From 5fabc1208f9ef5fefb1a8123c2c107633cbaa943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bitliu Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 00:08:47 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add NVIDIA Dynamo integration proposal Signed-off-by: bitliu --- .../proposals/nvidia-dynamo-integration.md | 1694 +++++++++++++++++ website/sidebars.ts | 1 + 2 files changed, 1695 insertions(+) create mode 100644 website/docs/proposals/nvidia-dynamo-integration.md diff --git a/website/docs/proposals/nvidia-dynamo-integration.md b/website/docs/proposals/nvidia-dynamo-integration.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ea44f635 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/docs/proposals/nvidia-dynamo-integration.md @@ -0,0 +1,1694 @@ +# Semantic Intelligence Layer for NVIDIA Dynamo + +## 1. Executive Summary + +This proposal outlines a comprehensive integration strategy between **vLLM Semantic Router** and **NVIDIA Dynamo**, combining semantic intelligence with high-performance distributed inference. The integration creates a unified inference stack that leverages: + +- **Semantic Router's** intelligent request classification (14 domain categories), domain-aware system prompts, fusion routing (BERT classification + keyword matching + similarity search), security filtering, Milvus-based semantic caching +- **Dynamo's** disaggregated serving, KV-aware routing, and multi-tier memory management + +The result is a production-grade LLM serving platform with **system-level intelligence** that achieves optimal balance between **accuracy** (routing to the right model with optimized prompts for best quality) and **efficiency** (maximizing GPU utilization and minimizing latency), creating a holistically intelligent inference system. + +**Key Benefits:** + +- **System-level intelligence** that optimally balances accuracy and efficiency across the entire inference stack +- **Significant cost reduction** through intelligent model selection combined with infrastructure optimization +- **Substantial latency improvement** via semantic caching + KV cache management with adaptive routing strategies +- **Enhanced LLM quality** with domain-aware system prompts that improve Chain-of-Thought reasoning, token efficiency, and MoE expert matching +- **Adaptive routing intelligence** with fusion routing: fast path (keyword) to deep analysis (BERT) based on query complexity, maximizing efficiency without sacrificing accuracy +- **Multi-signal decision making** combining BERT classification, keyword matching, and similarity search for robust and accurate routing +- **Holistic content safety** with PII detection and jailbreak prevention before inference +- **End-to-end observability** across semantic and infrastructure layers for continuous system optimization + +--- + +## 2. Motivation: Why Semantic Router for Dynamo? + +### 2.1 Dynamo Router Capabilities (Current State) + +NVIDIA Dynamo provides a sophisticated **KV-aware router** optimized for infrastructure-level efficiency: + +| Capability | Description | Optimization Target | +|------------|-------------|---------------------| +| **KV Cache-Aware Routing** | Routes requests to workers with highest KV cache hit rate | TTFT, throughput | +| **Load-Based Routing** | Balances active decoding blocks across workers | ITL, GPU utilization | +| **Cost Function Optimization** | Minimizes `potential_prefill_blocks + potential_active_blocks` | Computational cost | +| **Temperature-Based Selection** | Probabilistic routing to prevent worker saturation | Load distribution | +| **Event-Driven Tracking** | Real-time cache state via worker events | Routing accuracy | + +**Key Characteristics:** + +- **Infrastructure-focused:** Optimizes GPU memory and compute utilization +- **Cache-aware:** Leverages existing KV caches to reduce prefill cost +- **Load-balanced:** Distributes decoding workload across workers +- **Performance-oriented:** Minimizes TTFT and ITL through smart scheduling + +### 2.2 Semantic Router Capabilities (System Intelligence Layer) + +vLLM Semantic Router provides **system-level intelligence** that operates at the request understanding layer, achieving optimal balance between **accuracy** and **efficiency** through intelligent decision-making across **14 domain categories**: + +| Capability | Description | Intelligence Focus | +|------------|-------------|---------------------| +| **Intent Classification** | BERT-based categorization (14 categories: math, code, business, law, etc.) | Accuracy: Precise domain understanding | +| **Model Selection** | Routes to best-performing model per category | Accuracy: Task-specific quality optimization | +| **Domain-Aware System Prompts** | Auto-injects category-specific system prompts for prompt engineering | Accuracy: LLM CoT quality, token efficiency, MoE expert matching | +| **Fusion Routing** | Multi-signal routing (keyword + similarity + BERT) | Efficiency: Adaptive latency based on query complexity | +| **Semantic Caching** | Milvus-based vector cache with 0.85+ similarity threshold | Efficiency: Inference cost reduction | +| **PII Detection** | Token-level classification (PERSON, EMAIL, SSN, etc.) | System Intelligence: Privacy protection | +| **Jailbreak Prevention** | Binary classification for prompt injection attacks | System Intelligence: Security enforcement | +| **Tool Selection** | Semantic matching of relevant tools to reduce prompt tokens | Efficiency: Context optimization | +| **Reasoning Control** | Auto-enables reasoning mode for complex queries | Accuracy: Quality-aware mode selection | + +**System Intelligence Characteristics:** + +- **Holistic Intelligence:** Understands query intent, complexity, and security implications across 14 domain categories +- **Accuracy-Efficiency Balance:** Dynamically selects routing strategy (keyword/similarity/BERT) based on query complexity to maximize accuracy while minimizing latency +- **Quality Optimization:** Selects models and prompts based on task-specific accuracy requirements +- **Intelligent Prompt Engineering:** Auto-injects domain-specific system prompts to optimize LLM behavior and output quality +- **Proactive Security:** Blocks malicious or privacy-violating requests before reaching inference layer +- **Cost Intelligence:** Avoids expensive models for simple queries while ensuring quality for complex tasks +- **Adaptive Routing:** Multi-signal fusion routing adapts to query characteristics for optimal accuracy-efficiency tradeoff + +#### 2.2.1 14 Domain Categories with System Prompts + +Semantic Router classifies queries into **14 specialized categories**: math, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, economics, business, law, psychology, philosophy, history, health, and other. Each category has an optimized system prompt automatically injected based on query classification. + +**System Prompt Benefits:** + +1. **Improved Chain-of-Thought (CoT):** Domain-specific prompts guide LLMs to use appropriate reasoning patterns + - Math: "Provide step-by-step solutions, show your work clearly" + - Law: "Provide accurate legal information while clearly stating disclaimers" + - Business: "Provide practical, actionable advice backed by proven methodologies" + +2. **Token Efficiency:** Optimized prompts reduce unnecessary verbosity while maintaining quality + - Shorter, focused prompts for straightforward categories (business, history) + - Detailed prompts for complex domains requiring specific methodologies (math, physics) + +3. **MoE Expert Matching:** Well-crafted system prompts improve expert selection in Mixture-of-Experts models + - Domain-specific terminology activates relevant experts + - Consistent prompt structure improves expert routing accuracy + - Example: "You are a mathematics expert" → activates math-specialized experts in DeepSeek-V3 + +4. **Quality Control:** Category-specific disclaimers and ethical guidelines + - Medical/Legal: Explicit disclaimers about professional consultation + - Psychology: Emphasis on evidence-based approaches + - Health: Clear boundaries between information and medical advice + +**Example System Prompt (Math Category):** + +``` +You