# DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 DSpark — 2× GB10 / DGX Spark, TP=2 over RoCE. # # This variant uses eugr's prebuilt b12x image (eugr/spark-vllm-b12x) and # mirrors eugr's recipes/deepseek-v4-flash-0731.yaml on the b12x branch — the # stack published in NVIDIA forum comment #28: # https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/instructions-for-running-deepseek-v4-flash-with-dspark-using-eugrs-repo/376220/28 # ("While I'm working on integrating b12x into the build/test pipeline and # merging into main, I pushed prebuilt container as eugr/spark-vllm-b12x … # this version supports 3x Sparks with TP=3! To use, just add --tp 3.") # # Image: eugr/spark-vllm-b12x:sm121 — the prebuilt base with the # instanttensor-hybrid-draft-loader mod baked in at build time (see # docker-images/deepseek-v4-flash-eugr). eugr's recipe applies that mod via # run-recipe.sh --apply-mod; sm121 has no runtime mod-upload step for Docker # recipes, so the overlay patches vLLM's model_loader get_model() at image # build time instead. The recipe therefore carries no [mods] block. # # The mod keeps InstantTensor for the primary model while letting the embedded # dspark/MTP draft use lazy safetensors (avoids a second InstantTensor # GPU-streaming pass over the checkpoint). It activates only when # --load-format instanttensor is set (which this recipe does). # # Model: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 — official release; native # dspark_block_size = 5, so num_speculative_tokens = 5. # # Differences vs recipes/deepseek-v4-flash (aidendle94 production-3.75 image): # - attention backend B12X_MLA_SPARSE (eugr) vs FLASHINFER_MLA_SPARSE_DSV4 # - --linear-backend b12x + --load-format instanttensor (the mod's trigger) # - --reasoning-config pinned to deepseek_v4 parser w/ empty start/end strs # - draft_sample_method probabilistic + draft attention_backend B12X_MLA_SPARSE # - max_num_seqs=8 / batched=8192 / cudagraph=64 (eugr defaults) # - VLLM_USE_MEGA_AOT_ARTIFACT="-1" (eugr) vs "0" # # 3× Sparks (TP=3): bump tensor_parallel_size + required_nodes to 3 (the eugr # image supports it per comment #28). k=5 is unchanged (model-native). engine = "vllm" name = "DeepSeek V4 Flash DSpark (eugr b12x)" docker_image = "eugr/spark-vllm-b12x:sm121" model = "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731" required_nodes = 2 tensor_parallel_size = 2 pipeline_parallel_size = 1 distributed_backend = "mp" shm_size = "32gb" docker_image_dir = "deepseek-v4-flash-eugr" entrypoint = ["vllm", "serve"] args = [ "--kv-cache-dtype", "fp8", "--block-size", "256", "--load-format", "instanttensor", "--max-model-len", "auto", "--max-num-seqs", "8", "--max-num-batched-tokens", "8192", "--max-cudagraph-capture-size", "64", # 0.78, not higher: the SvangenStudios agent-serving benchmark (v0.1.1) on # this exact stack found "0.80 boots but dies under traffic". GMU is a KV # lever, not a safety lever, when weights dominate memory (~77.7 GiB of # ~119.6 GiB node). For interactive agent traffic prefer the # deepseek-v4-flash-eugr-agent profile (2048 chunk). See # specs/tech-architecture/dgx-spark-agent-serving-findings.md. "--gpu-memory-utilization", "0.78", "--served-model-name", "deepseek-v4-flash", # Engine backends — b12x across attention / MoE / linear "--attention-backend", "B12X_MLA_SPARSE", "--moe-backend", "b12x", "--linear-backend", "b12x", # Prefix caching "--enable-prefix-caching", # Compilation "--compilation-config", """ '{"cudagraph_mode":"FULL_AND_PIECEWISE","custom_ops":["all"]}'""", # DSpark speculative decoding — k=5 (DeepSeek-V4-Flash native # dspark_block_size). draft_sample_method per eugr recipe; draft attention # backend B12X_MLA_SPARSE. The baked mod makes the embedded draft load via # lazy safetensors while the target stays on InstantTensor. "--speculative-config", """ '{"method":"dspark","num_speculative_tokens":5,"draft_sample_method":"probabilistic","attention_backend":"B12X_MLA_SPARSE"}'""", # Tokenizer / reasoning — reasoning-config pins the parser + empty # reasoning markers (deepseek_v4 tokenizer mode emits them itself). "--tokenizer-mode", "deepseek_v4", "--tool-call-parser", "deepseek_v4", "--reasoning-parser", "deepseek_v4", "--reasoning-config", """ '{"reasoning_parser":"deepseek_v4","reasoning_start_str":"","reasoning_end_str":""}'""", "--enable-auto-tool-choice", "--generation-config", "vllm", "--default-chat-template-kwargs.thinking=true", "--default-chat-template-kwargs.reasoning_effort=high", "--disable-custom-all-reduce", "--trust-remote-code", ] # Persistent vLLM compile cache (speeds up restarts). Mounted at vLLM's # default cache root for root (/root/.cache/vllm); the HF cache is already # mounted at /root/.cache/huggingface by the launcher. [[extra_mounts]] host = "~/.cache/vllm-ds4-eugr" container = "/root/.cache/vllm" [env] # --- b12x + compile (from eugr's recipe env, verbatim) --- CUTE_DSL_ARCH = "sm_121a" VLLM_USE_AOT_COMPILE = "1" VLLM_USE_BREAKABLE_CUDAGRAPH = "0" VLLM_USE_MEGA_AOT_ARTIFACT = "-1" VLLM_MEMORY_PROFILE_INCLUDE_ATTN = "1" VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_SAMPLER = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_WO_PROJECTION = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_MHC = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_FP8_GEMM = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_MOE = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_SPARSE_INDEXER = "1" VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER = "1" B12X_MLA_SM120_UNIFIED = "1" B12X_MOE_FORCE_A8 = "1" # --- arch / memory / GPU isolation (operational on the sm121 cluster) --- TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "12.1a" PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF = "expandable_segments:True" OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4" CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES = "0" CUDA_DEVICE_ORDER = "PCI_BUS_ID" CUDA_CACHE_MAXSIZE = "4294967296" # --- offline --- HF_HUB_OFFLINE = "1" # --- NCCL overrides (GB10 single-NIC tuning; image-agnostic — mirrors # recipes/deepseek-v4-flash. The launcher still injects IB/HCA/socket # vars from the cluster config; these are recipe-level extras.) --- NCCL_P2P_LEVEL = "SYS" NCCL_CUMEM_ENABLE = "0" NCCL_IB_TIMEOUT = "24" NCCL_IB_QPS_PER_CONNECTION = "8" NCCL_BUFFERSIZE = "16777216" NCCL_SOCKET_FAMILY = "inet" # PCIe allreduce not needed on GB10 single-NIC VLLM_ENABLE_PCIE_ALLREDUCE = "0" VLLM_PCIE_ALLREDUCE_BACKEND = "cpp"