Description

MindSpore distributed training launch helper utility that will generate hccl config file.

hccl_tools.py

This script is used to generate a rank_table_file for single server by using hccl_tool or read /etc/hccn.conf.

Usage

python hccl_tools.py --device_num "[0,8)"

output:

hccl_[device_num]p_[which device]_[server_ip].json

Note

Please note that the Ascend accelerators used must be continuous, such [0,4) means to use four chips 0，1，2，3; [0,1) means to use chip 0; The first four chips are a group, and the last four chips are a group. In addition to the [0,8) chips are allowed, other cross-group such as [3,6) are prohibited.

--visible_devices means the visible devices according to the software system. Usually used in the virtual system or docker container that makes the device_id dismatch logic_id. --device_num uses logic_id. For example "4,5,6,7" means the system has 4 logic chips which are actually the last 4 chips in hardware while --device_num could only be set to "[0, 4)" instead of "[4, 8)"

hccl_tools used /etc/hccn.conf to generate rank_table_file. /etc/hccn.conf is the configuration file about ascend accelerator resources. If you are using an entirely new server without setting up NIC ip for device, you could refer to this Chinese guide or this English guide to generate hccn.conf.

merge_hccl

This script is used to merge server rank_table_file for single server into one file for the cluster.

Usage

python merge_hccl.py hccl_1.json hccl_2.json
# or
python merge_hccl.py hccl*.json

output:

hccl_[server_count]s_[rank_size]p.json

Note

Please note that, the server order in the output config file comes from the order of input file list.

For example, running python merge_hccl.py hccl_1.json hccl_2.json. The 8 devices in hccl_1.json will be rank 0~7, and the 8 devices in hccl_2.json will be rank 8~15.

While running with wildcard, the exact order is not determined, which is decided by the system. Usually this will result in dictionary order just like ls command, but we still suggest you check the result carefully if the order does matter in your situation.