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  • Introduction to AI/ML workloads on GKE
  • Explore GKE documentation
    • Overview
    • Main GKE documentation
    • GKE AI/ML documentation
    • GKE networking documentation
    • GKE security documentation
    • GKE fleet management documentation
  • Select how to obtain and consume accelerators on GKE
  • Design for resource obtainability with Gemini
  • GKE AI/ML conformance
  • Get started
  • Why use GKE for AI/ML inference
  • Simplified autoscaling concepts for AI/ML workloads in GKE
  • Quickstart: Serve your first AI model on GKE
  • Serve AI models for inference
  • About AI/ML model inference on GKE
  • Analyze model serving performance and costs with GKE Inference Quickstart
  • Expose AI applications with GKE Inference Gateway
  • Best practices for inference
    • Overview
    • Choose a load balancing strategy for inference
    • Autoscale inference workloads on GPUs
    • Autoscale LLM inference workloads on TPUs
    • Optimize LLM inference workloads on GPUs
    • Optimize batch inference workloads
  • Try inference examples
    • GPUs
      • Serve Gemma open models using GPUs with vLLM
      • Serve LLMs like DeepSeek-R1 671B or Llama 3.1 405B
      • Serve an LLM with GKE Inference Gateway
      • Serve an LLM with multiple GPUs
      • Serve T5 with Torch Serve
    • TPUs
      • Serve Llama on TPUs with vLLM
      • Serve LLMs using multi-host TPUs with JetStream and Pathways
      • Serve Stable Diffusion XL on TPUs with MaxDiffusion
      • Serve open models on TPUs with Terraform
  • Train AI models at scale
  • Train large-scale models with Multi-tier Checkpointing
  • Try training examples
    • Train a model with GPUs on GKE Standard mode
    • Train a model with GPUs on GKE Autopilot mode
    • Train a Llama model on GPUs with Megatron-LM
    • Fine-tune a LLM using TPUs on GKE with JAX
  • Run reinforcement learning workloads on GKE
    • Fine-tune and scale reinforcement learning with verl
    • Fine-tune and scale reinforcement learning with NeMo RL
    • Monitor reinforcement learning workloads with OpenTelemetry
  • Deploy and orchestrate AI agents
  • Deploy AI agents with the ADK and Agent Platform API
  • Deploy AI agents with the ADK and a self-hosted LLM
  • Scale AI agentic workloads with Agent Substrate
    • About Agent Substrate
    • Install Agent Substrate on GKE
  • Secure AI agentic workloads with Agent Sandbox
    • About Agent Sandbox
    • Choose storage for AI agentic workloads
    • Enable Agent Sandbox on GKE
    • Isolate AI code execution with Agent Sandbox
    • Manage Agent Sandbox storage
    • Save and restore Agent Sandbox environments
    • Trigger Agent Sandbox snapshots from inside a cluster
  • Use Ray for distributed AI/ML applications
  • About Ray on GKE
  • Quickstart: Deploy your first Ray application on GKE
  • Enable managed KubeRay with the Ray Operator add-on
  • Deploy AI/ML workloads with Ray on GKE
    • Serve AI models with Ray Serve on GKE
      • Serve an LLM on GPUs with Ray Serve
      • Serve an LLM with multi-cluster Ray Serve and Inference Gateway
      • Serve an LLM on TPUs with Ray Serve
      • Serve Gemma open models using multi-host TPUs on GKE with Ray
      • Serve a diffusion model on GPUs with Ray
      • Serve a diffusion model on TPUs with Ray
    • Train AI models with Ray on GKE
      • Train with PyTorch, Ray, and GKE
      • Train an LLM using Jax and Ray Train on TPUs with GKE
      • Multislice and Elastic Training on TPUs using Ray Train on GKE
    • Share compute between teams with Kueue
      • Start RayJobs faster across multiple compute options
  • Use GPUs with Ray on GKE
    • Set up Ray on GKE with A4X and GB200
  • Use TPUs with Ray on GKE
    • Set up Ray on GKE with TPU Trillium
    • Optimize AI training on TPUs with DWS and Kueue
  • Monitor Ray on GKE
    • View logs for the Ray Operator on GKE
    • View logs and metrics for Ray clusters on GKE
    • Debug completed Ray Jobs with Ray History Server
  • Use Slurm Operator for HPC and AI/ML workloads
  • About Slurm on GKE
  • Quickstart: Deploy a Slurm cluster on GKE
  • Enable the Slurm Operator add-on
  • Build custom Slurm Docker images
  • Autoscale a Slurm cluster using metrics
  • Configure shared storage for Slurm on GKE
    • Configure Filestore for Slurm
    • Managed Lustre for Slurm
  • Manage GPUs on GKE
  • About GPUs
  • Configure GPUs for AI/ML workloads
    • Configure A3 or A4 VMs with AI Hypercomputer
    • Deploy GPU workloads in Standard clusters
    • Deploy GPU workloads in Autopilot clusters
    • Configure autoscaling for LLM workloads on GPUs
    • Manage the GPU stack with the NVIDIA GPU Operator
    • Encrypt GPU workloads in-place
  • Provision resources for high performance computing (HPC)
    • Deploy AI Hypercomputer clusters (A3, A4 VMs)
  • Optimize GPU utilization with GPU sharing strategies
    • About GPU sharing strategies on GKE
    • Use multi-instance GPUs
    • Configure timesharing GPUs
    • Use NVIDIA MPS
  • Optimize GPU provisioning with flex-start
    • Overview
    • Run a large-scale workload with flex-start
    • Run a small batch workload with GPUs and flex-start
  • Manage TPUs on GKE
  • About TPUs
  • Versions
    • Ironwood (TPU7x)
  • Plan TPUs on GKE
  • Configure TPUs for AI/ML workloads
    • Deploy TPU workloads on Standard clusters
    • Deploy TPU workloads on Autopilot clusters
    • Deploy high-performance TPU workloads with auto-networking
    • Deploy TPU Multislices on GKE
    • Orchestrate TPU Multislice workloads using JobSet and Kueue
  • Configure autoscaling for LLM workloads on TPUs
  • Optimize TPU provisioning with flex-start
    • Overview
    • Run a small batch workload with TPUs and flex-start
    • Request TPUs with future reservation in calendar mode
  • Optimize TPU utilization with dynamic slicing
    • About TPU All Capacity mode
    • About TPU dynamic slicing
      • Overview
      • Use dynamic slicing with a custom scheduler
      • Schedule dynamic slices with Kueue and TAS
  • Manage GKE node disruption for GPUs and TPUs
  • About node disruption for GPUs and TPUs
  • Use Kueue for job queuing and resource optimization