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The "`--swap-space` is removed; use `--kv-offloading-size`" claim was carried by six pages, two of them with their own copy of the upstream source citation. It now lives only in [[RAM CPU Offloading in VLLM]], which carries the 2026-10-19 verification against `vllm/config/cache.py` (no `swap_space`; `kv_offloading_size` activates only with `kv_offloading_backend`): - `VLLM Overview` (two argument tables), `VLLM Index` (parameter table), `DFlash DSpark Speculative Decoding`, `Shared Memory Architecture Dankclaw`, `Hybrid CPU GPU Processing Dankserver` -> cite the owner. - `VLLM Index`'s example command used the dead flag; it now shows the live pair. - `dankserver-vram-growth`: banner disambiguates the 2026-08 `frank-zealot` (llama.cpp on the 3090 when that card was in Dankserver) from today's endpoint of the same name on Dankclaw, so a retired crash signature does not read as a live fault on a same-card-class service. Refs: vault de-dup campaign, clusters C2 and C6.
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| reference | This index contains all documentation for vLLM deployment on Dankserver and Dankclaw. |
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2026-08-28 |
vLLM Index
RETIRED (2026-08-18). The vLLM service on Dankclaw was replaced by the CIRU ROCmFPX llama.cpp runtime (v3). These pages are historical reference. See frank-dragoon.
Documentation Overview
This index contains all documentation for vLLM deployment on Dankserver and Dankclaw.
Hardware Guides
- Dankserver System Specs — NVIDIA GPU server specifications
- Dankclaw System Specs — AMD GPU server specifications
vLLM Architecture
- VLLM Overview — Complete vLLM documentation including installation, CLI, API, and key arguments
- RAM CPU Offloading in VLLM — CPU RAM offloading mechanisms, swap space, and memory configuration
- Hybrid CPU GPU Processing Dankserver — NVIDIA GPU with system RAM hybrid processing
- Shared Memory Architecture Dankclaw — AMD ROCm unified memory and APU configuration
Model Deployment Guides
- Running Qwen3.6 35B A3B FP8 on Dankserver — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B FP8 deployment on NVIDIA GPU
- Running Qwen3.6 27B FP8 on Dankclaw — Qwen3.6-27B FP8 deployment on AMD GPU
Quick Reference
Installation Commands
# NVIDIA GPU
uv pip install vllm --torch-backend=auto
# AMD ROCm
uv pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://wheels.vllm.ai/rocm/
# CPU
uv pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://wheels.vllm.ai/nightly/cpu/
Server Start Commands
# Basic server
vllm serve Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct
# With tensor parallelism
vllm serve meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct --tensor-parallel-size 4
# With quantization
vllm serve Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct --quantization fp8
# With GPU memory control
vllm serve Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct --gpu-memory-utilization 0.8 --kv-offloading-size 8 --kv-offloading-backend native
Common API Endpoints
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
| /v1/models | GET | List available models |
| /v1/completions | POST | Text completion |
| /v1/chat/completions | POST | Chat completion |
| /health | GET | Health check |
| /metrics | GET | Prometheus metrics |
Key Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Typical Value |
|---|---|---|
| tensor_parallel_size | Number of GPUs for model sharding | 1-8 |
| gpu_memory_utilization | Fraction of GPU memory for KV cache (default 0.92) | 0.7-0.95 |
| swap_space | Retired; live knob pair in RAM CPU Offloading in VLLM | n/a |
| max_model_len | Maximum context length | auto |
| max_num_batched_tokens | Max tokens per batch | 2048-8192 |
| max_num_seqs | Max sequences per batch | 128-512 |
Quantization Methods
| Method | GPU Support | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FP8 | Hopper, Ada (native); Ampere W8A16 via Marlin; RDNA via emulation | FP8 E4M3 inference |
| INT8 | Most GPUs | Weight-only INT8 |
| GPTQ | Most GPUs (NVIDIA; limited on ROCm) | Post-training GPTQ |
| AWQ | Turing+ (NVIDIA) | Activation-aware weight quantization |
| GGUF | CPU, GPU | General GPU unification format |