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topology.yaml(5) Slurm Configuration File topology.yaml(5) NAME topology.yaml - Slurm configuration file for the topology plugins DESCRIPTION topology.yaml is a YAML-formatted configuration file that defines mul- tiple network topologies for optimizing job resource allocation in Slurm. The file must be located in the same directory as slurm.conf. Any text following a "#" in this file is treated as a comment through the end of that line. Additional details are available in topology.conf(5) and in the Topol- ogy Guide: <https://slurm.schedmd.com/topology.html> NOTE: Slurm will first check for topology.yaml. If this file exists, topology.conf will be ignored. PARAMETERS Each topology contains the following attributes: topology Unique name of the topology, will be used to identify it on par- tition configurations. Must be the first attribute. cluster_default The first topology defined with cluster_default: true will be used for partitions without an explicitly specified topology and cluster-wide operations not tied to a partition (e.g., slurm- ctld-to-slurmd communication). Defaults to false. Each topology must also define exactly one of the following topology types: block This topology will use the topology/block plugin. Must contain additional fields, see below. flat If set to true, this topology will use the topology/flat plugin, which is the default if no TopologyPlugin or topology.yaml is specified. May also be set to a dictio- nary of options, see "Flat definitions" below. ring This topology will use the topology/ring plugin. Must contain additional fields, see below. torus3d This topology will use the topology/torus3d plugin. Must contain additional fields, see below. tree This topology will use the topology/tree plugin. Must contain additional fields, see below. Block definitions Each block topology contains the following attributes: block_sizes List of the planning base block size, alongside any higher-level block sizes that would be enforced. Successive BlockSizes must be a power of two larger than the prior values. blocks List of blocks available in this topology. Each block contains the following attributes: block The name of a block. This name is internal to Slurm and arbitrary. Each block should have a unique name. This field must be specified. nodes Child nodes of the named block. Tree definitions Each tree topology contains the following attribute: switches List of switches available in this topology. Each switch con- tains the following attributes: switch The name of a switch. This name is internal to Slurm and arbitrary. Each switch should have a unique name. This field must be specified and cannot be longer than 64 characters. children Child switches of the named switch. nodes Child nodes of the named leaf switch. Ring definitions Each ring topology contains the following attribute: rings List of rings available in this topology. Each ring contains the following attributes: ring The name of a ring. This name is internal to Slurm and arbitrary. Each ring should have a unique name. This field must be specified. nodes Ordered list of child nodes in the ring. A maximum of 16 nodes can be specified per ring. Torus3d definitions Each torus3d topology contains the following attribute: toruses List of 3D torus definitions. Each torus contains the following attributes: name The name of the torus. This name is internal to Slurm and arbitrary. Each torus should have a unique name. This field must be specified. dims The dimensions of the torus as an object with x, y, and z fields (each a positive integer). The product x*y*z de- fines the total number of coordinate cells in the torus. nodes Child nodes of the torus. Nodes are mapped to coordinates in x-major order (x varies fastest). Mutually exclusive with regions. regions List of regions within the torus that map subsets of co- ordinates to nodes. Mutually exclusive with nodes. Each region contains the following attributes: anchor Starting coordinate of the region as an object with x, y, and z fields. dims Size of the region as an object with x, y, and z fields. The region covers coordinates from anchor to anchor + dims - 1. The region must fit within the torus dimensions (no wrap-around). nodes Nodes to place in the region, mapped in x-major order within the region's coordinate range. placements List of allowed placement shapes for this torus. Jobs re- questing a number of nodes matching a placement size will be allocated as a contiguous sub-cube that may wrap around torus boundaries. Jobs that don't match any placement size will not receive an allocation. Each placement contains the following attributes: dims Dimensions of the placement shape as an object with x, y, and z fields. The product x*y*z defines the placement size (number of nodes). anchor_seed Optional starting coordinate offset for the anchor grid as an object with x, y, and z fields. Shifts the entire anchor grid by the given offset. De- faults to {0, 0, 0}. anchor_spacing Optional spacing between placement anchors as an object with x, y, and z fields. Controls how an- chor positions are generated across the torus. De- faults to the placement dims if not specified. Flat definitions Each flat topology may contain the following attribute: alpha_step_rank If set to true, sort the job's allocated nodes alphabetically by name when picking step nodes and laying out tasks. By default the order follows the internal node table index, which for dy- namically registered nodes reflects registration order rather than name order. EXAMPLE --- - topology: topo1 cluster_default: true tree: switches: - switch: sw_root children: s[1-2] - switch: s1 nodes: node[01-02] - switch: s2 nodes: node[03-04] - topology: topo2 cluster_default: false block: block_sizes: - 4 - 16 blocks: - block: b1 nodes: node[01-04] - block: b2 nodes: node[05-08] - block: b3 nodes: node[09-12] - block: b4 nodes: node[13-16] - topology: topo3 cluster_default: false flat: true - topology: topo3a cluster_default: false flat: alpha_step_rank: true - topology: topo4 cluster_default: false ring: rings: - ring: ring0 nodes: node[01-08] - ring: ring1 nodes: node[09-16] - topology: topo5 cluster_default: false torus3d: toruses: - name: pod1 dims: x: 4 y: 4 z: 2 nodes: node[01-32] placements: - dims: x: 2 y: 2 z: 1 - dims: x: 2 y: 2 z: 2 - dims: x: 4 y: 4 z: 2 COPYING Copyright (C) 2025 SchedMD LLC. This file is part of Slurm, a resource management program. For de- tails, see <https://slurm.schedmd.com/>. Slurm is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your op- tion) any later version. Slurm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. SEE ALSO slurm.conf(5), topology.conf(5) Slurm 26.05 Slurm Configuration File topology.yaml(5)
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