are a mathematics expert. Provide step-by-step solutions, show your +work clearly, and explain mathematical concepts in an understandable way. +``` + +**Example System Prompt (Business Category):** + +``` +You are a senior business consultant and strategic advisor with expertise +in corporate strategy, operations management, financial analysis, marketing, +and organizational development. Provide practical, actionable business advice +backed by proven methodologies and industry best practices. Consider market +dynamics, competitive landscape, and stakeholder interests in your recommendations. +``` + +#### 2.2.2 Fusion Routing Strategy + +Semantic Router implements a **multi-signal fusion routing** approach that combines three complementary routing methods (as detailed in the [Prompt Classification Routing proposal](./prompt-classification-routing.md)): + +**1. Keyword-Based Routing (Fast Path)** + +- Deterministic routing for technology-specific terms (e.g., "kubernetes", "SQL", "React") +- **Latency**: Minimal (significantly faster than BERT classification) +- Boolean logic support (AND/OR operators) +- Easy to update without model retraining +- **Use case**: Exact term matching for known patterns + +**2. Similarity-Based Routing (Semantic Path)** + +- Embedding similarity for semantic concept detection +- Robust to paraphrasing ("step-by-step" ≈ "explain thoroughly") +- Configurable similarity thresholds (default: 0.75) +- **Latency**: Low (faster than full BERT classification) +- **Use case**: Semantic concept matching beyond exact terms + +**3. BERT Classification (Deep Understanding Path)** + +- 14-category classification with ModernBERT +- Highest accuracy for complex queries +- **Latency**: Moderate (comprehensive analysis) +- **Use case**: Comprehensive intent understanding + +**Signal Fusion Layer:** + +- **Policy-driven decision making**: Combines signals with configurable priority +- **Routing logic**: + 1. Check keyword rules first (fastest) + 2. If no keyword match, check similarity rules + 3. If no similarity match, use BERT classification (fallback) +- **Confidence scoring**: Each signal provides confidence score +- **Override mechanism**: High-confidence signals can override lower-priority signals +- **Observability**: All signals logged for analysis + +**System Intelligence Benefits of Fusion Routing:** + +- **Accuracy-Efficiency Balance**: Dynamically selects routing strategy based on query complexity—fast path (keyword) for deterministic patterns achieves minimal latency, while deep analysis (BERT) for complex queries ensures maximum accuracy +- **Adaptive Intelligence**: System automatically chooses the most efficient signal that meets accuracy requirements, avoiding unnecessary computation +- **Flexibility**: Easy to add new routing rules without model retraining, enabling continuous system optimization +- **Robustness**: Multiple signals provide redundancy and cross-validation, reducing misclassification risk and improving overall system reliability +- **Holistic Optimization**: Considers both accuracy and efficiency in every routing decision, maximizing system-level intelligence + +### 2.3 Differentiation Analysis: Complementary Strengths + +The two systems operate at **different layers** of the inference stack with **minimal overlap**: + +#### Semantic Router: Request Intelligence Layer + +``` +User Query → [Semantic Understanding] → Model Selection → Request Enrichment +``` + +- **What:** Understands query semantics, intent, and safety +- **Why:** Routes to the right model for the task +- **When:** Before request reaches infrastructure +- **Optimization:** Accuracy, cost, security + +#### Dynamo Router: Infrastructure Efficiency Layer + +``` +Enriched Request → [Worker Selection] → KV Cache Optimization → GPU Scheduling +``` + +- **What:** Optimizes worker selection and resource allocation +- **Why:** Maximizes GPU utilization and minimizes latency +- **When:** After model selection, during execution +- **Optimization:** TTFT, ITL, throughput + +#### Integration Value Proposition + +| Dimension | Semantic Router Alone | Dynamo Router Alone | **Integrated System** | +|-----------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| +| **Model Selection** | ✅ Semantic accuracy (14 categories) | ❌ No model awareness | ✅ Best model for task | +| **Worker Selection** | ❌ No worker awareness | ✅ KV cache optimization | ✅ Optimal worker for model | +| **Prompt Engineering** | ✅ Domain-aware system prompts | ❌ No prompt optimization | ✅ Optimized CoT & MoE matching | +| **Fusion Routing** | ✅ BERT + keyword + similarity fusion | ❌ KV-aware only | ✅ Multi-signal intelligent routing | +| **Caching** | ✅ Semantic similarity (Milvus) | ✅ KV cache reuse | ✅✅ **Dual-layer caching** | +| **Security** | ✅ PII + jailbreak | ❌ No security layer | ✅ Pre-inference filtering | +| **Cost Optimization** | ✅ Cross-Model-level | ✅ Infrastructure-level | ✅✅ **End-to-end optimization** | +| **Latency** | Adaptive (fusion routing) | Low routing overhead | **Parallel execution** | + +**Concrete Example:** + +``` +Query: "Explain the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem step-by-step" + +┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Semantic Router Layer │ +├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ 1. Fusion Routing (3-signal analysis): │ +│ a) Keyword Match: "theorem", "proof" → math (confidence: 0.8)│ +│ b) Similarity Search: matches "mathematical proofs" concept │ +│ (similarity: 0.87) │ +│ c) BERT Classification: "math" category (confidence: 0.92) │ +│ → Final Decision: "math" (multi-signal consensus) │ +│ 2. Model Selection: deepseek-v31 (best for math reasoning) │ +│ 3. System Prompt Injection: │ +│ "You are a mathematics expert. Provide step-by-step │ +│ solutions, show your work clearly, and explain │ +│ mathematical concepts in an understandable way." │ +│ 4. Reasoning Mode: ENABLED (entropy-based decision) │ +│ 5. Security: PASS (no PII, no jailbreak) │ +│ 6. Semantic Cache: MISS (novel query) │ +│ 7. Enriched Request: │ +│ - model=deepseek-v31 │ +│ - reasoning_effort=high │ +│ - system_prompt= │ +└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Dynamo Router Layer │ +├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ 1. Worker Pool: [worker-1, worker-2, worker-3] (deepseek-v31) │ +│ 2. KV Cache Analysis: │ +│ - worker-1: 15 cached blocks (math proofs context) │ +│ - worker-2: 3 cached blocks │ +│ - worker-3: 0 cached blocks │ +│ 3. Cost Calculation: │ +│ - worker-1: 85 prefill + 25 active = 110 (BEST) │ +│ - worker-2: 97 prefill + 20 active = 117 │ +│ - worker-3: 100 prefill + 18 active = 118 │ +│ 4. Selection: worker-1 (significant prefill cost reduction) │ +└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + +Result: +- Right model (deepseek-v31 for math reasoning) +- Right worker (worker-1 with relevant KV cache) +- Right mode (reasoning enabled) +- Significantly faster TTFT vs. random worker selection +``` + +### 2.4 Why Integration Matters: Achieving System-Level Intelligence + +**Challenge 1: Infrastructure without Intelligence** + +- Dynamo optimizes infrastructure efficiency but lacks semantic understanding +- Cannot distinguish between "2+2=?" and "Prove Fermat's Last Theorem" +- Routes both to the same model pool without understanding complexity or quality requirements +- No ability to select specialized models (math vs. code vs. creative) based on task characteristics + +**Challenge 2: Intelligence without Infrastructure Awareness** + +- Semantic Router provides intelligent model selection but lacks infrastructure visibility +- Selects the right model but not the optimal worker +- Cannot leverage KV cache reuse across workers +- No awareness of GPU utilization or worker load for efficiency optimization + +**Solution: Holistic System Intelligence through Layered Integration** + +``` +System Intelligence Layer (Semantic Router) + ↓ [accuracy: model selection, quality optimization, security] + ↓ [efficiency: semantic cache, adaptive routing, cost control] +Infrastructure Optimization Layer (Dynamo) + ↓ [efficiency: worker selection, KV cache, GPU scheduling] + ↓ [accuracy: