Private MCDMA setup record Copy this template to local/setup-record.md before entering real values.
Do not commit the completed copy or store credentials here.
Date:
Operator / agent:
Target layout: Studio / one MacBook and one Spark / two MacBooks and two Sparks / standalone engines:
Mac host label for this record, one record per Mac:
Exact Mac model and Thunderbolt generation:
Source revision:
Last passed checkpoint (A-F):
Current blocker and evidence:
Next exact action and host:
Owner actions completed:
Backup / rollback location:
Mac host, Studio or MacBook Pro
Management SSH destination:
OS build / architecture:
SDK / Xcode:
Enclosure / NIC / firmware:
RDMA / security policy state:
Built driver version / UUID:
Loaded driver version / UUID:
Provider hash:
Client and checker absolute paths / hashes:
Value
Spark 1 link
Spark 2 link
Physical CX5 port label
Physical CX7 port label
Mac interface / hardware MAC
Mac verbs device / GID
Spark SSH destination / OS
Spark interface / hardware MAC
Spark verbs device / GID / RoCE v2 index
Spark client absolute path / hash
Link speed / FEC
Ethernet MTU / RDMA path MTU
Mac and Spark reciprocal neighbors verified
Existing inter-Spark interface to preserve
Link / posting mode
Mac WRITE
Mac READ
Spark WRITE
Spark READ
Private result path
1 / kernel
1 / direct
1 / BF64
2 / kernel
2 / direct
2 / BF64
Concurrent test conditions and result:
Benchmark payload / depth / MTUs / warmups / repetitions:
GPU keepalive state:
Timing boundary and raw samples:
Persistence installed and post-restart check:
vLLM image digest / version:
oMLX repository / revision / version:
MLX / MLX-LM versions:
Model IDs / revisions / quantization / tokenizer:
Context limit / memory budget:
Local API ports and request/result files:
Standalone baselines:
Actual communication backend:
MCDMA connector implementation and evidence, or explicitly absent: