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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain In this article?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "1. [Hardware specifications](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#hardware-specifications>)\n 2. [Software specifications](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#software-specifications>)\n 3. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)\n\n**Applies to:** ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets ✔️ Uniform scale sets\nMaximizing HPC application performance on Intel Xeon Scalable Processors requires a thoughtful approach to process placement on this new architecture. Here, we outline our implementation of it on Azure HC-series VMs for HPC applications. We'll use the term “pNUMA” to refer to a physical NUMA domain, and “vNUMA” to refer to a virtualized NUMA domain. Similarly, we'll use the term “pCore” to refer to physical CPU cores, and “vCore” to refer to virtualized CPU cores.\nPhysically, an [HC-series](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<hc-series>) server is 2 * 24-core Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 CPUs for a total of 48 physical cores. Each CPU is a single pNUMA domain, and has unified access to six channels of DRAM. Intel Xeon Platinum CPUs feature a 4x larger L2 cache than in prior generations (256 KB/core -> 1 MB/core), while also reducing the L3 cache compared to prior Intel CPUs (2.5 MB/core -> 1.375 MB/core).\nThe above topology carries over to the HC-series hypervisor configuration as well. To provide room for the Azure hypervisor to operate without interfering with the VM, we reserve pCores 0-1 and 24-25 (that is, the first 2 pCores on each socket). We then assign pNUMA domains all remaining cores to the VM. Thus, the VM will see:\n`(2 vNUMA domains) * (22 cores/vNUMA) = 44` cores per VM\nThe VM has no knowledge that pCores 0-1 and 24-25 weren't given to it. Thus, it exposes each vNUMA as if it natively had 22 cores.\nIntel Xeon Platinum, Gold, and Silver CPUs also introduce an on-die 2D mesh network for communication within and external to the CPU socket. We strongly recommend process pinning for optimal performance and consistency. Process pinning will work on HC-series VMs because the underlying silicon is exposed as-is to the guest VM.\nThe following diagram shows the segregation of cores reserved for Azure Hypervisor and the HC-series VM.\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#hardware-specifications>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Hardware specifications?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Expand table\nHardware Specifications | HC-series VM\n---|---\nCores | 44 (HT disabled)\nCPU | Intel Xeon Platinum 8168\nCPU Frequency (non-AVX) | 3.7 GHz (single core), 2.7-3.4 GHz (all cores)\nMemory | 8 GB/core (352 total)\nLocal Disk | 700 GB SSD\nInfiniband | 100 Gb EDR Mellanox ConnectX-5\nNetwork | 50 Gb Ethernet (40 Gb usable) Azure second Gen SmartNIC\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#software-specifications>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Software specifications?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Expand table\nSoftware Specifications | HC-series VM\n---|---\nMax MPI Job Size | 13200 cores (300 VMs in a single virtual machine scale set with singlePlacementGroup=true)\nMPI Support | HPC-X, Intel MPI, OpenMPI, MVAPICH2, MPICH, Platform MPI\nAdditional Frameworks | UCX, libfabric, PGAS\nAzure Storage Support | Standard and Premium Disks (maximum 4 disks)\nOS Support for SRIOV RDMA | RHEL 7.6+, Ubuntu 20.04+, SLES 15.4, WinServer 2016+\nOrchestrator Support | CycleCloud, Batch, AKS; [cluster configuration options](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<sizes-hpc#cluster-configuration-options>)\nNote\nOfficial kernel-level support from AMD starts with RHEL 8.6 and AlmaLinux 8.6, which is a derivative of RHEL.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Next steps?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "* Learn more about [Intel Xeon SP architecture](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/intel-xeon-processor-scalable-family-technical-overview.html>).\n * Read about the latest announcements, HPC workload examples, and performance results at the [Azure Compute Tech Community Blogs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute/bg-p/AzureCompute>).\n * For a higher level architectural view of running HPC workloads, see [High Performance Computing (HPC) on Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/architecture/topics/high-performance-computing/>)." } ]

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[Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/overview>)\n * [Cobalt VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/cobalt-overview>)\n * [Change the size of a VM](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/resize-vm>)\n * General purpose\n * [Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/overview#general-purpose>)\n * A family\n * B family (burstable)\n * D family\n * [Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/d-family>)\n * [Dsv6 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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain In this article?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "1. [Host specifications](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#host-specifications>)\n 2. [Feature support](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#feature-support>)\n 3. [Sizes in series](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#sizes-in-series>)\n 4. [Other size information](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#other-size-information>)\n 5. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#next-steps>)\n\nDldsv6-series virtual machines run on the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) processor reaching an all- core turbo clock speed of up to 3.0 GHz. These virtual machines offer up to 128 vCPU and 256 GiB of RAM as well as fast, local SSD storage up to 4x1760 GiB. These VM sizes can reduce cost when running non-memory intensive applications.\nDldsv5-series virtual machines support Standard SSD, Standard HDD, and Premium SSD disk types. You can also attach Ultra Disk storage based on its regional availability. Disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines.\nNote\n * This VM series is currently in **Preview**.\n * See the [Preview Terms Of Use | Microsoft Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/preview-supplemental-terms/>) for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability.\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#host-specifications>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Host specifications?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Expand table\nPart | Quantity Count Units | Specs SKU ID, Performance Units, etc.\n---|---|---\nProcessor | 2 - 128 vCPUs | Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) [x86-64]\nMemory | 4 - 256 GiB\nLocal Storage | 1 - 4 Disks | 110 - 1760 GiB 37500 - 2400000 IOPS (RR) 180 - 11520 MBps (RR)\nRemote Storage | 8 - 64 Disks | 3750 - 204800 IOPS 106 - 6782 MBps\nNetwork | 2 - 8 NICs | 12500 - 54000 Mbps\nAccelerators | None\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#feature-support>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Feature support?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "[Premium Storage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/premium-storage-performance>): Supported [Premium Storage caching](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/premium-storage-performance>): Supported [Live Migration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/maintenance-and-updates>): Not Supported [Memory Preserving Updates](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/maintenance-and-updates>): Supported [Generation 2 VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/generation-2>): Supported [Generation 1 VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/generation-2>): Not Supported [Accelerated Networking](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/create-vm-accelerated-networking-cli>): Supported [Ephemeral OS Disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ephemeral-os-disks>): Not Supported [Nested Virtualization](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/nested-virtualization>): Supported\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#sizes-in-series>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Sizes in series?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "* [Basics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#tabpanel_1_sizebasic>)\n * [Local Storage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#tabpanel_1_sizestoragelocal>)\n * [Remote Storage](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#tabpanel_1_sizestorageremote>)\n * [Network](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#tabpanel_1_sizenetwork>)\n * [Accelerators](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#tabpanel_1_sizeaccelerators>)\n\nvCPUs (Qty.) and Memory for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | vCPUs (Qty.) | Memory (GB)\n---|---|---\nStandard_D2lds_v6 | 2 | 4\nStandard_D4lds_v6 | 4 | 8\nStandard_D8lds_v6 | 8 | 16\nStandard_D16lds_v6 | 16 | 32\nStandard_D32lds_v6 | 32 | 64\nStandard_D48lds_v6 | 48 | 96\nStandard_D64lds_v6 | 64 | 128\nStandard_D96lds_v6 | 96 | 192\nStandard_D128lds_v6 | 128 | 256\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#vm-basics-resources>)\n#### VM Basics resources\n * [Check vCPU quotas](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/quotas>)\n\nLocal (temp) storage info for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | Max Temp Storage Disks (Qty.) | Temp Disk Size (GiB) | Temp Disk Random Read (RR)1 IOPS | Temp Disk Random Read (RR)1 Throughput (MB/s) | Temp Disk Random Write (RW)1 IOPS | Temp Disk Random Write (RW)1 Throughput (MB/s)\n---|---|---|---|---|---|---\nStandard_D2lds_v6 | 1 | 110 | 37500 | 180 | 15000 | 90\nStandard_D4lds_v6 | 1 | 220 | 75000 | 360 | 30000 | 180\nStandard_D8lds_v6 | 1 | 440 | 150000 | 720 | 60000 | 360\nStandard_D16lds_v6 | 2 | 440 | 300000 | 1440 | 120000 | 720\nStandard_D32lds_v6 | 4 | 440 | 600000 | 2880 | 240000 | 1440\nStandard_D48lds_v6 | 6 | 440 | 900000 | 4320 | 360000 | 2160\nStandard_D64lds_v6 | 4 | 880 | 1200000 | 5760 | 480000 | 2880\nStandard_D96lds_v6 | 6 | 880 | 1800000 | 8640 | 720000 | 4320\nStandard_D128lds_v6 | 4 | 1760 | 2400000 | 11520 | 960000 | 5760\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#storage-resources>)\n#### Storage resources\n * [Introduction to Azure managed disks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/managed-disks-overview>)\n * [Azure managed disk types](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disks-types>)\n * [Share an Azure managed disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disks-shared>)\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#table-definitions>)\n#### Table definitions\n * 1Temp disk speed often differs between RR (Random Read) and RW (Random Write) operations. RR operations are typically faster than RW operations. The RW speed is usually slower than the RR speed on series where only the RR speed value is listed.\n * Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.\n * Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.\n * To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see [Virtual machine and disk performance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disks-performance>).