# GLM-5.3-Flash NVFP4 — local-inference-lab quant (vLLM) — 2× DGX Spark, TP=2. # # local-inference-lab mixed quant: NVFP4 routed experts (layers 3–44, # group-16) + MXFP8 MTP experts (layer 45) + W4A4 input scales. Best agent # quant so far: tool-eval-bench 89/100 (vs 85 LibertAIDAI, 90 official FP8). # Model: https://huggingface.co/local-inference-lab/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4 # (~186 GB → 92.72 GiB weights/node; KV pinned at 10 GiB, see below) # # Image: glm53-flash-nvfp4-lab:local (docker-images/glm53-flash-nvfp4-lab/ — # day-0 arm64 image + NoPE-MLA mod + the four FujitsuPolycom lab-checkpoint # patches: model naming shim, modelopt MTP namespace fix, persistent_topk # CC-12.x guards). Their launch config is mirrored below. # PROVENANCE: https://github.com/FujitsuPolycom/glm53-flash-tp2-spark # (Apache-2.0; see patches/UPSTREAM.md) + forum 381350 #41. # # Deviations from their launch script (intentional): # * no --kda-prefill-backend flashkda (needs their base-image patch — skipped) # * --kv-cache-dtype fp8_ds_mla instead of `fp8` (same packed layout; this # spelling is what the NoPE-MLA mod booted with on the LibertAIDAI stack) # * --language-model-only + no mm-renderer patch/env (text-only) # * no bundled NCCL/LD_PRELOAD, no NCCL_* fabric block (our switched fabric # is configured via [nccl.ds4] + launcher GID auto-detect) # * no --moe-backend marlin: their proven stack uses the default backend for # THIS quant and reports clean evals. Sanity-check output for token loops # anyway (the silent FP4 MoE corruption gotcha) before trusting a new node. # * flashinfer autotune disabled via --kernel-config (their proven boot); # VLLM_ENGINE_READY_TIMEOUT_S stays high regardless. # # Boot success markers (engine log, in order): # "Model loading took 92.72 GiB" → "[quantprobe] ... algo=MXFP8" (MTP fix # active; algo=None means broken) → "GPU KV cache size: 1,164,369 tokens" → # "Application startup complete". ~700 s sequential weight load. # # Test request: chat completions need "chat_template_kwargs":{"reasoning_effort" # :"low"} — omitted/other values select MAX reasoning effort (empty content on # short max_tokens). # # Optional: instanttensor loader (~30 s weight load vs ~700 s): # FROM glm53-flash-nvfp4-lab:local + pip install --no-deps --no-build-isolation # instanttensor==0.1.9, then add --load-format instanttensor (--no-deps is # required: resolution would downgrade the image's NCCL). # # PREREQUISITES: weights cached on both nodes: # hf download local-inference-lab/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4 engine = "vllm" name = "GLM-5.3-Flash NVFP4-lab (vLLM, 2x Spark, MTP-3)" docker_image = "glm53-flash-nvfp4-lab:local" docker_image_dir = "glm53-flash-nvfp4-lab" model = "local-inference-lab/GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4" required_nodes = 2 tensor_parallel_size = 2 pipeline_parallel_size = 1 distributed_backend = "mp" shm_size = "32gb" args = [ # Stable served name — quant-agnostic (shared across glm53 quants) "--served-model-name", "glm53", "--trust-remote-code", "--distributed-executor-backend", "mp", # GMU is ONLY a startup guardrail here (KV pool is pinned below): 0.90 # demands 109.46 GiB free on GB10's 121.63 GiB, but driver reserve + # page cache routinely leave ~108.5 -> flaky # "Free memory ... less than desired" boot deaths (this was the class # of the old "54-second death"), and post-crash reruns see ~106.6 GiB. # 0.82 = 99.7 GiB, below any realistic dip; does NOT change what gets # allocated (weights ~93 + pinned KV 10 + activations). "--gpu-memory-utilization", "0.82", # Pinned 10 GiB KV (≈1.16M tokens) — GMU sizing has no headroom at # 92.72 GiB weights/node; pinning also keeps warmup off the swap path "--kv-cache-memory-bytes", "10737418240", "--kv-cache-dtype", "fp8_ds_mla", "--block-size", "256", "--max-model-len", "524288", "--max-num-seqs", "8", "--max-num-batched-tokens", "4096", "--enable-chunked-prefill", "--async-scheduling", "--enable-prefix-caching", "--disable-custom-all-reduce", # Their proven boot: no flashinfer autotune, no CuTe-DSL warmup "--kernel-config", """ '{"enable_cutedsl_warmup":false,"enable_flashinfer_autotune":false}'""", # MTP-3 draft from the MXFP8 layer-45 shard (needs modelopt.patch in image) "--speculative-config", """ '{"method":"mtp","num_speculative_tokens":3}'""", "--language-model-only", # MTP + CUDA graphs degrades OUTPUT QUALITY on the glm53 day-0 dev build # (forum #381350/#44, CONFIRMED by A/B bench 2026-08-28: same seed/flags, # graphs on = 89/100, eager = 92/100; decode unchanged 28.4 t/s @ c1, # c2 -7%, TTFT +1.6s). The b12x glm52 stack does NOT need this (its # graphs+MTP combo benches clean at 100/100) — bug is build-specific. "--enforce-eager", "--tool-call-parser", "glm47", "--enable-auto-tool-choice", "--reasoning-parser", "glm45", ] [env] HF_HUB_OFFLINE = "1" # NoPE-MLA rope-pad runtime gate (mod baked into the image) VLLM_MLA_NOPE_PAD_ROPE = "1" VLLM_ENGINE_READY_TIMEOUT_S = "3600" # Upstream launch-script env (memory + compile knobs) PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF = "expandable_segments:True" VLLM_USE_AOT_COMPILE = "0" TORCH_USE_RTLD_GLOBAL = "1" VLLM_NO_USAGE_STATS = "1" # Architecture (aarch64 / sm_121a DGX Spark) TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "12.1a" FLASHINFER_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "12.1f" CUTE_DSL_ARCH = "sm_121a" CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES = "121" OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4"