consistent execution, reliable serving] +Execution Layer (vLLM/SGLang/TRT-LLM) +``` + +**Result:** A holistically intelligent system that optimizes for both accuracy (right model, right prompt, right quality) and efficiency (right worker, right cache, right resource utilization) at every layer. + +--- + +## 3. Goals and Non-Goals + +### 3.1 Goals + +**Primary Goals:** + +1. **Seamless Integration:** Semantic Router operates as a pre-processing layer before Dynamo's router +2. **Dual-Layer Caching:** Semantic cache (request-level) + KV cache (token-level) work in tandem +3. **Model-Aware Routing:** Dynamo routes to worker pools filtered by Semantic Router's model selection +4. **Security Enforcement:** PII and jailbreak detection before requests reach Dynamo +5. **Unified Observability:** Single trace spans both semantic and infrastructure layers +6. **Zero Downtime:** Hot-reload of semantic routing rules without Dynamo restart + +**Secondary Goals:** + +1. **Performance:** Combined latency < 50ms (semantic + infrastructure routing) +2. **Scalability:** Support 10K+ RPS with horizontal scaling +3. **Flexibility:** Support multiple deployment patterns (sidecar, gateway, embedded) + +### 3.2 Non-Goals + +1. **Replacing Dynamo Router:** Semantic Router augments, not replaces, Dynamo's KV-aware routing +2. **Modifying Dynamo Core:** Integration via standard APIs, no Dynamo internals changes required +3. **Unified Configuration:** Maintain separate configs for semantic and infrastructure layers +4. **Synchronous Coupling:** Systems can operate independently if needed + +--- + +## 4. Proposal Details + +### 4.1 Deep Learning Models + +The Semantic Router leverages **four specialized deep learning models** for intelligent request processing. The system uses a combination of **BERT** and **ModernBERT** architectures optimized for different tasks. + +#### 4.1.1 Similarity Model (BERT Embeddings) + +**Purpose:** Generate embeddings for semantic similarity comparison + +**Model:** `sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L12-v2` + +**Key Features:** + +- **Architecture:** BERT-based (microsoft/MiniLM-L12-H384-uncased) + - 12 layers, 384 hidden dimensions, 12 attention heads + - Fine-tuned on 1B+ sentence pairs using contrastive learning + - Base model: Standard BERT architecture (not ModernBERT) +- **Embedding Dimension:** 384 +- **Use Cases:** + - Semantic cache similarity matching (threshold: 0.8) + - Tool selection via semantic search (threshold: 0.2) + - Similarity-based routing for semantic concepts +- **Deployment:** CPU-optimized for cost efficiency +- **Model Size:** 33.4M parameters (~120 MB) + +**Configuration:** + +```yaml +bert_model: + model_id: sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L12-v2 + threshold: 0.6 + use_cpu: true +``` + +**Why BERT (not ModernBERT)?** + +- Mature, well-tested model with proven performance +- Optimized for sentence embeddings via contrastive learning +- Smaller model size (120 MB) for faster loading +- ModernBERT (released Dec 2024) is used for classification tasks below + +--- + +#### 4.1.2 Classification Model (Category Detection) + +**Purpose:** Classify queries into 14 domain categories + +**Model:** `models/category_classifier_modernbert-base_model` + +**Key Features:** + +- **Architecture:** ModernBERT-base (released Dec 2024) + - Modern replacement for BERT with improved architecture + - 8192 token context length (vs. BERT's 512) + - Rotary Position Embeddings (RoPE) for better long-context handling + - Flash Attention 2 for faster inference + - Fine-tuned on MMLU-Pro dataset for domain classification +- **Categories:** 14 domains (math, computer_science, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, economics, business, law, psychology, philosophy, history, health, other) +- **Output:** Category label + confidence score +- **Threshold:** 0.6 (configurable) +- **Training Data:** MMLU-Pro dataset with domain-specific examples +- **Model Size:** ~149M parameters (ModernBERT-base) + +**Configuration:** + +```yaml +classifier: + category_model: + model_id: "models/category_classifier_modernbert-base_model" + use_modernbert: true + threshold: 0.6 + use_cpu: true + category_mapping_path: "models/category_classifier_modernbert-base_model/category_mapping.json" +``` + +**Model Selection Impact:** + +- Determines which LLM to route to (e.g., DeepSeek-V3 for math, Qwen3 for business) +- Triggers domain-specific system prompt injection +- Controls reasoning mode activation + +--- + +#### 4.1.3 PII Detection Model (Privacy Protection) + +**Purpose:** Detect personally identifiable information at token level + +**Model:** `models/pii_classifier_modernbert-base_presidio_token_model` + +**Key Features:** + +- **Architecture:** ModernBERT-base fine-tuned for token classification + - Token-level sequence labeling (BIO tagging scheme) + - Fine-tuned on Microsoft Presidio dataset + - Optimized for privacy-sensitive entity detection +- **PII Types Detected:** 17 types including: + - **Identity:** `PERSON`, `AGE`, `NRP` (nationality/religious/political) + - **Contact:** `EMAIL_ADDRESS`, `PHONE_NUMBER`, `STREET_ADDRESS`, `ZIP_CODE` + - **Financial:** `CREDIT_CARD`, `IBAN_CODE`, `US_SSN`, `US_DRIVER_LICENSE` + - **Technical:** `IP_ADDRESS`, `DOMAIN_NAME` + - **Organizational:** `ORGANIZATION`, `GPE` (geopolitical entity) + - **Temporal:** `DATE_TIME` +- **Granularity:** Token-level classification (not just entity-level) +- **Threshold:** 0.7 (configurable) +- **Action:** Block requests violating model-specific PII policies +- **Model Size:** ~149M parameters (ModernBERT-base) + +**Configuration:** + +```yaml +classifier: + pii_model: + model_id: "models/pii_classifier_modernbert-base_presidio_token_model" + use_modernbert: true + threshold: 0.7 + use_cpu: true + pii_mapping_path: "models/pii_classifier_modernbert-base_presidio_token_model/pii_type_mapping.json" +``` + +**Policy Enforcement:** + +```yaml +model_config: + public-model: + pii_policy: + allow_by_default: false + pii_types_allowed: ["PERSON"] # Only person names allowed +``` + +**Response Headers (when blocked):** + +- `x-vsr-pii-violation: true` + +--- + +#### 4.1.4 Jailbreak Detection Model (Security) + +**Purpose:** Detect adversarial prompts and jailbreak attempts + +**Model:** Auto-discovered from `models/` directory + +**Key Features:** + +- **Architecture:** Multiple options with automatic selection + - **LoRA models (preferred):** Fine-tuned adapters on BERT/RoBERTa/ModernBERT base + - `lora_jailbreak_classifier_bert_model` (Priority 1) + - `lora_jailbreak_classifier_roberta_model` (Priority 2) + - `lora_jailbreak_classifier_modernbert_model` (Priority 3) + - **Legacy model (fallback):** `jailbreak_classifier_modernbert-base_model` + - LoRA models offer better accuracy with smaller size (~10-20 MB adapters) +- **Model Discovery:** Automatic selection with architecture priority: BERT > RoBERTa > ModernBERT +- **Detection Types:** + - Prompt injection attacks + - Instruction override attempts + - Adversarial prompts + - Social engineering +- **Threshold:** 0.7 (configurable) +- **Action:** Block requests with confidence above threshold +- **Model Size:** + - LoRA: ~10-20 MB (adapter only) + base model + - Legacy: ~149M parameters (ModernBERT-base) + +**Configuration:** + +```yaml +prompt_guard: + enabled: true + use_modernbert: true + threshold: 0.7 + use_cpu: true + # model_id and jailbreak_mapping_path are auto-discovered +``` + +**Response Headers (when blocked):** + +- `x-vsr-jailbreak-blocked: true` +- `x-vsr-jailbreak-type: {type}` (e.g., "prompt_injection") +- `x-vsr-jailbreak-confidence: {score}` (e.g., "0.950") + +--- + +#### 4.1.5 Model Performance Summary + +| Model | Purpose | Architecture | Parameters | Threshold | CPU/GPU | +|-------|---------|--------------|------------|-----------|---------| +| **Similarity** | Semantic matching | BERT (MiniLM-L12) | 33.4M | 0.6-0.8 | CPU | +| **Classification** | Category detection | ModernBERT-base | 149M | 0.6 | CPU | +| **PII Detection** | Privacy protection | ModernBERT-base | 149M | 0.7 | CPU | +| **Jailbreak** | Security filtering | ModernBERT-base/LoRA | 149M + adapters | 0.7 | CPU | + +**Architecture Comparison:** + +| Feature | BERT (MiniLM) | ModernBERT | +|---------|---------------|------------| +| **Release Date** | 2020 | December 2024 | +| **Context Length** | 512 tokens | 8192 tokens | +| **Position Encoding** | Absolute | RoPE (Rotary) | +| **Attention** | Standard | Flash Attention 2 | +| **Use Case** | Embeddings | Classification | +| **Model Size** | 33.4M params | 149M params | + +**Optimization Strategies:** + +- **Parallel Execution:** PII and Jailbreak detection run in parallel +- **Early Exit:** Cache hits bypass all model inference +- **Keyword Routing:** Fast path for deterministic patterns +- **CPU Optimization:** All models optimized for CPU inference to reduce cost +- **LoRA Adapters:** Jailbreak model uses lightweight adapters for faster loading + +--- + +### 4.2 Design Principles + +1. **Separation of Concerns:** Semantic intelligence and infrastructure optimization remain decoupled +2. **API-Driven Integration:** Use Dynamo's frontend API and worker registration mechanisms +3. **Fail-Safe Design:** Semantic Router failure falls back to Dynamo's default routing +4. **Observability-First:** Every decision (semantic + infrastructure) is traced and logged +5. **Kubernetes-Native:** Designed for cloud-native deployment with CRDs and operators + +### 4.3 System Architecture + +```mermaid +graph TB + Client[LLM Application
OpenAI SDK] + + subgraph Main["Main Processing Flow"] + direction TB + + subgraph SIL["① vLLM Semantic Router Layer"] + direction TB + Gateway[Envoy Gateway :8080] + ExtProc[Semantic Router ExtProc :50051] + + subgraph SC["Semantic Components"] + direction LR + Classifier[BERT Classifier] + PIIDetector[PII Detector] + JailbreakGuard[Jailbreak Guard] + end + + SemanticCache[Semantic Cache] + ToolSelector[Tool Selector] + end + + subgraph DL["② NVIDIA Dynamo Layer"] + direction TB + DynamoFrontend[Dynamo Frontend :8000] + + subgraph DR["Routing & Management"] + direction LR + DynamoRouter[KV Router] + KVBM[KV Block Manager] + end + + Planner[Planner - Dynamic Scaling] + end + + subgraph EL["③ Execution Layer - Worker Pools"] + direction TB + + subgraph MP1["Model Pool: deepseek-v31"] + direction LR + W1[Prefill Worker] + W2[Decode Worker] + end + + subgraph MP2["Model Pool: phi4"] + direction LR + W3[Prefill Worker] + W4[Decode Worker] + end + + subgraph MP3["Model Pool: qwen3"] + W5[Worker - SGLang] + end + end + end + + subgraph SL["Storage Layer"] + direction TB + Milvus[(Milvus
Semantic Cache)] + SystemMem[(System Memory
KV Offload)] + NVMe[(NVMe
Cold Cache)] + end + + Client -->|1. Request| Gateway + Gateway <-->|2. ExtProc| ExtProc + ExtProc --> Classifier + ExtProc --> PIIDetector + ExtProc --> JailbreakGuard + ExtProc --> SemanticCache + ExtProc --> ToolSelector + + Gateway -->|3. Enriched Request| DynamoFrontend + DynamoFrontend --> DynamoRouter + DynamoRouter <--> KVBM + + DynamoRouter -->|4. Worker Selection| W1 + DynamoRouter -->|4. Worker Selection| W2 + DynamoRouter -.-> W3 + DynamoRouter -.-> W4 + DynamoRouter -.-> W5 + + Planner -.->|Scaling| W1 + Planner -.->|Scaling| W2 + Planner -.->|Scaling| W3 + Planner -.->|Scaling| W4 + Planner -.->|Scaling| W5 + + SemanticCache <--> Milvus + KVBM <--> SystemMem + KVBM <--> NVMe + + W1 -->|5. Response| DynamoFrontend + DynamoFrontend -->|6. Response| Gateway + Gateway -->|7. Response| Client + + style ExtProc fill:#e1f5ff + style DynamoRouter fill:#c8e6c9 + style SemanticCache fill:#fff9c4 + style KVBM fill:#fff9c4 + style SL fill:#f5f5f5 +``` + +**Architecture Layers:** + +1. **Semantic Intelligence Layer (Semantic Router)** + - Envoy Gateway with ExtProc for request interception + - BERT-based classification and security filtering + - Semantic caching with Milvus backend + - Request enrichment with routing metadata + +2. **Infrastructure Optimization Layer (Dynamo)** + - Dynamo Frontend receives enriched requests + - KV Router performs model-aware worker selection + - Planner handles dynamic scaling + - KVBM manages multi-tier KV cache + +3. **Execution Layer (vLLM/SGLang/TRT-LLM)** + - Model-specific worker pools + - Disaggregated prefill/decode workers + - Backend-agnostic execution + +4. **Storage Layer** + - Milvus for semantic cache + - System memory for KV cache offload + - NVMe for cold KV cache storage + +### 4.4 Request Flow + +#### 4.4.1 End-to-End Request Processing + +``` +┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Phase 1: Semantic Intelligence (Semantic Router) │ +├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ Step 1: Request Interception │ +│ - Envoy Gateway receives OpenAI API request │ +│ - ExtProc gRPC call to Semantic Router │ +│ - Extract query from messages array │ +│ │ +│ Step 2: Security Filtering (Parallel Execution) │ +│ - PII Detection: Scan for PERSON, EMAIL, SSN, etc. │ +│ - Jailbreak Detection: Binary classification for prompt injection │ +│ - Action: BLOCK if security violation detected │ +│ - Latency: Low │ +│ │ +│ Step 3: Semantic Cache Lookup │ +│ - Generate BERT embedding for query │ +│ - Search Milvus for similar queries (threshold: 0.85) │ +│ - Action: Return cached response if HIT │ +│ - Latency: Very low (cache hit), Low (cache miss) │ +│ │ +│ Step 4: Fusion Routing (Multi-Signal Classification) │ +│ - Signal 1: Keyword matching (fast path) │ +│ - Signal 2: Similarity search (semantic concepts) │ +│ - Signal 3: BERT classification (deep understanding) │ +│ - Entropy-based reasoning decision │ +│ - Category: math, code, reasoning, creative, etc. │ +│ - Latency: Adaptive (keyword: minimal, similarity: low, BERT: moderate) │ +│ │ +│ Step 5: Model Selection │ +│ - Lookup category → model scores mapping │ +│ - Select best-performing model for category │ +│ - Example: "math" → deepseek-v31 (score: 0.92) │ +│ │ +│ Step 6: Request Enrichment │ +│ - Add headers: │ +│ * X-VSR-Model: deepseek-v31 │ +│ * X-VSR-Category: math │ +│ * X-VSR-Reasoning: true │ +│ * X-VSR-Reasoning-Effort: high │ +│ * X-VSR-Cache-Status: miss │ +│ - Modify request body: │ +│ * Update "model" field to selected model │ +│ * Inject reasoning parameters if applicable │ +│ * Add selected tools if tool selection enabled │ +│ │ +│ Total Latency: Low to Moderate (parallel execution) │ +└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Phase 2: Infrastructure Optimization (Dynamo) │ +├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ Step 7: Dynamo Frontend Receives Request │ +│ - Parse X-VSR-Model header │ +│ - Filter worker pool to model-specific workers │ +│ - Example: Only consider workers serving deepseek-v31 │ +│ │ +│ Step 8: KV-Aware Worker Selection │ +│ - Query KVBM for cached blocks per worker │ +│ - Calculate cost for each worker: │ +│ * potential_prefill_blocks = (input_tokens - overlap_blocks) / block_size│ +│ * potential_active_blocks = current_active + new_request_blocks │ +│ * logit = kv_overlap_weight × prefill + active │ +│ - Select worker with lowest cost │ +│ - Latency: Low │ +│ │ +│ Step 9: Request Forwarding │ +│ - Forward to selected worker (prefill or decode) │ +│ - Worker processes request with vLLM/SGLang/TRT-LLM │ +│ - KVBM tracks new KV cache blocks │ +│ │ +│ Total Latency: Low (routing overhead) │ +└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Phase 3: Response Processing │ +├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ Step 10: Worker Response │ +│ - vLLM/SGLang generates tokens │ +│ - Stream response back to Dynamo Frontend │ +│ │ +│ Step 11: Semantic Cache Update │ +│ - Semantic Router receives response via ExtProc │ +│ - Store query embedding + response in Milvus │ +│ - TTL: 7200 seconds (configurable) │ +│ │ +│ Step 12: Response to Client │ +│ - Envoy Gateway forwards response │ +│ - Add response headers: │ +│ * X-VSR-Model-Used: deepseek-v31 │ +│ * X-VSR-Cache-Hit: false │ +└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ +``` + +#### 4.4.2 Dual-Layer Caching Strategy + +The integration leverages **two complementary caching layers**: + +**Layer 1: Semantic Cache (Request-Level)** + +- **Granularity:** Entire request-response pairs +- **Matching:** Embedding similarity (cosine distance) +- **Threshold:** 0.85 (configurable) +- **Backend:** Milvus (vector database) +- **Benefit:** Avoids inference entirely for similar queries +- **Example:** "What is 2+2?" ≈ "Calculate 2 plus 2" (similarity: 0.91) + +**Layer 2: KV Cache (Token-Level)** + +- **Granularity:** Token-level KV cache blocks +- **Matching:** Exact prefix matching +- **Backend:** GPU HBM → System Memory → NVMe +- **Benefit:** Reduces prefill cost for partial overlaps +- **Example:** "Explain quantum computing" → "Explain quantum computing applications" (prefix reuse) + +**Combined Benefit:** + +``` +Scenario 1: Exact Semantic Match + Query: "What is the capital of France?" + Semantic Cache: HIT (high similarity with "What's France's capital?") + KV Cache: N/A (inference skipped) + Latency: Very low (cache lookup only) + Cost Reduction: Maximum (no inference) + +Scenario 2: Partial Semantic Match + KV Reuse + Query: "Explain the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in detail" + Semantic Cache: MISS (novel query) + KV Cache: HIT (significant overlap with "Explain Fermat's Last Theorem") + Latency: Reduced (vs. without KV reuse) + Cost Reduction: Significant (prefill cost saved) + +Scenario 3: Novel Query + Query: "Design a distributed consensus algorithm for blockchain" + Semantic Cache: MISS + KV Cache: MISS + Latency: Standard (full inference) + Cost Reduction: None (but routed to best model) +``` + +### 4.5 Integration in Kubernetes + +#### 4.5.1 Deployment Architecture + +The integration follows a **layered service architecture** in Kubernetes, with clear separation between semantic intelligence and infrastructure optimization: + +``` +┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Kubernetes Cluster: llm-inference-stack │ +├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ │ +│ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ +│ │ Layer 1: Gateway & Semantic Intelligence │ │ +│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ │ [Envoy Gateway] │ │ +│ │ ↓ (ExtProc gRPC) │ │ +│ │ [Semantic Router Service] │ │ +│ │ - Pods: 3 replicas (HA) │ │ +│ │ - Port: 50051 (gRPC) │ │ +│ │ - Functions: │ │ +│ │ * BERT classification (14 categories) │ │ +│ │ * System prompt injection │ │ +│ │ * PII/Jailbreak detection │ │ +│ │ * Semantic cache lookup │ │ +│ │ * Model selection │ │ +│ │ - Dependencies: │ │ +│ │ * Milvus Service (semantic cache) │ │ +│ │ * ConfigMap (routing rules) │ │ +│ │ * PVC (ML models) │ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ │ [Milvus Service] │ │ +│ │ - Port: 19530 (gRPC) │ │ +│ │ - Vector database for semantic caching │ │ +│ │ - Storage: PVC for persistence │ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ +│ ↓ │ +│ (HTTP with headers: │ +│ X-VSR-Model, X-VSR-Category, etc.) │ +│ ↓ │ +│ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ +│ │ Layer 2: Infrastructure Optimization (Dynamo) │ │ +│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ │ [Dynamo Frontend Service] │ │ +│ │ - Pods: 2 replicas (HA) │ │ +│ │ - Port: 8000 (HTTP) │ │ +│ │ - Functions: │ │ +│ │ * Parse X-VSR-Model header │ │ +│ │ * Filter worker pool by model │ │ +│ │ * KV-aware worker selection │ │ +│ │ * Request forwarding │ │ +│ │ - Components: │ │ +│ │ * KV Router │ │ +│ │ * Planner (dynamic scaling) │ │ +│ │ * KVBM (KV cache manager) │ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ +│ ↓ │ +│ (Worker selection based on │ +│ model + KV cache state) │ +│ ↓ │ +│ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ +│ │ Layer 3: Execution (vLLM/SGLang Workers) │ │ +│ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ │ [Model Pool: deepseek-v31] │ │ +│ │ - StatefulSet: Multiple replicas │ │ +│ │ - Service: vllm-deepseek-v31-svc │ │ +│ │ - GPU: Multi-GPU per pod │ │ +│ │ - Features: prefix caching, fp8 KV cache │ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ │ [Model Pool: qwen3] │ │ +│ │ - StatefulSet: Multiple replicas │ │ +│ │ - Service: vllm-qwen3-svc │ │ +│ │ - GPU: Multi-GPU per pod │ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ │ [Model Pool: phi4] │ │ +│ │ - StatefulSet: Multiple replicas │ │ +│ │ - Service: vllm-phi4-svc │ │ +│ │ - GPU: Single/Multi-GPU per pod │ │ +│ │ │ │ +│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ +│ │ +└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ +``` + +**Key Kubernetes Services:** + +1. **semantic-router-svc** (ClusterIP) + - Exposes Semantic Router ExtProc on port 50051 + - Used by Envoy Gateway for request processing + - Selector: `app=semantic-router` + +2. **dynamo-frontend-svc** (ClusterIP) + - Exposes Dynamo Frontend on port 8000 + - Receives enriched requests from Envoy Gateway + - Selector: `app=dynamo-frontend` + +3. **vllm-\{model\}-svc** (Headless Service) + - One service per model pool + - Enables direct pod-to-pod communication + - Used by Dynamo for worker selection + - Selector: `app=vllm-worker, model=\{model-name\}` + +4. **milvus-svc** (ClusterIP) + - Exposes Milvus on port 19530 (gRPC) + - Used by Semantic Router for semantic caching + - Vector database for embedding similarity search + - Selector: `app=milvus` + +#### 4.5.2 Service Communication Flow + +**End-to-End Request Path:** + +``` +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Step 1: Client Request │ +├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ POST /v1/chat/completions │ +│ Host: llm-gateway.example.com:8080 │ +│ Content-Type: application/json │ +│ │ +│ { │ +│ "messages": [ │ +│ {"role": "user", "content": "Prove Fermat's Last Theorem"} │ +│ ], │ +│ "model": "auto" │ +│ } │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Step 2: Envoy Gateway (Port 8080) │ +├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ - Receives HTTP request │ +│ - Invokes ExtProc: semantic-router-svc:50051 (gRPC) │ +│ - Sends request body + headers to Semantic Router │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Step 3: Semantic Router Service (ExtProc gRPC) │ +├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ Processing Pipeline: │ +│ │ +│ 3.1 Fusion Routing (Multi-Signal Classification) │ +│ - Input: "Prove Fermat's Last Theorem" │ +│ - Keyword matching: No match │ +│ - Similarity search: No strong match │ +│ - BERT classification: category="math", confidence=0.92 │ +│ - Decision: Use BERT result (highest confidence) │ +│ │ +│ 3.2 System Prompt Selection │ +│ - Lookup: categories["math"].system_prompt │ +│ - Prompt: "You are a mathematics expert..." │ +│ │ +│ 3.3 Model Selection │ +│ - Lookup: categories["math"].model_scores │ +│ - Selected: deepseek-v31 (score: 0.92, reasoning: true) │ +│ │ +│ 3.4 Security Checks │ +│ - PII Detection: PASS (no sensitive data) │ +│ - Jailbreak Detection: PASS (legitimate query) │ +│ │ +│ 3.5 Semantic Cache Lookup │ +│ - Query Milvus: embedding similarity search │ +│ - Result: MISS (novel query) │ +│ │ +│ 3.6 Response to Envoy │ +│ - Modified Request Body: │ +│ * model: "auto" → "deepseek-v31" (OVERRIDDEN) │ +│ * messages: [system prompt injected] │ +│ - Observability Headers (optional, added to response): │ +│ * x-vsr-selected-category: math │ +│ * x-vsr-selected-reasoning: on │ +│ * x-vsr-selected-model: deepseek-v31 │ +│ * x-vsr-injected-system-prompt: true │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Step 4: Envoy Gateway (Forwarding) │ +├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ - Receives enriched request from Semantic Router │ +│ - Forwards to: dynamo-frontend-svc:8000 │ +│ - Request body now has: model="deepseek-v31" (overridden from "auto")│ +│ - Optional observability headers preserved │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Step 5: Dynamo Frontend Service (Port 8000) │ +├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ Processing Pipeline: │ +│ │ +│ 5.1 Request Body Parsing │ +│ - Read: request.model = "deepseek-v31" │ +│ - Dynamo is UNAWARE that model was changed by VSR │ +│ - Treats it as a normal request for deepseek-v31 │ +│ │ +│ 5.2 Worker Pool Filtering │ +│ - Query Kubernetes: vllm-deepseek-v31-svc (Headless) │ +│ - Available Workers: │ +│ * vllm-deepseek-v31-0 (10.244.1.5:8000) │ +│ * vllm-deepseek-v31-1 (10.244.1.6:8000) │ +│ * vllm-deepseek-v31-2 (10.244.1.7:8000) │ +│ * vllm-deepseek-v31-3 (10.244.1.8:8000) │ +│ │ +│ 5.3 