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NVIDIA AI Data Platform Reference Architecture Addendum for AI on Supermicro SYS-212GB-FNR with Everpure FlashBlade NFS
NVIDIA AI Data Platform Reference Architecture Addendum for AI on Supermicro SYS-212GB-FNR with Everpure FlashBlade NFS
This reference architecture addendum defines a repeatable, scalable storage design for Kubernetes-based AI using Supermicro SYS-212GB-FNR systems, Spectro Cloud PaletteAI, and Everpure FlashBlade. FlashBlade//S or FlashBlade//EXA provides NFS over RDMA, enabling direct memory transfers that reduce CPU overhead and latency while increasing AI training and inference throughput. The design uses BlueField-3 or ConnectX-7 adapters, Spectrum-X Ethernet, Ubuntu 22.04, Kubernetes 1.33.5, Cilium 1.18.1, and Canonical MAAS. PaletteAI automates bare-metal and cluster deployment. Kubernetes workloads access FlashBlade through RDMA-enabled PersistentVolumes without requiring a CSI driver. The document also specifies network topology, software versions, mount options, and PaletteAI profile changes requi
