# Getting started with SageMaker HyperPod
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Get started with creating your first SageMaker HyperPod cluster and learn the cluster operation functionalities of SageMaker HyperPod. You can create a SageMaker HyperPod cluster through the SageMaker AI console UI or the AWS CLI commands. This tutorial shows how to create a new SageMaker HyperPod cluster with Slurm, which is a popular workload scheduler software. After you go through this tutorial, you will know how to log into the cluster nodes using the AWS Systems Manager commands (`aws ssm`). After you complete this tutorial, see also [SageMaker HyperPod Slurm cluster operations](sagemaker-hyperpod-operate-slurm.md) to learn more about the SageMaker HyperPod basic oparations, and [Jobs on SageMaker HyperPod clusters](sagemaker-hyperpod-run-jobs-slurm.md) to learn how to schedule jobs on the provisioned cluster.

**Tip**  
To find practical examples and solutions, see also the [SageMaker HyperPod workshop](https://catalog.workshops.aws/sagemaker-hyperpod).

**Topics**
+ [Getting started with SageMaker HyperPod using the SageMaker AI console](smcluster-getting-started-slurm-console.md)
+ [Creating SageMaker HyperPod clusters using CloudFormation templates](smcluster-getting-started-slurm-console-create-cluster-cfn.md)
+ [Getting started with SageMaker HyperPod using the AWS CLI](smcluster-getting-started-slurm-cli.md)