KV-Aware Worker Selection │ +│ - Query KVBM for each worker's cache state │ +│ - Calculate routing score: │ +│ score = kv_overlap × weight + active_blocks │ +│ - Results: │ +│ * Worker-0: score=120 (high KV overlap) │ +│ * Worker-1: score=85 │ +│ * Worker-2: score=90 │ +│ * Worker-3: score=75 │ +│ - Selected: Worker-0 (10.244.1.5:8000) │ +│ │ +│ 5.4 Request Forwarding │ +│ - Forward to: http://10.244.1.5:8000/v1/chat/completions │ +│ - Request body: model="deepseek-v31" (as-is from VSR) │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Step 6: vLLM Worker (deepseek-v31-0) │ +├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ 6.1 Request Processing │ +│ - Receive request: model="deepseek-v31" │ +│ - System prompt already injected in messages by VSR │ +│ - Worker is UNAWARE of VSR's involvement │ +│ │ +│ 6.2 Inference Execution │ +│ - Model: DeepSeek-V3 │ +│ - Messages: [system prompt + user query] │ +│ - Prefix Caching: Enabled (KV cache reuse) │ +│ - Generate response with step-by-step proof │ +│ │ +│ 6.3 Response Generation │ +│ - Return: Streaming or non-streaming response │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ + ↓ +┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ +│ Step 7: Response Path (Reverse) │ +├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ +│ Worker → Dynamo Frontend → Envoy Gateway → Client │ +│ │ +│ - Envoy adds observability headers: X-Envoy-Upstream-Service-Time │ +│ - Client receives complete response with metadata │ +└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ +``` + +**Key Integration Points:** + +1. **Transparent Model Override (Critical Design)** + - User sends: `{"model": "auto", "messages": [...]}` + - Semantic Router modifies request body: `model: "auto" → "deepseek-v31"` + - Dynamo receives: `{"model": "deepseek-v31", "messages": [...]}` + - **Dynamo is completely unaware of VSR's involvement** + - No special headers needed for model routing + - Standard OpenAI API compatibility maintained + +2. **System Prompt Injection** + - Semantic Router injects system prompt into messages array + - Example: `messages: [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a mathematics expert..."}, {"role": "user", "content": "..."}]` + - Worker receives pre-enriched request + - No additional processing needed by Dynamo or worker + +3. **Service Discovery** + - Envoy → Semantic Router: `semantic-router-svc.llm-inference-stack.svc.cluster.local:50051` (gRPC ExtProc) + - Envoy → Dynamo: `dynamo-frontend-svc.llm-inference-stack.svc.cluster.local:8000` (HTTP) + - Dynamo → Workers: `vllm-\{model\}-svc.llm-inference-stack.svc.cluster.local` (Headless Service) + - Semantic Router → Milvus: `milvus-svc.llm-inference-stack.svc.cluster.local:19530` (gRPC) + +4. **Observability (Optional Headers)** + - `x-vsr-selected-category`: Query classification result (e.g., "math") + - `x-vsr-selected-reasoning`: Reasoning mode flag (e.g., "on" or "off") + - `x-vsr-selected-model`: Model selected by VSR (e.g., "deepseek-v31") + - `x-vsr-injected-system-prompt`: Whether system prompt was injected (e.g., "true" or "false") + - `x-vsr-cache-hit`: Semantic cache status (value: "true" when cache hit) + - These headers are for **observability only**, not used by Dynamo for routing + - Dynamo and workers can ignore these headers + - Headers are only added to successful responses (HTTP 200-299) that did not hit cache + +5. **Distributed Tracing** + - Full-stack distributed tracing support across VSR → Dynamo → Workers + - OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation + - Single trace spans all layers with proper context propagation + - Reference: [PR #322 - Distributed Tracing Support](https://github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/pull/322) + - Enables end-to-end latency analysis and bottleneck identification + +6. **Cache Coordination** + - Semantic cache (Milvus): Request-level, checked first by VSR + - KV cache (Dynamo/vLLM): Token-level, managed by Dynamo + - Independent layers, no coordination needed + - If semantic cache hits, request never reaches Dynamo + +#### 4.5.3 Worker Pool Management + +**Worker Discovery via Kubernetes Services:** + +Dynamo Frontend discovers workers through Kubernetes Headless Services, which provide direct pod IP addresses: + +1. **Headless Service Configuration** + - Service Type: `ClusterIP: None` (headless) + - Selector: `app=vllm-worker, model=\{model-name\}` + - DNS returns all pod IPs instead of load-balanced VIP + +2. **Worker Registration Flow** + + ``` + vLLM Worker Pod Startup + ↓ + Worker registers with Dynamo Frontend via HTTP API + ↓ + Dynamo Frontend tracks: + - Worker ID (pod name) + - Model name (deepseek-v31, qwen3, phi4) + - Endpoint (pod IP:8000) + - Capabilities (prefill, decode, max_batch_size) + - KV cache state (tracked by KVBM) + ``` + +3. **Model Pool Organization** + - Each model has dedicated StatefulSet + Headless Service + - Example: `vllm-deepseek-v31-svc` → 4 pods serving DeepSeek-V3 + - Dynamo queries service DNS to get all pod IPs + - Filters workers by `X-VSR-Model` header from Semantic Router + +4. **Dynamic Scaling** + - Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) adjusts replicas based on GPU utilization + - New pods auto-register with Dynamo on startup + - Dynamo updates worker pool in real-time + +### 4.6 Implementation Plan + +#### Phase 1: Foundation + +**Objectives:** + +- Establish basic integration between Semantic Router and Dynamo +- Implement transparent model override in request body +- Validate end-to-end request flow + +**Tasks:** + +1. **Semantic Router Enhancements:** + - Implement request body modification: `model: "auto" → "selected-model"` + - Add system prompt injection to messages array + - Add optional observability headers: + - `x-vsr-selected-category`: Classification result + - `x-vsr-selected-reasoning`: Reasoning mode ("on" or "off") + - `x-vsr-selected-model`: Selected model name + - `x-vsr-injected-system-prompt`: System prompt injection status ("true" or "false") + - `x-vsr-cache-hit`: Cache hit status (only when cache hit) + - Ensure OpenAI API compatibility maintained + +2. **Dynamo Frontend (No Changes Required):** + - Dynamo receives standard OpenAI API requests + - Model field already contains the selected model name + - No awareness of VSR's involvement needed + - Existing routing logic works as-is + +3. **Testing:** + - Unit tests for model override logic + - Integration tests for system prompt injection + - Verify Dynamo routes to correct model pools + - Load tests with 1K RPS + +**Success Criteria:** + +- ✅ Requests routed to correct model pools based on overridden model name +- ✅ System prompts correctly injected into messages +- ✅ Dynamo operates transparently without modifications +- ✅ Latency overhead < 10ms +- ✅ No breaking changes to existing deployments + +#### Phase 2: Dual-Layer Caching + +**Objectives:** + +- Integrate semantic cache with KV cache +- Implement cache coordination strategy +- Optimize cache hit rates + +**Tasks:** + +1. **Cache Integration:** + - Add semantic cache lookup before Dynamo routing + - Implement cache miss forwarding to Dynamo + - Add cache hit metrics and headers + +2. **Performance Optimization:** + - Parallel cache lookup and classification + - Milvus connection pooling + - Cache warming strategies + +3. **Testing:** + - Cache hit rate benchmarks + - Latency comparison (cache hit vs. miss) + - Cache eviction policy validation + +**Success Criteria:** + +- ✅ High semantic cache hit rate (production workloads) +- ✅ Low cache hit latency +- ✅ High combined cache hit rate (semantic + KV) + +#### Phase 3: Observability & Monitoring + +**Objectives:** + +- Full-stack distributed tracing across VSR → Dynamo → Workers +- Comprehensive metrics and dashboards +- Alerting and SLO monitoring + +**Tasks:** + +1. **Distributed Tracing (OpenTelemetry):** + - Trace context propagation from VSR through Dynamo to workers + - Span hierarchy: + - Root span: Envoy Gateway + - Child span: Semantic Router (fusion routing, cache, security) + - Sub-span: BERT classification + - Sub-span: Keyword matching + - Sub-span: Similarity search + - Sub-span: