Part 1: Subscription

An AI Lab Subscription is used to procure the compute resources—such as notebook SKUs—that will be available for allocation across streams, subjects, and batches in the university lab environment. These SKUs define the type of lab environments (for example, GPU notebooks) and the total capacity that students can consume.

Why Procuring SKUs Is Important

Procuring SKUs is the required first step because:

• No lab resources can be provisioned without SKUs. Streams, subjects, and batches can only allocate what the Org Admin has subscribed.
• It defines the total GPU/compute capacity available for the university (for example, 10 notebooks for a course).
• It ensures controlled usage, since batches can only pick from the SKUs subscribed by the university.
• It standardizes the environment, as all SKUs come from the predefined environment template.
• It enables quotas and scheduling, because the system knows exactly how many resources are available and how they can be distributed.

The organization administrator completes this procurement using the AI Lab Subscription service profile before starting stream, subject, and batch setup.

Procure Notebook SKUs

• Requirement (what you need to plan first): Decide how many notebook SKUs you must subscribe to before you open the subscription form. Use this simple rule:
• • Total notebooks required = Number of students × Notebooks per student
• Assumption used below: 10 students, 1 notebook per student → Total = 10 notebooks.

To procure an SKU (follow while filling the form)

1. Log in as an Org Admin and open the AI Lab Subscription page.
2. Confirm requirement
3. Check the number of students who will need access during lab hours.
4. Decide notebooks per student (typical: 1).
5. Calculate total quantity: students × notebooks per student.
6. Example: 10 students × 1 = 10 notebooks.
7. Provide the form details (map the example to each field):
8. Name: Enter a unique name for the subscription. Example: Foundations-of-AI-notebooks
9. Description: (Optional) Add a short note describing the subscription purpose. Example: 50 notebooks for Foundations of AI — Fall semester labs
10. Workspace: Select the workspace where these notebooks will be managed. Tip: Use the workspace associated with the stream/subject to keep resources scoped.
11. Notebook SKU: Select a predefined SKU (for example, AI Lab-H100-80GB). Example mapping: Choose AI Lab-H100-80GB if that SKU matches the required GPU & memory profile.
12. Quantity: Enter the calculated number from step 2 (example: 10).
13. Review and Deploy
14. Verify all fields (name, workspace, SKU, quantity) match your requirement and organizational naming standards.
15. Click Deploy to create the subscription.
16. After successful deployment, the UI shows deployment status and output.

What happens next (after deploy)

• The deployed subscription allocates the specified SKUs to the chosen workspace.
• Those SKUs are then available for batch creation — stream and lab admins can use these preallocated SKUs when they configure batches for students.

Key Notes

• SKU options come from the environment template and may vary by customer.
• Always calculate quantity conservatively (consider a small buffer) if you expect peak usage or simultaneous labs.

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