\n\nRemote (uncached) storage info for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | Max Remote Storage Disks (Qty.) | Uncached Premium SSD Disk IOPS | Uncached Premium SSD Throughput (MB/s) | Uncached Premium SSD Burst1 IOPS | Uncached Premium SSD Burst1 Throughput (MB/s) | Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 IOPS | Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 Throughput (MB/s) | Uncached Burst1 Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 IOPS | Uncached Burst1 Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 Disk Throughput (MB/s)\n---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---\nStandard_D2lds_v6 | 8 | 3750 | 106 | 40000 | 1250 | 4167 | 124 | 44444 | 1463\nStandard_D4lds_v6 | 12 | 6400 | 212 | 40000 | 1250 | 8333 | 248 | 52083 | 1463\nStandard_D8lds_v6 | 24 | 12800 | 424 | 40000 | 1250 | 16667 | 496 | 52083 | 1463\nStandard_D16lds_v6 | 48 | 25600 | 848 | 40000 | 1250 | 33333 | 992 | 52083 | 1463\nStandard_D32lds_v6 | 64 | 51200 | 1696 | 80000 | 1696 | 66667 | 1984 | 104167 | 1984\nStandard_D48lds_v6 | 64 | 76800 | 2544 | 80000 | 2544 | 100000 | 2976 | 104167 | 2976\nStandard_D64lds_v6 | 64 | 102400 | 3392 | 102400 | 3392 | 133333 | 3969 | 133333 | 3969\nStandard_D96lds_v6 | 64 | 153600 | 5088 | 153600 | 5088 | 200000 | 5953 | 200000 | 5953\nStandard_D128lds_v6 | 64 | 204800 | 6782 | 204800 | 6782 | 266667 | 7935 | 266667 | 7935\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#storage-resources-1>)\n#### Storage resources\n * [Introduction to Azure managed disks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/managed-disks-overview>)\n * [Azure managed disk types](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disks-types>)\n * [Share an Azure managed disk](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disks-shared>)\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#table-definitions-1>)\n#### Table definitions\n * 1Some sizes support [bursting](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disk-bursting>) to temporarily increase disk performance. Burst speeds can be maintained for up to 30 minutes at a time.\n * Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.\n * Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.\n * Data disks can operate in cached or uncached modes. For cached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to ReadOnly or ReadWrite. For uncached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to None.\n * To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see [Virtual machine and disk performance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disks-performance>).\n\nNetwork interface info for each size\nExpand table\nSize Name | Max NICs (Qty.) | Max Network Bandwidth (Mb/s)\n---|---|---\nStandard_D2lds_v6 | 2 | 12500\nStandard_D4lds_v6 | 2 | 12500\nStandard_D8lds_v6 | 4 | 12500\nStandard_D16lds_v6 | 8 | 12500\nStandard_D32lds_v6 | 8 | 16000\nStandard_D48lds_v6 | 8 | 24000\nStandard_D64lds_v6 | 8 | 30000\nStandard_D96lds_v6 | 8 | 41000\nStandard_D128lds_v6 | 8 | 54000\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#networking-resources>)\n#### Networking resources\n * [Virtual networks and virtual machines in Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/network-overview>)\n * [Virtual machine network bandwidth](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-machine-network-throughput>)\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#table-definitions-2>)\n#### Table definitions\n * Expected network bandwidth is the maximum aggregated bandwidth allocated per VM type across all NICs, for all destinations. For more information, see [Virtual machine network bandwidth](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-machine-network-throughput>)\n * Upper limits aren't guaranteed. Limits offer guidance for selecting the right VM type for the intended application. Actual network performance will depend on several factors including network congestion, application loads, and network settings. For information on optimizing network throughput, see [Optimize network throughput for Azure virtual machines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-optimize-network-bandwidth>).\n * To achieve the expected network performance on Linux or Windows, you may need to select a specific version or optimize your VM. For more information, see [Bandwidth/Throughput testing (NTTTCP)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-bandwidth-testing>).\n\nAccelerator (GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) info for each size\nNote\nNo accelerators are present in this series.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#other-size-information>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Other size information?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "List of all available sizes: [Sizes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/sizes>)\nPricing Calculator: [Pricing Calculator](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator/>)\nInformation on Disk Types: [Disk Types](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/disks-types>)\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<#next-steps>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Next steps?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Learn more about how [Azure compute units (ACU)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/acu>) can help you compare compute performance across Azure SKUs.\nCheck out [Azure Dedicated Hosts](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dedicated-hosts>) for physical servers able to host one or more virtual machines assigned to one Azure subscription.\nLearn how to [Monitor Azure virtual machines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/monitor-vm>)." } ]