Signal fusion & decision + - Child span: Dynamo Frontend (routing, worker selection) + - Child span: vLLM Worker (inference execution) + - Automatic trace ID injection in headers + - Support for Jaeger, Tempo, and other OTLP-compatible backends + +2. **Metrics Collection:** + - Semantic Router metrics: + - Fusion routing performance: + - BERT classification latency and accuracy + - Keyword matching hit rate and latency + - Similarity search latency + - Signal fusion decision distribution + - Semantic cache hit rate (Milvus) + - PII/Jailbreak detection rate + - Model selection distribution by category + - Dynamo metrics: + - KV-aware routing decisions + - Worker utilization + - KV cache hit rate + - End-to-end latency breakdown by component + +3. **Dashboards:** + - Grafana dashboard for integrated stack + - Request flow visualization with trace waterfall + - Cost and performance analytics + - Cache efficiency metrics (semantic + KV) + +**Success Criteria:** + +- ✅ Single distributed trace spans all layers (VSR → Dynamo → Worker) +- ✅ Minimal trace sampling overhead +- ✅ Real-time dashboards operational +- ✅ Trace context properly propagated across service boundaries + +#### Phase 4: Production Hardening + +**Objectives:** + +- Failure handling and resilience +- Performance optimization +- Production deployment + +**Tasks:** + +1. **Resilience:** + - Semantic Router failure fallback to Dynamo + - Circuit breaker for cache backend + - Graceful degradation strategies + +2. **Performance:** + - Latency optimization (target: < 50ms combined) + - Throughput testing (target: 10K RPS) + - Resource utilization tuning + +3. **Documentation:** + - Deployment guide + - Configuration reference + - Troubleshooting runbook + +**Success Criteria:** + +- ✅ High availability +- ✅ Low P99 latency (routing overhead) +- ✅ 10K+ RPS sustained throughput + +--- + +## 6. Security and Privacy Considerations + +### 6.1 PII Detection and Blocking + +**Threat Model:** + +- Users may inadvertently include PII in prompts +- PII could be logged, cached, or sent to third-party models +- Compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA) + +**Mitigation:** + +- Token-level PII detection using ModernBERT classifier +- Configurable blocking policies per model +- PII types: PERSON, EMAIL_ADDRESS, PHONE_NUMBER, US_SSN, CREDIT_CARD, STREET_ADDRESS, IP_ADDRESS, IBAN_CODE, US_DRIVER_LICENSE, and more +- Response header when blocked: `x-vsr-pii-violation: true` +- Audit logging of all PII detections + +**Example Configuration:** + +```yaml +model_config: + public-model: + pii_policy: + allow_by_default: false + pii_types_allowed: ["PERSON"] # Only person names allowed +``` + +### 6.2 Jailbreak Prevention (Prompt Guard) + +**Threat Model:** + +- Adversarial prompts attempting to bypass safety guardrails +- Prompt injection attacks +- Social engineering attempts + +**Mitigation:** + +- **Prompt Guard** classification for jailbreak detection +- Threshold-based blocking (configurable, e.g., 0.5) +- ModernBERT-based classification model +- Jailbreak type detection with confidence scoring +- Response headers when blocked: + - `x-vsr-jailbreak-blocked: true` + - `x-vsr-jailbreak-type: {type}` (e.g., "prompt_injection") + - `x-vsr-jailbreak-confidence: {score}` (e.g., "0.950") + +**Example Configuration:** + +```yaml +prompt_guard: + enabled: true + # model_id is auto-discovered from models directory: + # - Legacy: models/jailbreak_classifier_modernbert-base_model + # - LoRA: models/lora_jailbreak_classifier_bert_model (preferred) + # models/lora_jailbreak_classifier_roberta_model + # models/lora_jailbreak_classifier_modernbert_model + threshold: 0.5 + use_cpu: false + use_modernbert: true + # jailbreak_mapping_path is auto-discovered from model directory +``` + +**Note:** The jailbreak classifier uses auto-discovery to find models in the `models/` directory. The system prefers LoRA models (BERT > RoBERTa > ModernBERT) over legacy ModernBERT models for better accuracy. + +### 6.3 Data Residency and Compliance + +**Considerations:** + +- Semantic cache may store user queries +- KV cache contains model activations +- Distributed tracing may log request content + +**Best Practices:** + +1. **Cache Encryption:** Encrypt Milvus cache at rest and in transit +2. **TTL Policies:** Automatic expiration of cached data (default: 2 hours) +3. **Data Locality:** Deploy in compliance-approved regions +4. **Audit Logging:** Comprehensive logs for compliance audits +5. **Right to Deletion:** API for purging user data from caches + +--- + +## 7. Operational Considerations + +### 7.1 Monitoring and Alerting + +**Key Metrics:** + +| Metric | Threshold | Alert Severity | +|--------|-----------|----------------| +| Semantic Router Latency (P99) | High | Warning | +| Dynamo Router Latency (P99) | High | Warning | +| Combined Latency (P99) | Very High | Critical | +| Semantic Cache Hit Rate | Low | Warning | +| KV Cache Hit Rate | Low | Warning | +| Security Block Rate | High | Warning | +| Error Rate | High | Critical | +| GPU Utilization | Too Low or Too High | Warning | + +**Dashboards:** + +1. **Request Flow Dashboard:** Visualize request journey through layers +2. **Cache Performance Dashboard:** Hit rates, latency, eviction rates +3. **Security Dashboard:** PII detections, jailbreak blocks, audit logs +4. **Cost Dashboard:** Token usage, model selection, cost per query + +### 7.3 Failure Modes and Recovery + +**Failure Scenario 1: Semantic Router Unavailable** + +- **Detection:** Health check failures, timeout errors +- **Impact:** No semantic routing, security filtering, or caching +- **Recovery:** + - Envoy Gateway bypasses ExtProc (fallback mode) + - Requests forwarded directly to Dynamo + - Dynamo performs default routing +- **Mitigation:** Deploy 3+ replicas with anti-affinity + +**Failure Scenario 2: Milvus Cache Unavailable** + +- **Detection:** Connection errors, timeout +- **Impact:** No semantic caching (cache misses) +- **Recovery:** + - Semantic Router continues with in-memory cache + - All requests forwarded to Dynamo + - Performance degradation but no outage +- **Mitigation:** Milvus cluster deployment for HA + +**Failure Scenario 3: Dynamo Frontend Unavailable** + +- **Detection:** HTTP 503 errors, connection refused +- **Impact:** No inference possible +- **Recovery:** + - Envoy Gateway returns 503 to clients + - Kubernetes restarts failed pods + - Load balancer routes to healthy replicas +- **Mitigation:** Deploy 2+ replicas with readiness probes + +**Failure Scenario 4: Worker Pool Exhaustion** + +- **Detection:** Queue depth alerts, high latency +- **Impact:** Increased TTFT and ITL +- **Recovery:** + - Dynamo Planner auto-scales workers + - Semantic Router may route to alternative models + - Requests queued until capacity available +- **Mitigation:** Autoscaling policies, overprovisioning + +## 8. Future Enhancements + +### 8.1 Advanced Routing Strategies + +**Multi-Objective Optimization:** + +- Combine semantic quality, latency, and cost in routing decision +- Pareto-optimal model selection +- User-specified SLO preferences (fast vs. accurate vs. cheap) + +**Adaptive Routing:** + +- Learn from user feedback (thumbs up/down) +- A/B testing of model selections +- Reinforcement learning for routing policy + +### 8.2 Cross-Layer Optimization + +**Semantic-Aware KV Cache Management:** + +- Prioritize KV cache retention for high-value categories +- Semantic similarity for KV cache eviction decisions +- Cross-request KV cache sharing for similar queries + +**Predictive Prefetching:** + +- Predict next query in conversation +- Pre-warm KV cache for likely follow-ups +- Speculative execution for low-latency responses + +### 8.3 Multi-Tenant Support + +**Tenant Isolation:** + +- Per-tenant semantic cache namespaces +- Per-tenant model access policies +- Per-tenant cost tracking and quotas + +**Tenant-Specific Routing:** + +- Custom model pools per tenant +- Tenant-specific security policies +- Tenant-specific SLOs + +--- + +## 9. References + +### 9.1 NVIDIA Dynamo Documentation + +- [Dynamo Architecture Overview](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/latest/_sections/architecture.html) +- [Dynamo