diff --git a/.github/actionlint.yaml b/.github/actionlint.yaml
index e95137b9..20dbc83a 100644
--- a/.github/actionlint.yaml
+++ b/.github/actionlint.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ self-hosted-runner:
     - linux-amd64-cpu-0
     - linux-amd64-cpu-8
     - linux-amd64-cpu-16
+    - linux-aarch64-a3-0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_e2e_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/_e2e_test.yaml
index 1254f3a2..eeeb84a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_e2e_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_e2e_test.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           apt install git -y
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           apt-get -y install gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           ref: ${{ inputs.vllm }}
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
           apt install git -y
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
           apt-get -y install gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           ref: ${{ inputs.vllm }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/accuracy_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/accuracy_test.yaml
index 4fbeb915..f7faaa10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/accuracy_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/accuracy_test.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Set model name as output
         id: set_output
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           apt-get -y install gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           ref: v0.11.0
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "GHA_VLLM_ASCEND_VERSION=$RESOLVED_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm-ascend
           path: ./vllm-ascend
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ jobs:
       UPSTREAM_REPO: vllm-project/vllm-ascend
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-ascend-ci/vllm-ascend
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_310p_openeuler.yml b/.github/workflows/image_310p_openeuler.yml
index 7723a6fc..3add531d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_310p_openeuler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_310p_openeuler.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       }}
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready') && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready-for-test')) }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_310p_ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/image_310p_ubuntu.yml
index 3cb85563..8ea09c3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_310p_ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_310p_ubuntu.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready') && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready-for-test')) }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_a3_openeuler.yml b/.github/workflows/image_a3_openeuler.yml
index 05223670..6d3d0c5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_a3_openeuler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_a3_openeuler.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       }}
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready') && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready-for-test')) }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_a3_ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/image_a3_ubuntu.yml
index 9222479c..8ab4e73c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_a3_ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_a3_ubuntu.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready') && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready-for-test')) }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_openeuler.yml b/.github/workflows/image_openeuler.yml
index dac832b4..6903c5d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_openeuler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_openeuler.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       }}
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready') && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready-for-test')) }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/image_ubuntu.yml
index 558be4ac..24ccb700 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_ubuntu.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready') && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'ready-for-test')) }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/multi_node_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/multi_node_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c83a5d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/multi_node_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+name: 'e2e test / multi-dp'
+
+on:
+    schedule:
+      - cron: "0 */4 * * *"
+    workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Bash shells do not use ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc so these shells need to be explicitly
+# declared as "shell: bash -el {0}" on steps that need to be properly activated.
+# It's used to activate ascend-toolkit environment variables.
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash -el {0}
+
+# only cancel in-progress runs of the same workflow
+# and ignore the lint / 8 cards test type
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  e2e:
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 2
+      matrix:
+        vllm_version: [main]
+    runs-on: linux-aarch64-a3-0
+    container:
+      image: m.daocloud.io/quay.io/ascend/cann:8.2.rc1-a3-ubuntu22.04-py3.11
+      env:
+        KUBECONFIG: /tmp/kubeconfig
+        KUBECTL: /root/.cache/.kube/kubectl
+        NAMESPACE: vllm-project
+        LEADER_POD: vllm-0
+    steps:
+        - name: Install system denpendencies
+          run: |
+           # configure apt and pip source
+           sed -i 's|ports.ubuntu.com|mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn|g' /etc/apt/sources.list
+           pip config set global.index-url https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/pypi/web/simple
+
+           apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y git curl
+
+           TOKEN=`echo -n "x-access-token:${{ secrets.ADMIN_PTA }}" | base64`
+           git config --global http.https://gh-proxy.test.osinfra.cn/.extraheader "AUTHORIZATION: basic $TOKEN"
+
+        - name: Install kubectl
+          run: |
+            install -o root -g root -m 0755 $KUBECTL /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+
+            # get kubeconfig from secret
+            echo "${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG_B64 }}" | base64 -d > $KUBECONFIG
+
+        - name: Checkout code
+          uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+        - name: Prepare scripts
+          run: |
+            # prepare for lws entrypoint scripts
+            install -D tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/run.sh /root/.cache/tests/run.sh
+
+        - name: Launch cluster
+          run: |
+            kubectl apply -f tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/lws.yaml
+          
+        - name: Waiting for pod ready
+          run: |
+            echo "waiting for Pod [$LEADER_POD] in namespace [$NAMESPACE] to Ready..."
+
+            while true; do
+              # get pod status
+              READY_STATUS=$(kubectl get pod "$LEADER_POD" -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.status.containerStatuses[*].ready}')
+
+              if [[ "$READY_STATUS" == "true" ]]; then
+                echo "✅ Pod [$LEADER_POD] is Ready!"
+                break
+              else
+                echo "Pod [$LEADER_POD] not ready, waiting..."
+                sleep 3
+              fi
+            done
+
+        - name: Stream logs and monitor pod health
+          run: |
+            set -euo pipefail
+
+            echo "🚀 Start streaming logs for Pod [$LEADER_POD] ..."
+            kubectl logs -f "$LEADER_POD" -n "$NAMESPACE" &
+            LOG_PID=$!
+
+            echo "Start monitoring Pod [$LEADER_POD] status ..."
+            while true; do
+              STATUS=$(kubectl get pod "$LEADER_POD" -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}')
+              if [[ "$STATUS" != "Running" && "$STATUS" != "Succeeded" ]]; then
+                echo "❌ Pod [$LEADER_POD] exited abnormally with status: $STATUS"
+                kubectl describe pod "$LEADER_POD" -n "$NAMESPACE" || true
+                kubectl logs "$LEADER_POD" -n "$NAMESPACE" --previous --all-containers || true
+                kill $LOG_PID || true
+                exit 1
+              fi
+              sleep 5
+            done &
+
+            MONITOR_PID=$!
+            wait $LOG_PID || true
+            kill $MONITOR_PID || true
+
+        - name: Post process
+          if: always()
+          run: |
+            kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE
+            kubectl delete -f tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/lws.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_benchmarks.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly_benchmarks.yaml
index 4dff9b68..a5477a73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_benchmarks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_benchmarks.yaml
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ jobs:
           git config --global url."https://gh-proxy.test.osinfra.cn/https://github.com/".insteadOf https://github.com/
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           path: ./vllm-empty
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index bdd2d02c..8e53eee4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
       with:
         python-version: "3.11"
     - run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/matchers/actionlint.json"
     - run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/workflows/matchers/mypy.json"
     - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         repository: vllm-project/vllm
         path: ./vllm-empty
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_dist.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_dist.yaml
index f5aa1432..80fe9bfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_dist.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_dist.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global url."https://gh-proxy.test.osinfra.cn/https://github.com/".insteadOf https://github.com/
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           apt-get -y install gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           ref: ${{ matrix.vllm_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_doctest.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_doctest.yaml
index 641c0485..4ff015c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_doctest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_doctest.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           git --no-pager log -1 || true
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Run vllm-ascend/tests/e2e/run_doctests.sh
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
index 048cd496..974cefef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       e2e_tracker: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.e2e_tracker }}
       ut_tracker: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.ut_tracker }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
         id: filter
         with:
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           apt-get install -y python3-pip git vim wget net-tools gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev curl gnupg2
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           ref: ${{ matrix.vllm_version }}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m pip uninstall -y triton
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install vllm-project/vllm-ascend
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_310p.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_310p.yaml
index 1de447fc..977b550d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_310p.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_310p.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           apt install git -y
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           apt-get -y install git vim wget net-tools gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev curl gnupg2
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           ref: ${{ matrix.vllm_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_full.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_full.yaml
index ec906c46..6a68722b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_full.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_full.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       e2e_tracker: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.e2e_tracker }}
       ut_tracker: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.ut_tracker }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
         id: filter
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_pd.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_pd.yaml
index fee06bee..f189b2dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_pd.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test_pd.yaml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global url."https://gh-proxy.test.osinfra.cn/https://github.com/".insteadOf https://github.com/
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm-ascend repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           apt-get -y install gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev
 
