | HPU Graphs |
<figcaption>vLLM execution modes</figcaption>

!!! warning
In 1.18.0, all modes utilizing `PT_HPU_LAZY_MODE=0` are highly experimental and should be only used for validating functional correctness. Their performance will be improved in the next releases. For obtaining the best performance in 1.18.0, please use HPU Graphs, or PyTorch lazy mode.
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# --8<-- [start:installation]

[AWS Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/) is the software development kit (SDK) used to run deep learning and
generative AI workloads on AWS Inferentia and AWS Trainium powered Amazon EC2 instances and UltraServers (Inf1, Inf2, Trn1, Trn2,
and Trn2 UltraServer). Both Trainium and Inferentia are powered by fully-independent heterogeneous compute-units called NeuronCores.
[AWS Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/) is the software development kit (SDK) used to run deep learning and
generative AI workloads on AWS Inferentia and AWS Trainium powered Amazon EC2 instances and UltraServers (Inf1, Inf2, Trn1, Trn2,
and Trn2 UltraServer). Both Trainium and Inferentia are powered by fully-independent heterogeneous compute-units called NeuronCores.
This tab describes how to set up your environment to run vLLM on Neuron.

!!! warning
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- Accelerator: NeuronCore-v2 (in trn1/inf2 chips) or NeuronCore-v3 (in trn2 chips)
- AWS Neuron SDK 2.23

## Configure a new environment
# --8<-- [end:requirements]
# --8<-- [start:configure-a-new-environment]

### Launch a Trn1/Trn2/Inf2 instance and verify Neuron dependencies

The easiest way to launch a Trainium or Inferentia instance with pre-installed Neuron dependencies is to follow this
The easiest way to launch a Trainium or Inferentia instance with pre-installed Neuron dependencies is to follow this
[quick start guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/general/setup/neuron-setup/multiframework/multi-framework-ubuntu22-neuron-dlami.html#setup-ubuntu22-multi-framework-dlami) using the Neuron Deep Learning AMI (Amazon machine image).

- After launching the instance, follow the instructions in [Connect to your instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html) to connect to the instance
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source /opt/aws_neuronx_venv_pytorch_2_6_nxd_inference/bin/activate
```

Refer to the [NxD Inference Setup Guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/nxdi-setup.html)
Refer to the [NxD Inference Setup Guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/nxdi-setup.html)
for alternative setup instructions including using Docker and manually installing dependencies.

!!! note
NxD Inference is the default recommended backend to run inference on Neuron. If you are looking to use the legacy [transformers-neuronx](https://github.com/aws-neuron/transformers-neuronx)
library, refer to [Transformers NeuronX Setup](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/transformers-neuronx/setup/index.html).
NxD Inference is the default recommended backend to run inference on Neuron. If you are looking to use the legacy [transformers-neuronx](https://github.com/aws-neuron/transformers-neuronx)
library, refer to [Transformers NeuronX Setup](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/transformers-neuronx/setup/index.html).

# --8<-- [end:requirements]
# --8<-- [end:configure-a-new-environment]
# --8<-- [start:set-up-using-python]

# --8<-- [end:set-up-using-python]
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VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE="neuron" pip install -e .
```

AWS Neuron maintains a [Github fork of vLLM](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2) at
[https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2), which contains several features in addition to what's
AWS Neuron maintains a [Github fork of vLLM](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2) at
[https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2), which contains several features in addition to what's
available on vLLM V0. Please utilize the AWS Fork for the following features:

- Llama-3.2 multi-modal support
- Multi-node distributed inference
- Multi-node distributed inference

Refer to [vLLM User Guide for NxD Inference](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/vllm-user-guide.html)
Refer to [vLLM User Guide for NxD Inference](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/vllm-user-guide.html)
for more details and usage examples.