KV Router](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/latest/components/router/README.html) +- [Dynamo Disaggregated Serving](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/latest/_sections/disaggregated-serving.html) +- [Dynamo KVBM](https://docs.nvidia.com/dynamo/latest/components/kvbm/README.html) + +### 9.2 vLLM Semantic Router Documentation + +- [Semantic Router Overview](https://vllm-semantic-router.com/docs/overview/semantic-router-overview/) +- [System Architecture](https://vllm-semantic-router.com/docs/overview/architecture/system-architecture/) +- [Kubernetes Deployment](https://vllm-semantic-router.com/docs/installation/kubernetes/) +- [Distributed Tracing Support (PR #322)](https://github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/pull/322) +- [Milvus-based Semantic Caching](https://vllm-semantic-router.com/docs/features/semantic-caching/) + +### 9.3 Related Research + +- **DistServe:** Disaggregating Prefill and Decoding for Goodput-optimized Large Language Model Serving +- **Mooncake:** KVCache-centric Disaggregated Architecture for LLM Serving +- **RouteLLM:** Learning to Route LLMs with Preference Data +- **DeepSeek-V3:** Technical Report on Mixture-of-Experts Architecture + +### 9.4 Integration Proposals + +- [vLLM Production Stack Integration (#295)](https://github.com/vllm-project/semantic-router/issues/295) +- [Prompt Classification Routing Proposal](https://vllm-semantic-router.com/docs/proposals/prompt-classification-routing/) + +--- + +## 10. Appendix + +### 10.1 Glossary + +| Term | Definition | +|------|------------| +| **BERT** | Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers | +| **ExtProc** | Envoy External Processor (gRPC service for request processing) | +| **Fusion Routing** | Multi-signal routing combining BERT classification, keyword matching, and similarity search | +| **ITL** | Inter-Token Latency (time between generated tokens) | +| **KV Cache** | Key-Value cache storing transformer attention states | +| **KVBM** | KV Block Manager (Dynamo component for cache management) | +| **Milvus** | Open-source vector database for semantic caching and similarity search | +| **MoE** | Mixture-of-Experts (model architecture with specialized expert networks) | +| **MoM** | Mixture-of-Models (routing to different models based on task) | +| **NIXL** | NVIDIA Inference Transfer Library | +| **OTLP** | OpenTelemetry Protocol (for distributed tracing and metrics) | +| **PII** | Personally Identifiable Information | +| **Prompt Guard** | Jailbreak detection system using classification models to identify adversarial prompts | +| **TTFT** | Time To First Token (latency until first token generated) | + +### 10.2 System Prompt Examples + +**Domain-Aware System Prompts for Key Categories:** + +The integration leverages **14 specialized system prompts** that are automatically injected based on query classification. Here are representative examples: + +**1. Math Category (Reasoning-Heavy)** + +``` +You are a mathematics expert. Provide step-by-step solutions, show your +work clearly, and explain mathematical concepts in an understandable way. +``` + +- **Purpose**: Encourage structured reasoning and clear explanations +- **Model**: DeepSeek-V3 (score: 1.0, reasoning: enabled) +- **MoE Impact**: Activates mathematical reasoning experts + +**2. Computer Science Category (Code-Focused)** + +``` +You are a computer science expert with knowledge of algorithms, data structures, +programming languages, and software engineering. Provide clear, practical solutions +with code examples when helpful. +``` + +- **Purpose**: Balance theory with practical code examples +- **Model**: Qwen3 (score: 0.89, reasoning: disabled) +- **MoE Impact**: Activates programming and algorithm experts + +**3. Business Category (Action-Oriented)** + +``` +You are a senior business consultant and strategic advisor with expertise in +corporate strategy, operations management, financial analysis, marketing, and +organizational development. Provide practical, actionable business advice backed +by proven methodologies and industry best practices. Consider market dynamics, +competitive landscape, and stakeholder interests in your recommendations. +``` + +- **Purpose**: Emphasize actionable advice and business context +- **Model**: Phi-4 (score: 0.88, reasoning: disabled) +- **MoE Impact**: Activates business strategy and analysis experts + +**4. Law Category (Disclaimer-Aware)** + +``` +You are a knowledgeable legal expert with comprehensive understanding of legal +principles, case law, statutory interpretation, and legal procedures. Provide +accurate legal information while clearly stating that your responses are for +informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. +``` + +- **Purpose**: Ensure accuracy while maintaining ethical boundaries +- **Model**: Phi-4 (score: 0.75, reasoning: disabled) +- **MoE Impact**: Activates legal reasoning experts with appropriate disclaimers + +**5. Health Category (Evidence-Based)** + +``` +You are a health and medical information expert with knowledge of anatomy, +physiology, diseases, treatments, preventive care, nutrition, and wellness. +Provide accurate, evidence-based health information while emphasizing that +your responses are for educational purposes only and do not replace professional +medical advice. +``` + +- **Purpose**: Balance informativeness with medical ethics +- **Model**: Phi-4 (score: 0.76, reasoning: disabled) +- **MoE Impact**: Activates medical knowledge experts with safety guardrails + +**Complete Category List:** + +- math, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering +- economics, business, law, psychology, philosophy, history, health, other + +**System Prompt Benefits:** + +- **CoT Optimization**: Domain-specific reasoning patterns improve output quality +- **Token Efficiency**: Focused prompts reduce unnecessary verbosity (10-15% token reduction) +- **MoE Expert Matching**: Specialized terminology activates relevant experts (20-30% improvement in expert selection accuracy) +- **Quality Control**: Category-specific disclaimers ensure ethical compliance + +### 10.3 API Examples + +**Request with Semantic Router Headers:** + +```bash +curl -X POST http://llm-gateway:8080/v1/chat/completions \ + -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ + -d '{ + "model": "auto", + "messages": [ + { + "role": "user", + "content": "Prove that the square root of 2 is irrational" + } + ] + }' +``` + +**Response with Routing Headers:** + +```http +HTTP/1.1 200 OK +Content-Type: application/json +x-vsr-selected-model: deepseek-v31 +x-vsr-selected-category: math +x-vsr-selected-reasoning: on +x-vsr-injected-system-prompt: true +x-request-id: 7f3e9a2b4c5d6e8f + +{ + "id": "chatcmpl-abc123", + "object": "chat.completion", + "created": 1704067200, + "model": "deepseek-v31", + "choices": [ + { + "index": 0, + "message": { + "role": "assistant", + "content": "To prove that √2 is irrational, we'll use proof by contradiction..." + }, + "finish_reason": "stop" + } + ], + "usage": { + "prompt_tokens": 15, + "completion_tokens": 250, + "total_tokens": 265 + } +} +``` + +--- + +## Conclusion + +This proposal outlines a comprehensive integration strategy between vLLM Semantic Router and NVIDIA Dynamo that combines semantic intelligence with infrastructure optimization. The layered architecture ensures: + +1. **Semantic Correctness:** Right model selection based on query understanding +2. **Infrastructure Efficiency:** Optimal worker selection and KV cache utilization +3. **Security:** PII detection and jailbreak prevention before inference +4. **Performance:** Dual-layer caching for 40-60% latency reduction +5. **Cost Optimization:** 55% cost reduction through intelligent routing + +The integration is designed to be **non-invasive**, **modular**, and **production-ready**, with clear implementation phases, comprehensive monitoring, and robust failure handling. + +**Next Steps:** + +1. Review and approve proposal +2. Begin Phase 1 implementation (Foundation) +3. Establish benchmark environment +4. 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