# Models, workflows, and system management

The next steps are to develop solutions that meet your use cases and to understand how to manage the system. This section introduces the models and workflows available for generative AI development and the system management resources.

## Models and workflows

You can deploy a pre-trained model for inference using the [ONNX](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-99100-3/index_Inference-Workflow.html) or the [PyTorch eager mode](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-99100-3/index_Eager-Mode-Finetune.html)  workflows. The Cloud AI 100 family of accelerators supports a comprehensive range of [model architectures](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-99100-3/index_Model-Architecture-Support.html) and use-cases, including the following:

- Transformer encoders
- Transformer decoders
- Computer vision, including CNN, R-CNN, and vision transformers
- Diffusion

Use the [Qualcomm AI Inference Suite SDK](https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/software/qualcomm-ai-inference-suite) for developing and deploying generative AI applications. The suite contains agents, tools, and libraries that let you use pre-trained generative AI models for chat, generative multimedia, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

## System management

The Dragonwing AI On-Prem Appliance provides utilities and APIs to monitor card and SoC health. Use the `qaic-util` command line utility to monitor card power, temperature, available resources vs. in-use resources, and more. You can also use APIs to retrieve metrics from the card  which various management tools or external frameworks can use to create dashboards for administration.

See [System management](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-99100-3/index_system-management_System-Management.html) in the Qualcomm Cloud AI documentation for more information.

## Next steps

- [Download and install the Cloud AI SDKs](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-92111-1/topic/references.html#download).
- [Dragonwing AI On-Prem Appliance software overview](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-92111-1/topic/software-overview.html#sw-overview)

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