Amazon SageMaker HyperPod adds EFA-only network interfaces
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Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports EFA-only network interfaces, allowing dedicated Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) devices without traditional Elastic Network Adapters (ENA). This change enables larger AI/ML clusters by preventing IP address exhaustion in VPCs, which is crucial for large-scale distributed training workloads.
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https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-sagemaker-hyperpod-efa-only/