tf.experimental.dtensor.initialize_accelerator_system | TensorFlow v2.16.1 (original) (raw)

Initializes accelerators and communication fabrics for DTensor.

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tf.experimental.dtensor.initialize_multi_client, tf.experimental.dtensor.initialize_tpu_system

tf.experimental.dtensor.initialize_accelerator_system(
    device_type: Optional[str] = None,
    enable_coordination_service: Optional[bool] = True,
    num_logical_cpu_devices: Optional[int] = None,
    experimental_reset_context: Optional[bool] = False,
    experimental_enable_megcore: Optional[bool] = False
) -> str

DTensor configures TensorFlow to run in the local mode or multi-client mode.

In local mode, a mesh can only use devices attached to the current process.
In multi-client mode, a mesh can span across devices from multiple clients.

If DTENSOR_JOBS is non-empty, DTensor configures TensorFlow to run in the multi-client mode using the distributed runtime. In multi-client mode devices on different clients can communicate with each other.

The following environment variables controls the behavior of this function.

DTENSOR_JOBS: string, a comma separated list. Each item in the list is of format {hostname}:{port}. If empty, DTensor runs in the local mode. Examples of valid DTENSOR_JOBS values:
- 4 clients on localhost:localhost:10000,localhost:10001,localhost:10002,localhost:10003
- 2 clients on host1, 2 clients on host2host1:10000,host1:10001,host2:10000,host2:10003If the hostnames are BNS addresses, the items must be sorted in alphabetical order.
DTENSOR_CLIENT_ID: integer, between 0 to num_clients - 1, to identify the client id of the current process. The default value is 0.
DTENSOR_JOB_NAME: string, a string for the name of the TensorFlow job. The job name controls the job name section of the TensorFlow DeviceSpecs, e.g., job:worker in /job:worker/replica:0/task:0/device:TPU:0 when the job name is worker. The default value is localhost in local mode, andworker when in the multi-client mode. All DTensor clients within the same multi-client cluster share the same job name.
DTENSOR_USE_PARALLEL_EXECUTOR: string, with its value being pw to specify that the backend is Pathways, and TensorFlow otherwise.

Args
device_type	Type of accelerator to use, can be CPU, GPU, or TPU. If None, uses tf.experimental.dtensor.preferred_device_type().
enable_coordination_service	If true, enable distributed coordination service to make sure that workers know the devices on each other, when there is more than 1 client.
num_logical_cpu_devices	the number of logical CPU devices per DTensor client. Default to the current number of logical CPU (dtensor.num_local_devices("CPU")),when device_type is CPU, otherwise set automatially to match the number of local GPU/TPU devices.
experimental_reset_context	Reset the tensorflow context. Behaviors of existing TensorFlow objects (e.g. Tensors) are undefined. Set this to True as an escape hatch, if there is no clear way to refactor your code to call initialize_accelerator_system() before calling TensorFlow APIs that initialize the context.
experimental_enable_megcore	Optionally enable megcore in backend.

Returns
device_type	the type of accelerator that was initialized.