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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Additional resources?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "[ English (United States)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/locale?target=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fazure%2Fvirtual-machines%2Fsizes%2Fgeneral-purpose%2Fdldsv6-series>)\n[ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Opt-Out Icon Your Privacy Choices ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/aka.ms/yourcaliforniaprivacychoices>)\nTheme\n * Light\n * Dark\n * High contrast\n\n * [Previous Versions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/previous-versions/>)\n * [Blog](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftLearnBlog>)\n * [Contribute](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/contribute/>)\n * [Privacy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839>)\n * [Terms of Use](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/</en-us/legal/termsofuse>)\n * [Trademarks](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/<https:/www.microsoft.com/legal/intellectualproperty/Trademarks/>)\n * © Microsoft 2025" } ]

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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain In this article?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "1. [Enable the Azure PowerShell module](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#enable-the-azure-powershell-module>)\n 2. [Create a maintenance configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#create-a-maintenance-configuration>)\n 3. [Assign the configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#assign-the-configuration>)\n 4. [Check for pending updates](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#check-for-pending-updates>)\n 5. [Apply updates](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#apply-updates>)\n 6. [Check update status](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#check-update-status>)\n 7. [Delete a maintenance configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#delete-a-maintenance-configuration>)\n 8. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)\n\nShow 4 more\n**Applies to:** ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets ✔️ Uniform scale sets\nYou can use the Maintenance Configurations feature to control when to apply platform updates to various Azure resources. This article covers the Azure PowerShell options for dedicated hosts and isolated virtual machines (VMs). For more information about the benefits of using the Maintenance Configurations feature, its limitations, and other management options, see [Managing platform updates with Maintenance Configurations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<maintenance-configurations>).\nIf you're looking for information about using Maintenance Configurations for scale sets, see [Maintenance control for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<virtual-machine-scale-sets-maintenance-control>).\nImportant\nSpecific _scopes_ support certain machine types and schedules. Be sure to select the right scope for your VM.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#enable-the-azure-powershell-module>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Enable the Azure PowerShell module?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Make sure that `PowerShellGet` is up to date:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nInstall-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Repository PSGallery -Force\n\n```\n\nInstall the `Az.Maintenance` Azure PowerShell module:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nInstall-Module -Name Az.Maintenance\n\n```\n\nCheck that you're running the latest version of `Az.Maintenance` (version 1.2.0):\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nGet-Module -ListAvailable -Name Az.Maintenance\n\n```\n\nEnsure that you're running the appropriate version of `Az.Maintenance`:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nImport-Module -Name Az.Maintenance -RequiredVersion 1.2.0\n\n```\n\nIf you're installing locally, be sure to open your Azure PowerShell prompt as an administrator.\nYou might be asked to confirm that you want to install from an untrusted repository. Enter **Y** or select **Yes to All** to install the module.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#create-a-maintenance-configuration>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Create a maintenance configuration?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The first step in creating a maintenance configuration is creating a resource group as a container for your configuration. This example creates a resource group named _myMaintenanceRG_ in _eastus_. If you already have a resource group that you want to use, you can skip this part and replace the resource group name with your own in the rest of the examples.\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzResourceGroup `\n -Location eastus `\n -Name myMaintenanceRG\n\n```\n\nYou can declare a scheduled window when Azure will recurrently apply the updates on your resources. After you create a scheduled window, you no longer have to apply the updates manually.\nYou can express maintenance recurrence as daily, weekly, or monthly. Here are some examples:\n * **Daily** : A `RecurEvery` value of `\"Day\"` or `\"3Days\"`.\n * **Weekly** : A `RecurEvery` value of `\"3Weeks\"` or `\"Week Saturday,Sunday\"`.\n * **Monthly** : A `RecurEvery` value of `\"Month day23,day24\"` or `\"Month Last Sunday\"` or `\"Month Fourth Monday\"`.\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#host>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Host?