- Overview
- The Family of AI Frameworks
- Versioning Policy and Release Cadence
- Recommended Deployment Guidelines
- Technical Support
- Licenses
AI Toolkit for IBM® Z® and IBM® LinuxONE is a family of popular open-source AI frameworks with IBM Elite Support and adapted for IBM Z and LinuxONE hardware.
The following family of AI frameworks are Generally Available as container images that run in both the Linux, and zCX environments of z/OS on IBM Z:
- IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler
- IBM Z Accelerated for Snap ML
- IBM Z Accelerated for TensorFlow
- IBM Z Accelerated for NVIDIA Triton™ Inference Server
- IBM Z Accelerated Serving for TensorFlow
- IBM Z Accelerated for PyTorch
The container images for each AI Framework can be downloaded from the IBM Container Registry.
For installation documentation regarding a particular AI framework, please visit the associated documentation for the individual container images as linked above.
For general documentation about container image deployment, please visit the Recommended Deployment Guidelines section below.
Each AI Framework listed above follows its own versioning policy and release cadence. For information about a specific AI Framework versioning policy and release cadence, please visit the respective documentation as linked below:
- IBM Z Deep Learning Compiler Versioning Policy and Release Cadence
- IBM Z Accelerated for Snap ML Versioning Policy and Release Cadence
- IBM Z Accelerated for TensorFlow Versioning Policy and Release Cadence
- IBM Z Accelerated for NVIDIA Triton™ Inference Server Versioning Policy and Release Cadence
- IBM Z Accelerated Serving for TensorFlow Versioning Policy and Release Cadence
- IBM Z Accelerated for PyTorch Versioning Policy and Release Cadence
While open-source software has made AI more accessible, affordable and innovative, you need the right level of support to successfully implement these frameworks. With the introduction of the AI Toolkit for IBM Z and IBM® LinuxONE, you can leverage our proven support offering to deploy and accelerate the adoption of popular open-source AI frameworks on your z/OS® and IBM® LinuxONE platforms.
The AI Toolkit consists of IBM Elite Support and IBM Secure Engineering that vet and scan open-source AI serving frameworks and IBM certified containers for security vulnerabilities and validate compliance with industry regulations.
Information about obtaining support and information about the offerings supported within the AI Toolkit for IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE can be found here. Details on the level of support is available in the What to Expect From Support document.
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By default, the container images listed in this documentation, and related AI Toolkit documentation, must not be placed into a production environment without additional security precautions in effect. While each deployment environment is uniquely different from the next, as a baseline set of security precautions, please view our Recommended Deployment Guidelines documentation.
Additional resources for leveraging AI with IBM Z are available here.
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