Build a New-Cluster GPU Topology and Bandwidth Acceptance Validator
Parse DCGM link telemetry during burn-in. Validate empirical cluster topology against hardware manifests and generate acceptance reports using hosted Claude to identify miswired or underperforming interconnects.
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Parse DCGM link telemetry during burn-in. Validate empirical cluster topology against hardware manifests and generate acceptance reports using hosted Claude to identify miswired or underperforming interconnects.
Cluster Infrastructure Hardware Engineer
Ingest initial NVLink CRC rates and PCIe bandwidth telemetry from newly racked cluster nodes.
Compare empirical communication latency and link matrices against the expected hardware procurement manifest.
Query hosted Claude API to synthesize a burn-in acceptance report identifying miswired links.
Output a cluster acceptance JSON payload to unblock inventory provisioning or trigger recabling.
Terminal CLI and automated JSON report generator for cluster provisioning.
Synthetic simplified app records of DCGM fabric error logs, PCIe AER records, and JSON hardware procurement manifests. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.
NVIDIA DCGM exporter Uses DCGM exporter telemetry counters to validate NVLink error metrics and PCIe throughput against manifests.
pydantic-ai, anthropic-claude, fastapi. Validates structured multi-GPU topology link matrices and enforces acceptance schema definitions. Hosted Claude API for burn-in diagnostics; strictly remote API calls.
Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.
Identifies specific GPU-to-GPU link pairs failing bandwidth expectations during burn-in.
Distinguishes between manifest mismatches and physical connector degradation.
Outputs concrete hardware remediation steps (e.g., recable NVLink topology).
Produces valid acceptance validation JSON payloads without live restarts.
```json [ { "input": { "node_name": "compute-dgx-new-14", "expected_manifest_bandwidth_gbps": 450, "gpu_pairs": [ { "gpu_a": 0, "gpu_b": 1, "nvlink_crc_errors": 0, "bandwidth_gbps": 450 }, { "gpu_a": 2, "gpu_b": 3, "nvlink_crc_errors": 184, "bandwidth_gbps": 75.2 } ] }, "expected_output": { "node_status": "FAILED_BURN_IN", "impacted_link": "GPU_2_TO_GPU_3", "error_type": "BANDWIDTH_MISMATCH", "technician_repair_plan": [ "Inspect physical NVLink mezzanine connector between socket 2 and socket 3.", "Clean optical pins and reseat link module prior to re-running burn-in suite." ], "severity": "BLOCKING" } }, { "input": { "node_name": "compute-dgx-new-15", "expected_manifest_bandwidth_gbps": 450, "gpu_pairs": [ { "gpu_a": 0, "gpu_b": 1, "nvlink_crc_errors": 0, "bandwidth_gbps": 450 }, { "gpu_a": 1, "gpu_b": 2, "nvlink_crc_errors": 0, "bandwidth_gbps": 450 } ] }, "expected_output": { "node_status": "ACCEPTED", "impacted_link": null, "error_type": "NONE", "technician_repair_plan": [], "severity": "NONE" } } ] ```
Read-only telemetry and manifest analysis. Does not perform physical power-cycling. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.
Participation guide
Read-only telemetry and manifest analysis. Does not perform physical power-cycling. Use mock external writes and human review.
How work is evaluated
Identifies specific GPU-to-GPU link pairs failing bandwidth expectations during burn-in. Distinguishes between manifest mismatches and physical connector degradation. Outputs concrete hardware remediation steps (e.g., recable NVLink topology). Produces valid acceptance validation JSON payloads without live restarts.
Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.
Challenge datasets
Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.
How submissions are scored
These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.
Complete workflow
Ingest initial NVLink CRC rates and PCIe bandwidth telemetry from newly racked cluster nodes. Compare empirical communication latency and link matrices against the expected hardware procurement manifest. Query hosted Claude API to synthesize a burn-in acceptance report identifying miswired links. Output a cluster acceptance JSON payload to unblock inventory provisioning or trigger recabling.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Correctness and evidence
Identifies specific GPU-to-GPU link pairs failing bandwidth expectations during burn-in. Distinguishes between manifest mismatches and physical connector degradation. Outputs concrete hardware remediation steps (e.g., recable NVLink topology). Produces valid acceptance validation JSON payloads without live restarts.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Review interface
Terminal CLI and automated JSON report generator for cluster provisioning.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Safe execution
Read-only telemetry and manifest analysis. Does not perform physical power-cycling.
This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.
What you should walk away with
Ingest initial NVLink CRC rates and PCIe bandwidth telemetry from newly racked cluster nodes.
Compare empirical communication latency and link matrices against the expected hardware procurement manifest.
Query hosted Claude API to synthesize a burn-in acceptance report identifying miswired links.
Output a cluster acceptance JSON payload to unblock inventory provisioning or trigger recabling.
Reference links and supporting material
Synthetic simplified app records of DCGM fabric error logs, PCIe AER records, and JSON hardware procurement manifests. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.
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Pydantic AI
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- Ingest initial NVLink CRC rates and PCIe bandwidth telemetry from newly racked cluster nodes. Compare empir...
- Identifies specific GPU-to-GPU link pairs failing bandwidth expectations during burn-in. Distinguishes betw...
- Terminal CLI and automated JSON report generator for cluster provisioning.
- 2 public reference cases
- 2 configured tools
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- Pydantic AI · Optional
- Pydantic AI · Optional
Evaluation contract
- Complete workflow · Weight 40
- Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
- Review interface · Weight 20
- Safe execution · Weight 10
Reference cases
- 2 public reference cases
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