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This example creates a maintenance configuration named _myConfig_ scoped to `Host`, with a scheduled window of 5 hours on the fourth Monday of every month. The `duration` value of the schedule for this scope should be at least two hours. To begin, define the parameters for `New-AzMaintenanceConfiguration`:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\n$RGName = \"myMaintenanceRG\"\n$configName = \"myConfig\"\n$scope = \"Host\"\n$location = \"eastus\"\n$timeZone = \"Pacific Standard Time\"\n$duration = \"05:00\"\n$startDateTime = \"2022-11-01 00:00\"\n$recurEvery = \"Month Fourth Monday\"\n\n```\n\nAfter you define the parameters, you can use the `New-AzMaintenanceConfiguration` cmdlet to create your configuration:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzMaintenanceConfiguration\n -ResourceGroup $RGName `\n -Name $configName `\n -MaintenanceScope $scope `\n -Location $location `\n -StartDateTime $startDateTime `\n -TimeZone $timeZone `\n -Duration $duration `\n -RecurEvery $recurEvery\n\n```\n\nUsing `$scope = \"Host\"` ensures that the maintenance configuration is used for controlling updates on host machines. Be sure to create a configuration for the specific scope of the machines that you're targeting. [Learn more about scopes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<maintenance-configurations#scopes>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#os-image>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain OS image?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This example creates a maintenance configuration named _myConfig_ scoped to `osimage`, with a scheduled window of 8 hours every 5 days. The `duration` value of the schedule for this scope should be at least 5 hours. This scope allows a maximum of 7 days for schedule recurrence.\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\n$RGName = \"myMaintenanceRG\"\n$configName = \"myConfig\"\n$scope = \"osimage\"\n$location = \"eastus\"\n$timeZone = \"Pacific Standard Time\"\n$duration = \"08:00\"\n$startDateTime = \"2022-11-01 00:00\"\n$recurEvery = \"5days\"\n\n```\n\nAfter you define the parameters, you can use the `New-AzMaintenanceConfiguration` cmdlet to create your configuration:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzMaintenanceConfiguration\n -ResourceGroup $RGName `\n -Name $configName `\n -MaintenanceScope $scope `\n -Location $location `\n -StartDateTime $startDateTime `\n -TimeZone $timeZone `\n -Duration $duration `\n -RecurEvery $recurEvery\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#guest>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Guest?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The most recent addition to the Maintenance Configurations feature is the `InGuestPatch` scope. This example shows how to create a maintenance configuration for a guest scope by using Azure PowerShell. For more information about this scope, see [Guest](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<maintenance-configurations#guest>).\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\n$RGName = \"myMaintenanceRG\"\n$configName = \"myConfig\"\n$scope = \"InGuestPatch\"\n$location = \"eastus\"\n$timeZone = \"Pacific Standard Time\"\n$duration = \"04:00\"\n$startDateTime = \"2022-11-01 00:00\"\n$recurEvery = \"Week Saturday, Sunday\"\n$WindowsParameterClassificationToInclude = \"FeaturePack\",\"ServicePack\";\n$WindowParameterKbNumberToInclude = \"KB123456\",\"KB123466\";\n$WindowParameterKbNumberToExclude = \"KB123456\",\"KB123466\";\n$RebootOption = \"IfRequired\";\n$LinuxParameterClassificationToInclude = \"Other\";\n$LinuxParameterPackageNameMaskToInclude = \"apt\",\"httpd\";\n$LinuxParameterPackageNameMaskToExclude = \"ppt\",\"userpk\";\n\n```\n\nAfter you define the parameters, you can use the `New-AzMaintenanceConfiguration` cmdlet to create your configuration:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzMaintenanceConfiguration\n -ResourceGroup $RGName `\n -Name $configName `\n -MaintenanceScope $scope `\n -Location $location `\n -StartDateTime $startDateTime `\n -TimeZone $timeZone `\n -Duration $duration `\n -RecurEvery $recurEvery `\n -WindowParameterClassificationToInclude $WindowsParameterClassificationToInclude `\n -WindowParameterKbNumberToInclude $WindowParameterKbNumberToInclude `\n -WindowParameterKbNumberToExclude $WindowParameterKbNumberToExclude `\n -InstallPatchRebootSetting $RebootOption `\n -LinuxParameterPackageNameMaskToInclude $LinuxParameterPackageNameMaskToInclude `\n -LinuxParameterClassificationToInclude $LinuxParameterClassificationToInclude `\n -LinuxParameterPackageNameMaskToExclude $LinuxParameterPackageNameMaskToExclude `\n -ExtensionProperty @{\"InGuestPatchMode\"=\"User\"}\n\n```\n\nIf you try to create a configuration with the same name but in a different location, you'll get an error. Configuration names must be unique to your resource group.\nYou can check if you successfully created the maintenance configurations by using [Get-AzMaintenanceConfiguration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.maintenance/get-azmaintenanceconfiguration>):\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nGet-AzMaintenanceConfiguration | Format-Table -Property Name,Id\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#assign-the-configuration>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Assign the configuration?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "After you create your configuration, you might want to also assign machines to it by using Azure PowerShell. You can use the [New-AzConfigurationAssignment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.maintenance/new-azconfigurationassignment>) cmdlet.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#isolated-vm>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Isolated VM?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Assign the configuration to a VM by using the ID of the configuration. Specify `-ResourceType VirtualMachines`. Supply the name of the VM for `-ResourceName`, and supply the resource group of the VM for `-ResourceGroupName`.\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzConfigurationAssignment `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Location \"eastus\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVM\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachines\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" `\n -ConfigurationAssignmentName \"configName\" `\n -MaintenanceConfigurationId \"configID\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#dedicated-host>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Dedicated host?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To apply a configuration to a dedicated host, you need to include `-ResourceType hosts`, `-ResourceParentName` with the name of the host group, and `-ResourceParentType hostGroups`:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzConfigurationAssignment `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Location \"eastus\" `\n -ResourceName \"myHost\" `\n -ResourceType \"hosts\" `\n -ResourceParentName myHostGroup `\n -ResourceParentType hostGroups `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" `\n -ConfigurationAssignmentName \"configName\" `\n -MaintenanceConfigurationId \"configID\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#virtual-machine-scale-sets>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Virtual machine scale sets?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Azure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzConfigurationAssignment `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Location \"eastus\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVMSS\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachineScaleSets\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" `\n -ConfigurationAssignmentName \"configName\" `\n -MaintenanceConfigurationId \"configID\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#guest-1>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Guest?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Azure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzConfigurationAssignment `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Location \"eastus\" `\n -ResourceName \"myGuest\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachines\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" `\n -ConfigurationAssignmentName \"configName\" `\n -MaintenanceConfigurationId \"configID\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#check-for-pending-updates>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Check for pending updates?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The check for pending updates, use [Get-AzMaintenanceUpdate](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.maintenance/get-azmaintenanceupdate>). Use `-subscription` to specify the Azure subscription of the VM, if it's different from the one that you're logged in to.\nIf there are no updates to show, this command returns nothing. Otherwise, it returns a `PSApplyUpdate` object:\nJSON Copy\n```\n{\n \"maintenanceScope\": \"Host\",\n \"impactType\": \"Freeze\",\n \"status\": \"Pending\",\n \"impactDurationInSec\": 9,\n \"notBefore\": \"2020-02-21T16:47:44.8728029Z\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"resourceId\": \"/subscriptions/39c6cced-4d6c-4dd5-af86-57499cd3f846/resourcegroups/Ignite2019/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/MCDemo3\"\n}\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#isolated-vm-1>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Isolated VM?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Check for pending updates for an isolated VM. In this example, the output is formatted as a table for readability:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nGet-AzMaintenanceUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVM\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachines\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" | Format-Table\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#dedicated-host-1>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Dedicated host?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Check for pending updates for a dedicated host. In this example, the output is formatted as a table for readability:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nGet-AzMaintenanceUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -ResourceName \"myHost\" `\n -ResourceType \"hosts\" `\n -ResourceParentName \"myHostGroup\" `\n -ResourceParentType \"hostGroups\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" | Format-Table\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#virtual-machine-scale-sets-1>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Virtual machine scale sets?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Azure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nGet-AzMaintenanceUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Location \"eastus\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVMSS\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachineScaleSets\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" | Format-Table\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#apply-updates>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Apply updates?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Use [New-AzApplyUpdate](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.maintenance/new-azapplyupdate>) to apply pending updates. Applying update calls can take up to 2 hours to complete.\nThis cmdlet works only for the host and OS image scopes. It doesn't work for the guest scope.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#isolated-vm-2>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Isolated VM?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Create a request to apply updates to an isolated VM:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzApplyUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVM\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachines\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\"\n\n```\n\nOn success, this command returns a `PSApplyUpdate` object. You can use the `Name` attribute in the `Get-AzApplyUpdate` command to check the update status, as described [later in this article](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#check-update-status>).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#dedicated-host-2>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Dedicated host?