cloud ai platforms

Practical, Bash-first Linux playbook to validate AI infrastructure: install fio, iperf3, nvme-cli, nvtop/htop, sysstat, Podman via apt/dnf/zypper, then run five repeatable checks—node inventory, NVMe throughput/IOPS (fio), east–west bandwidth (iperf3), GPU PyTorch smoke test with live monitoring, and container parity. Includes snapshot script, NVIDIA/AMD notes, and tips to catch PCIe, disk, MTU, and throttling issues across nodes.