Add aggregate mode support to AIDynamo workload - #982
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In `@src/cloudai/workloads/ai_dynamo/ai_dynamo.py`:
- Around line 583-586: Update the aggregate-mode branch in the constraint-check
function so it skips only decode/split-specific validation while still executing
prefill GPU-capacity validation, including tp_times_pp_le_gpus_per_node. Remove
the unconditional early return and preserve the existing aggregate-mode handling
for checks that do not apply.
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In `@src/cloudai/workloads/ai_dynamo/ai_dynamo.py`:
- Around line 245-251: Update the vLLM setup in the workload configuration so
aggregate mode assigns prefill_worker the combined command “python3 -m
dynamo.vllm” instead of the prefill-only command, while preserving the existing
disaggregated behavior and model assignments. Add a test that verifies the
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| if self.mode == "aggregate" and self.backend.lower() != "vllm": | ||
| raise ValueError("AI Dynamo aggregate mode is currently supported only for the vLLM backend") | ||
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| if self.backend.lower() == "vllm": | ||
| self.prefill_worker.args.model = self.model | ||
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| self.decode_worker.args.model = self.model |
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Launch a combined vLLM worker in aggregate mode.
When mode == "aggregate", use python3 -m dynamo.vllm for prefill_worker. The current --is-prefill-worker command registers only the prefill endpoint, so aggregate mode cannot provide the backend/decode service. Add a test for the aggregate --prefill-cmd value.
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In `@src/cloudai/workloads/ai_dynamo/ai_dynamo.py` around lines 245 - 251, Update
the vLLM setup in the workload configuration so aggregate mode assigns
prefill_worker the combined command “python3 -m dynamo.vllm” instead of the
prefill-only command, while preserving the existing disaggregated behavior and
model assignments. Add a test that verifies the aggregate prefill command value.
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In aggregate mode a single vLLM worker handles both prefill and decode on the same node(s), as opposed to disaggregated mode where separate prefill and decode workers run on distinct nodes. Changes: - ai_dynamo.py: add mode field (aggregate|disaggregate, default disaggregate) to AIDynamoArgs; skip decode worker model population and constraint checks in aggregate mode - slurm_command_gen_strategy.py: zero out decode node count and omit --decode-* CLI args when mode=aggregate - ai_dynamo.sh: guard decode TP/PP validation and workers-per-node calculation when no decode nodes are configured; fall back to prefill node as frontend-node in aggregate mode Tested on Lyris GB200: aggregate (1 node, prefill 1/1 decode 0/0) and disaggregated (2 nodes, prefill 1/1 decode 1/1) both pass.
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I'm curious about the overall need for this PR as it is possible to run agg inference for both vLLM and SGLang with the given scenario (reference Agg vLLM + SGLang scenario TOMLname = "dynamo-aggregate-multinode"
job_status_check = false
[[Tests]]
id = "test.aggregate.vllm.multinode"
test_name = "vLLM"
time_limit = "00:10:00"
[Tests.cmd_args]
# Legacy aggregate topology: disable the dedicated prefill workers and
# run combined prefill/decode workers from the decode worker configuration.
[Tests.cmd_args.dynamo.prefill_worker]
num-nodes = 0
[Tests.cmd_args.dynamo.decode_worker]
num-nodes = 2
[[Tests]]
id = "test.aggregate.sglang.multinode"
test_name = "sglang"
time_limit = "00:10:00"
[Tests.cmd_args]
# Legacy aggregate topology: disable the dedicated prefill workers and
# run combined prefill/decode workers from the decode worker configuration.
[Tests.cmd_args.dynamo.prefill_worker]
num-nodes = 0
[Tests.cmd_args.dynamo.decode_worker]
num-nodes = 2
[Tests.cmd_args.dynamo.decode_worker.args]
# Override the decode-only value inherited from test/sglang.toml.
disaggregation-mode = "null"
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this is too much of a syntax sugar
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| backend: Literal["vllm", "sglang", "sglang_dsr1"] = "vllm" | ||
| mode: Literal["aggregate", "disaggregated"] = "disaggregated" |
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why not just agg / disagg? this will also eliminate the potential confusion between -e and -ed suffix (apparently your typing has aggregatE but disaggregatED)
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| if self.mode == "aggregate" and self.backend.lower() != "vllm": | ||
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let's omit this validation. if one day aggregate mode will be supported by sglang/trt-llm I don't want CloudAI code to be the blocker
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In aggregate mode, a single vLLM worker handles both prefill and decode on the same node(s). This is opt-in and keeps the existing disaggregated
behavior as the default.
Changes:
ai_dynamo.py: addmodetoAIDynamoArgswith supported valuesaggregateanddisaggregated; keepdisaggregatedas the default;normalize legacy spelling
disaggregatetodisaggregated; restrict aggregate mode to vLLM.ai_dynamo.py: skip decode-worker model population and split-worker constraint checks only whenmode = "aggregate".slurm_command_gen_strategy.py: preserve legacy/disaggregated command generation by omitting--dynamo-modefor default configs; omit--decode-*args only whenmode = "aggregate".ai_dynamo.sh: initialize role defaults centrally; support zero decode nodes in aggregate mode; use the prefill node asfrontend-nodewhen nodecode node exists.
--dynamo-mode; addaggregate-mode coverage for decode-arg omission and node-count behavior.
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worker args.