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Apply updates to a dedicated host:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzApplyUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -ResourceName \"myHost\" `\n -ResourceType \"hosts\" `\n -ResourceParentName \"myHostGroup\" `\n -ResourceParentType \"hostGroups\" `\n -ProviderName Microsoft.Compute\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#virtual-machine-scale-sets-2>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Virtual machine scale sets?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Azure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzApplyUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Location \"eastus\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVMSS\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachineScaleSets\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#check-update-status>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Check update status?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To check the status of an update, use [Get-AzApplyUpdate](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.maintenance/get-azapplyupdate>). The following commands show the status of the latest update by using `default` for the `-ApplyUpdateName` parameter. You can substitute the name of the update (returned by the [New-AzApplyUpdate](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.maintenance/new-azapplyupdate>) command) to get the status of a specific update.\nThis cmdlet works only for the host and OS image scopes. It doesn't work for the guest scope.\ntext Copy\n```\nStatus : Completed\nResourceId : /subscriptions/12ae7457-4a34-465c-94c1-17c058c2bd25/resourcegroups/TestShantS/providers/Microsoft.Comp\nute/virtualMachines/DXT-test-04-iso\nLastUpdateTime : 1/1/2020 12:00:00 AM\nId : /subscriptions/12ae7457-4a34-465c-94c1-17c058c2bd25/resourcegroups/TestShantS/providers/Microsoft.Comp\nute/virtualMachines/DXT-test-04-iso/providers/Microsoft.Maintenance/applyUpdates/default\nName : default\nType : Microsoft.Maintenance/applyUpdates\n\n```\n\n`LastUpdateTime` is the time when the update finished, whether you initiated the update or the platform initiated it because you didn't use the self-maintenance window. If an update was never applied through Maintenance Configurations, `LastUpdateTime` shows the default value.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#isolated-vm-3>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Isolated VM?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Check for updates to a specific virtual machine:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nGet-AzApplyUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVM\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachines\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" `\n -ApplyUpdateName \"applyUpdateName\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#dedicated-host-3>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Dedicated host?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Check for updates to a dedicated host:\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nGet-AzApplyUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -ResourceName \"myHost\" `\n -ResourceType \"hosts\" `\n -ResourceParentName \"myHostGroup\" `\n -ResourceParentType \"hostGroups\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" `\n -ApplyUpdateName \"applyUpdateName\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#virtual-machine-scale-sets-3>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Virtual machine scale sets?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Azure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nNew-AzApplyUpdate `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Location \"eastus\" `\n -ResourceName \"myVMSS\" `\n -ResourceType \"VirtualMachineScaleSets\" `\n -ProviderName \"Microsoft.Compute\" `\n -ApplyUpdateName \"applyUpdateName\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#delete-a-maintenance-configuration>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Delete a maintenance configuration?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To delete a maintenance configuration, use [Remove-AzMaintenanceConfiguration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/powershell/module/az.maintenance/remove-azmaintenanceconfiguration>):\nAzure PowerShell Copy Open Cloud Shell\n```\nRemove-AzMaintenanceConfiguration `\n -ResourceGroupName \"myResourceGroup\" `\n -Name \"configName\"\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Next steps?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To learn more, see [Maintenance for virtual machines in Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<maintenance-and-updates>)." } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Feedback?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Was this page helpful?\nYes No\n[ Provide product feedback ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/feedback.azure.com/d365community/forum/ec2f1827-be25-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0f1c>)|\n[ Get help at Microsoft Q&A ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/answers/tags/94/azure-virtual-machines/>)" } ]

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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Additional resources?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Training\nModule\n[ Configure updates of Azure Arc-enabled servers by using Azure Update Manager - Training ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/training/modules/configure-updates-azure-arc-enabled-servers/?source=recommendations>)\nUpdate Manager is a unified service that helps manage and govern updates for all your machines. It allows you to monitor Windows and Linux update compliance across Azure and on-premises from a single dashboard.\nCertification\n[ Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate - Certifications ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-administrator/?source=recommendations>)\nDemonstrate key skills to configure, manage, secure, and administer key professional functions in Microsoft Azure." } ]

