Highlights:

• Kueue becomes the officially supported workload scheduler for A3U.
• New blueprints added for A3U (GKE/GCS) as well as H4d VMs and Slurm examples.
• SlurmGCP module enhanced with advanced machine features/plugins deprecated.

What's Changed

Key New Features 🎉

• Promote Kueue as the only workload scheduling solution for A3U and adopt the same in NCCL tests by @annuay-google in Promote Kueue as the only workload scheduling solution for A3U and adopt the same in NCCL tests #3534
• Add a3u-gke-gcs blueprint by @samskillman in Add a3u-gke-gcs blueprint #3454
• Add H4d vm blueprint by @abbas1902 in Add H4d vm blueprint #3578
• Add H4d Slurm cluster example by @abbas1902 in Add H4d Slurm cluster example #3586

Module Improvements 🔨

• SlurmGCP. Deprecate enable_smt, add advanced_machine_features by @mr0re1 in SlurmGCP. Deprecate enable_smt, add advanced_machine_features #3525
• Adding a note to use of Private Service Access module by @RachaelSTamakloe in Adding a note to use of Private Service Access module #3527
• Remove unnecessary constraint on static+dynamic with placement by @mr0re1 in Remove unnecessary constraint on static+dynamic with placement #3574
• Adding var.provisioning_model to vm-instance module by @RachaelSTamakloe in Adding var.provisioning_model to vm-instance module #3588

Improvements 🛠

• Fixing validation block error in Filestore module by @RachaelSTamakloe in Fixing validation block error in Filestore module #3528
• Updating location for gke-managed-hyperdisk test by @RachaelSTamakloe in Updating location for gke-managed-hyperdisk test #3536
• Updating A3 Ultra JBVM blueprint README documentation by @RachaelSTamakloe in Updating A3 Ultra JBVM blueprint README documentation #3552
• Untangle exclusive and enable_placement, update examples. by @mr0re1 in Untangle exclusive and enable_placement, update examples. #3362
• Added support for clean target to remove gcluster binary and the ghpc… by @nadig-google in Added support for clean target to remove gcluster binary and the ghpc… #3577
• Improve GKE service account posture by aligning with GKE best practices by @parulbajaj01 in Improve GKE service account posture by aligning with GKE best practices #3571
• Adding ray operator addon support for GKE cluster creation by @raushan2016 in Adding ray operator addon support for GKE cluster creation #3584
• Add integration test for a3ultra-vm.yaml by @RachaelSTamakloe in Add integration test for a3ultra-vm.yaml #3579
• Replace Spack w/ Enroot/pyxis for NCCL tests by @samskillman in Replace Spack w/ Enroot/pyxis for NCCL tests #3589
• Fixed naming for deployment name in test to fit in size limit by @parulbajaj01 in Fixed naming for deployment name in test to fit in size limit #3591
• Upgrade default kueue version to v0.10.0 by @ighosh98 in Upgrade default kueue version to v0.10.0 #3581

Deprecations 💤

• Deprecate Slurm GCP plugins. by @mr0re1 in Deprecate Slurm GCP plugins. #3535

Version Updates ⏫

• Update Minimum terraform version in Makefile from 1.2 to 1.5.7 by @RachaelSTamakloe in Update Minimum terraform version in Makefile from 1.2 to 1.5.7 #3526
• update minimum terraform version to support check block by @SwarnaBharathiMantena in update minimum terraform version to support check block #3565
• Update NCCL plugin to v1.0.3 in A3U by @akiki-liang0 in Update NCCL plugin to v1.0.3 in A3U #3594

New Contributors

• @guspan-tanadi made their first contribution in docs(DDN-EXAScaler): current links caption #3562
• @nadig-google made their first contribution in Added support for clean target to remove gcluster binary and the ghpc… #3577
• @raushan2016 made their first contribution in Adding ray operator addon support for GKE cluster creation #3584

Full Changelog: v1.45.1...v1.46.0