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About this Document

This document describes the design requirements and implementation of an AI cluster infrastructure connecting AMD MI300X GPU servers and Vast Storage systems, based on AI-optimized Juniper Data Center Juniper QFX5240 series switches, which are configured and managed by Juniper Apstra and Terraform automation. As part of this solution, both Broadcom Thor2 and AMD Pollara network interface cards (NICs) have been validated for compatibility and performance.

All validation tests were conducted in Juniper’s AI Innovation Lab in Sunnyvale, CA, USA. In this open lab, Juniper collaborates closely with customers and technology partners to develop AI solutions and test deployments for a range of AI applications and models.

The AI Innovation Lab allows customers to see AI training and inference in action. Juniper performs these tests running both customer-specific models as well as those from MLCommons for MLPerf performance benchmarking and comparisons.

Nomenclature: For brevity, AMD Pensando Pollara 400 NIC will be referred to as AMD Pollara NIC throughout thisdocument.