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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain In this article?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "1. [Memory bandwidth test](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#memory-bandwidth-test>)\n 2. [Compute performance test](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#compute-performance-test>)\n 3. [MPI latency](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#mpi-latency>)\n 4. [MPI bandwidth](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#mpi-bandwidth>)\n 5. [Mellanox Perftest](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#mellanox-perftest>)\n 6. [Next steps](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)\n\nShow 2 more\n**Applies to:** ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets ✔️ Uniform scale sets\nPerformance expectations using common HPC microbenchmarks are as follows:\nExpand table\nWorkload | HX\n---|---\nSTREAM Triad | 750-780GB/s of DDR5, up to 5.7 TB/s of 3D-V Cache bandwidth\nHigh-Performance Linpack (HPL) | Up to 7.6 TF (Rpeak, FP64) for 144-core VM size\nRDMA latency & bandwidth | < 2 microseconds (1 byte), 400 Gb/s (one-way)\nFIO on local NVMe SSDs (RAID0) | 12 GB/s reads, 7 GB/s writes; 186k IOPS reads, 201k IOPS writes\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#memory-bandwidth-test>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Memory bandwidth test?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The STREAM memory test can be run using the scripts in this GitHub repository.\nBash Copy\n```\ngit clone https://github.com/Azure/woc-benchmarking\ncd woc-benchmarking/apps/hpc/stream/\nsh build_stream.sh\nsh stream_run_script.sh $PWD “hbrs_v4”\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#compute-performance-test>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Compute performance test?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The HPL benchmark can be run using the script in this GitHub repository.\nBash Copy\n```\ngit clone https://github.com/Azure/woc-benchmarking\ncd woc-benchmarking/apps/hpc/hpl\nsh hpl_build_script.sh\nsh hpl_run_scr_hbv4.sh $PWD\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#mpi-latency>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain MPI latency?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The MPI latency test from the OSU microbenchmark suite can be executed as shown. Sample scripts are on [GitHub](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/github.com/Azure/azurehpc/tree/master/apps/health_checks>).\nBash Copy\n```\nmodule load mpi/hpcx\nmpirun -np 2 --host $src,$dst --map-by node -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH $HPCX_OSU_DIR/osu_latency\n\n```\n\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#mpi-bandwidth>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain MPI bandwidth?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The MPI bandwidth test from the OSU microbenchmark suite can be executed as shown. Sample scripts are on [GitHub](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/github.com/Azure/azurehpc/tree/master/apps/health_checks>).\nBash Copy\n```\nmodule load mpi/hpcx\nmpirun -np 2 --host $src,$dst --map-by node -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH $HPCX_OSU_DIR/osu_bw\n\n```\n\n[!NOTE] Define source(src) and destination(dst).\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#mellanox-perftest>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Mellanox Perftest?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The [Mellanox Perftest package](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/github.com/linux-rdma/perftest>) has many InfiniBand tests such as latency (ib_send_lat) and bandwidth (ib_send_bw). An example command is shown.\nConsole Copy\n```\nnumactl --physcpubind=[INSERT CORE #] ib_send_lat -a\n\n```\n\n[!NOTE] NUMA node affinity for InfiniBand NIC is NUMA0.\n[](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<#next-steps>)" } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Next steps?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "* Learn about [scaling MPI applications](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<workloads/hpc/compiling-scaling-applications>).\n * Review the performance and scalability results of HPC applications on the HX VMs at the [TechCommunity article](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute/hpc-performance-and-scalability-results-with-azure-hbv4-vms/bc-p/2235843>).\n * Read about the latest announcements, HPC workload examples, and performance results at the [Azure HPC Microsoft Community Hub](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/bg-p/AzureHighPerformanceComputingBlog>).\n * For a higher-level architectural view of running HPC workloads, see [High Performance Computing (HPC) on Azure](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/</en-us/azure/architecture/topics/high-performance-computing/>)." } ]

[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are an Azure AI assistant, trained to help users understand and work with Azure services and documentation. You have deep knowledge of Azure's cloud platform, particularly about: . Provide clear, accurate, and helpful responses based on official Azure documentation." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you explain Feedback?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Was this page helpful?\nYes No\n[ Provide product feedback ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/feedback.azure.com/d365community/forum/ec2f1827-be25-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0f1c>)|\n[ Get help at Microsoft Q&A ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/<https:/learn.microsoft.com/answers/tags/94/azure-virtual-machines/>)" } ]

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