Last Updated: December 2, 2025
Overview
When attempting to create a virtual machine (VM) on Crusoe Cloud and specifying an Infiniband partition ID (--ib-partition-id) for a VM instance type that does not support Infiniband, you may encounter the following error:
infiniband partition ID provided for non-Infiniband slice typeThis article explains why this error occurs and provides guidance on selecting the correct instance types for Infiniband networking.
Prerequisites
- Access to the Crusoe Cloud command-line interface (CLI).
- Familiarity with Crusoe Cloud VM creation commands.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1: Review Available VM Types
Use the command crusoe compute vms types to list the available VM instance types on Crusoe Cloud. This output provides information about the CPU cores, memory, disk, GPU type (if applicable), and the number of GPUs for each instance type.
❯ crusoe compute vms types
type #cpu cores memory (GB) disk (GB) gpu type #gpus
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a100-80gb-sxm-ib.8x 96 960 1920 A100-SXM-80GB 8
a100-80gb.1x 12 120 960 A100-PCIe-80GB 1
a100-80gb.2x 24 240 1920 A100-PCIe-80GB 2
a100-80gb.4x 48 480 3840 A100-PCIe-80GB 4
a100-80gb.8x 96 960 7680 A100-PCIe-80GB 8
a100.1x 12 120 960 A100-PCIe-40GB 1
a100.2x 24 240 1920 A100-PCIe-40GB 2
a100.4x 48 480 3840 A100-PCIe-40GB 4
a100.8x 96 960 7680 A100-PCIe-40GB 8
a40.1x 6 60 - A40-PCIe-48GB 1
a40.2x 12 120 - A40-PCIe-48GB 2
a40.4x 24 240 - A40-PCIe-48GB 4
a40.8x 48 480 - A40-PCIe-48GB 8
b200-180gb-sxm-ib.8x 176 2974 3840 B200-SXM-180GB 8
c1a.128x 128 512 - - -
c1a.16x 16 64 - - -
c1a.176x 176 704 - - -
c1a.2x 2 8 - - -
c1a.32x 32 128 - - -
c1a.4x 4 16 - - -
c1a.64x 64 256 - - -
c1a.8x 8 32 - - -
gb200-186gb-nvl-ib.4x 128 886 3840 GB200-NVL-186GB 4
gb200-186gb-nvl.4x 128 886 3840 GB200-NVL-186GB 4
h100-80gb-sxm-ib.8x 176 960 1920 H100-SXM-80GB 8
h200-141gb-sxm-ib.8x 176 1960 3840 H200-SXM-141GB 8
l40s-48gb.10x 80 1470 - L40S-48GB 10
l40s-48gb.1x 8 147 - L40S-48GB 1
l40s-48gb.2x 16 294 - L40S-48GB 2
l40s-48gb.4x 32 588 - L40S-48GB 4
l40s-48gb.8x 64 1176 - L40S-48GB 8
mi300x-192gb-ib.8x 240 2000 3840 MI300X-192GB 8
mi355x-288gb-roce.8x 240 2900 7400 MI355X_288GB 8
s1a.120x 120 768 76800 - -
s1a.160x 160 1024 102400 - -
s1a.20x 20 128 12800 - -
s1a.40x 40 256 25600 - -
s1a.60x 60 384 38400 - -
s1a.80x 80 512 51200 - -
Step 2: Identify Infiniband Supported Instance Types
Based on the error message and current Crusoe Cloud capabilities, the following GPU instance types support Infiniband networking:
h100-80gb-sxm-ib.8xh200-141gb-sxm-ib.8xa100-80gb-sxm-ib.8xmi300x-192gb-ib.8xgb200-186gb-nvl-ib.4xb200-180gb-sxm-ib.8x
Step 3: Create a VM with Infiniband (If Required)
If you need Infiniband networking, ensure that you select one of the instance types listed in Step 2 using the --type flag in your crusoe compute vms create command and include the --ib-partition-id flag with your desired partition ID.
Example:
crusoe compute vms create --name my-ib-vm --location us-southcentral1-a --type h100-80gb-sxm-ib.8x --image ubuntu20.04-nvidia-sxm-docker:latest --ib-partition-id your-ib-partition-id --keyfile id_rsa.pub
Step 4: Create a VM without Infiniband (If Not Required)
If Infiniband networking is not necessary, you can choose any of the available instance types listed in Step 1 (including l40s-48gb.1x and others without "ib" in their name) and simply omit the --ib-partition-id flag from your crusoe compute vms create command.
Example:
crusoe compute vms create --name my-non-ib-vm --location us-southcentral1-a --type l40s-48gb.1x --image ubuntu20.04-nvidia-sxm-docker:latest --keyfile id_rsa.pubResolution
The "infiniband partition ID provided for non-Infiniband slice type" error occurs when you attempt to use the --ib-partition-id flag with a VM instance type that does not support Infiniband networking on Crusoe Cloud. To resolve this, either select an Infiniband-supported instance type (h100-80gb-sxm-ib.8x, h200-141gb-sxm-ib.8x, a100-80gb-sxm-ib.8x, mi300x-192gb-ib.8x, gb200-186gb-nvl-ib.4x, b200-180gb-sxm-ib.8x) when using the --ib-partition-id flag, or omit the --ib-partition-id flag entirely when using other instance types.
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