To install the AWS Neuron fork, run the following:
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[](){ #feature-support-through-nxd-inference-backend }
### Feature support through NxD Inference backend

The current vLLM and Neuron integration relies on either the `neuronx-distributed-inference` (preferred) or `transformers-neuronx` backend
to perform most of the heavy lifting which includes PyTorch model initialization, compilation, and runtime execution. Therefore, most
[features supported on Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/feature-guide.html) are also available via the vLLM integration.
The current vLLM and Neuron integration relies on either the `neuronx-distributed-inference` (preferred) or `transformers-neuronx` backend
to perform most of the heavy lifting which includes PyTorch model initialization, compilation, and runtime execution. Therefore, most
[features supported on Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/feature-guide.html) are also available via the vLLM integration.

To configure NxD Inference features through the vLLM entrypoint, use the `override_neuron_config` setting. Provide the configs you want to override
To configure NxD Inference features through the vLLM entrypoint, use the `override_neuron_config` setting. Provide the configs you want to override
as a dictionary (or JSON object when starting vLLM from the CLI). For example, to disable auto bucketing, include
```console
override_neuron_config={
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--override-neuron-config "{\"enable_bucketing\":false}"
```

Alternatively, users can directly call the NxDI library to trace and compile your model, then load the pre-compiled artifacts
(via `NEURON_COMPILED_ARTIFACTS` environment variable) in vLLM to run inference workloads.
Alternatively, users can directly call the NxDI library to trace and compile your model, then load the pre-compiled artifacts
(via `NEURON_COMPILED_ARTIFACTS` environment variable) in vLLM to run inference workloads.

### Known limitations

- EAGLE speculative decoding: NxD Inference requires the EAGLE draft checkpoint to include the LM head weights from the target model. Refer to this
[guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/feature-guide.html#eagle-checkpoint-compatibility)
for how to convert pretrained EAGLE model checkpoints to be compatible for NxDI.
- Quantization: the native quantization flow in vLLM is not well supported on NxD Inference. It is recommended to follow this
[Neuron quantization guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/custom-quantization.html)
- Quantization: the native quantization flow in vLLM is not well supported on NxD Inference. It is recommended to follow this
[Neuron quantization guide](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/libraries/nxd-inference/developer_guides/custom-quantization.html)
to quantize and compile your model using NxD Inference, and then load the compiled artifacts into vLLM.
- Multi-LoRA serving: NxD Inference only supports loading of LoRA adapters at server startup. Dynamic loading of LoRA adapters at
- Multi-LoRA serving: NxD Inference only supports loading of LoRA adapters at server startup. Dynamic loading of LoRA adapters at
runtime is not currently supported. Refer to [multi-lora example](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/blob/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2/examples/offline_inference/neuron_multi_lora.py)
- Multi-modal support: multi-modal support is only available through the AWS Neuron fork. This feature has not been upstreamed
to vLLM main because NxD Inference currently relies on certain adaptations to the core vLLM logic to support this feature.
- Multi-node support: distributed inference across multiple Trainium/Inferentia instances is only supported on the AWS Neuron fork. Refer
to this [multi-node example](https://github.com/aws-neuron/upstreaming-to-vllm/tree/neuron-2.23-vllm-v0.7.2/examples/neuron/multi_node)
to run. Note that tensor parallelism (distributed inference across NeuronCores) is available in vLLM main.
- Known edge case bug in speculative decoding: An edge case failure may occur in speculative decoding when sequence length approaches
max model length (e.g. when requesting max tokens up to the max model length and ignoring eos). In this scenario, vLLM may attempt
to allocate an additional block to ensure there is enough memory for number of lookahead slots, but since we do not have good support
for paged attention, there isn't another Neuron block for vLLM to allocate. A workaround fix (to terminate 1 iteration early) is
- Known edge case bug in speculative decoding: An edge case failure may occur in speculative decoding when sequence length approaches
max model length (e.g. when requesting max tokens up to the max model length and ignoring eos). In this scenario, vLLM may attempt
to allocate an additional block to ensure there is enough memory for number of lookahead slots, but since we do not have good support
for paged attention, there isn't another Neuron block for vLLM to allocate. A workaround fix (to terminate 1 iteration early) is
implemented in the AWS Neuron fork but is not upstreamed to vLLM main as it modifies core vLLM logic.


