Cumulus Linux

Feb 04, 2025

Accelerating AI Storage by up to 48% with NVIDIA Spectrum-X Networking Platform and Partners

AI factories rely on more than just compute fabrics. While the East-West network connecting the GPUs is critical to AI application performance, the storage...
7 MIN READ
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Mar 07, 2024

Simplifying Cumulus Linux Migrations

Migrating between major versions of software can present several challenges to the infrastructure management teams: Data format changes Feature deprecations...
5 MIN READ
Dec 11, 2023

Automating Data Center Networks with NVIDIA NVUE and Ansible

Data center automation dates to the early days of the mainframe, with operational efficiency topping the list of its benefits. Over the years, technologies have...
4 MIN READ
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Jun 21, 2023

Optimizing Ethernet-Based AI Management Fabrics with MLAG

For HPC clusters purposely built for AI training, such as the NVIDIA DGX BasePOD and NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, fine-tuning the cluster is critical to increasing and...
7 MIN READ
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May 29, 2023

Turbocharging Generative AI Workloads with NVIDIA Spectrum-X Networking Platform

Large language models (LLMs) and AI applications such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have recently seen rapid growth. Thanks to GPUs, CPUs, DPUs, high-speed storage, and...
8 MIN READ
May 09, 2023

Automating Data Center Networks with NVIDIA Cumulus Linux

With evolving and ever-growing data centers, the days of simple networks that remained mostly unchanged are gone. Back then, when a configuration change was...
4 MIN READ
May 04, 2023

Diagnosing Network Issues Faster with NVIDIA WJH

AI has seamlessly integrated into our lives and changed us in ways we couldn't even imagine just a few years ago. In the past, the perception of AI was...
10 MIN READ
Sep 28, 2022

Finding Out Where Your Application and Network Intersect

Modern data centers can run thousands of services and applications. When an issue occurs, as a network administrator, you are guilty by default. You have to...
4 MIN READ
Jul 21, 2022

Understanding the Need for Time-Sensitive Networking for Critical Applications

In the old days of 10 Mbps Ethernet, long before Time-Sensitive Networking became a thing, state-of-the-art shared networks basically required that packets...
10 MIN READ
Jun 23, 2022

Bridging the Divide Between CLI and Automation IT Teams with NVIDIA NVUE

When network engineers engage with networking gear for the first time, they do it through a command-line interface (CLI). While CLI is still widely used,...
3 MIN READ
Jun 01, 2022

Automate Network Monitoring and Reduce Downtime with the Latest Release of NVIDIA NetQ

NVIDIA NetQ is a highly scalable, modern networking operations tool providing actionable visibility for the NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet platform. It combines...
4 MIN READ
May 09, 2022

Migrating from Onyx to NVIDIA Cumulus Linux

Data center organizations are looking for more efficient, modern network architectures that can be managed, monitored, and deployed in a scalable...
3 MIN READ
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Sep 21, 2021

Getting Started with NVIDIA Networking

Looking to try open networking for free? Try NVIDIA Cumulus VX—a free virtual appliance that provides all the features of NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. You can...
2 MIN READ
Aug 12, 2021

Unlocking Operational Consistency with the NVIDIA User Experience CLI Object Model

Cumulus Linux 4.4 is the first release with the NVIDIA User Experience (NVUE), a brand new CLI for Cumulus Linux. Being excited about a new networking CLI...
5 MIN READ