### Environment variables
- `NEURON_COMPILED_ARTIFACTS`: set this environment variable to point to your pre-compiled model artifacts directory to avoid
- `NEURON_COMPILED_ARTIFACTS`: set this environment variable to point to your pre-compiled model artifacts directory to avoid
compilation time upon server initialization. If this variable is not set, the Neuron module will perform compilation and save the
artifacts under `neuron-compiled-artifacts/{unique_hash}/` sub-directory in the model path. If this environment variable is set,
but the directory does not exist, or the contents are invalid, Neuron will also fallback to a new compilation and store the artifacts
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### Provision Cloud TPUs with GKE

For more information about using TPUs with GKE, see:

- <https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/tpus>
- <https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/tpus>
- <https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/concepts/plan-tpus>

## Configure a new environment
# --8<-- [end:requirements]
# --8<-- [start:configure-a-new-environment]

### Provision a Cloud TPU with the queued resource API

Create a TPU v5e with 4 TPU chips:

```console
gcloud alpha compute tpus queued-resources create QUEUED_RESOURCE_ID \
--node-id TPU_NAME \
--project PROJECT_ID \
--zone ZONE \
--accelerator-type ACCELERATOR_TYPE \
--runtime-version RUNTIME_VERSION \
--service-account SERVICE_ACCOUNT
--node-id TPU_NAME \
--project PROJECT_ID \
--zone ZONE \
--accelerator-type ACCELERATOR_TYPE \
--runtime-version RUNTIME_VERSION \
--service-account SERVICE_ACCOUNT
```

| Parameter name | Description |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| QUEUED_RESOURCE_ID | The user-assigned ID of the queued resource request. |
| TPU_NAME | The user-assigned name of the TPU which is created when the queued |
| TPU_NAME | The user-assigned name of the TPU which is created when the queued resource request is allocated. |
| PROJECT_ID | Your Google Cloud project |
| ZONE | The GCP zone where you want to create your Cloud TPU. The value you use |
| ACCELERATOR_TYPE | The TPU version you want to use. Specify the TPU version, for example |
| RUNTIME_VERSION | The TPU VM runtime version to use. For example, use `v2-alpha-tpuv6e` for a VM loaded with one or more v6e TPU(s). For more information see [TPU VM images](https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/runtimes). |
<figcaption>Parameter descriptions</figcaption>
| ZONE | The GCP zone where you want to create your Cloud TPU. The value you use depends on the version of TPUs you are using. For more information, see [TPU regions and zones] |
| ACCELERATOR_TYPE | The TPU version you want to use. Specify the TPU version, for example `v5litepod-4` specifies a v5e TPU with 4 cores, `v6e-1` specifies a v6e TPU with 1 core. For more information, see [TPU versions]. |
| RUNTIME_VERSION | The TPU VM runtime version to use. For example, use `v2-alpha-tpuv6e` for a VM loaded with one or more v6e TPU(s). For more information see [TPU VM images]. |
| SERVICE_ACCOUNT | The email address for your service account. You can find it in the IAM Cloud Console under *Service Accounts*. For example: `tpu-service-account@<your_project_ID>.iam.gserviceaccount.com` |

Connect to your TPU using SSH:

```bash
gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm ssh TPU_NAME --zone ZONE
```

# --8<-- [end:requirements]
[TPU versions]: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/runtimes
[TPU VM images]: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/runtimes
[TPU regions and zones]: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/docs/regions-zones

# --8<-- [end:configure-a-new-environment]
# --8<-- [start:set-up-using-python]

# --8<-- [end:set-up-using-python]
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