       - name: Checkout vllm-project/vllm repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           repository: vllm-project/vllm
           ref: ${{ matrix.vllm_verison }}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/conftest.py b/tests/e2e/conftest.py
index 23b6e0c0..bc7bc69b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/conftest.py
@@ -19,11 +19,18 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import gc
+import json
 import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
 
+import httpx
 import numpy as np
+import openai
 import pytest
+import requests
 import torch
 from modelscope import snapshot_download  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from PIL import Image
@@ -33,9 +40,14 @@
 from transformers.models.auto.auto_factory import _BaseAutoModelClass
 from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
 from vllm.config.model import TaskOption, _get_and_verify_dtype
+from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
+from vllm.entrypoints.cli.serve import ServeSubcommand
 from vllm.inputs import TextPrompt
+from vllm.model_executor.model_loader import get_model_loader
 from vllm.outputs import RequestOutput
+from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.transformers_utils.utils import maybe_model_redirect
+from vllm.utils import FlexibleArgumentParser, get_open_port
 
 from tests.e2e.model_utils import (TokensTextLogprobs,
                                    TokensTextLogprobsPromptLogprobs)
@@ -76,6 +88,181 @@ def cleanup_dist_env_and_memory(shutdown_ray: bool = False):
     torch.npu.reset_peak_memory_stats()
 
 
+class RemoteOpenAIServer:
+    DUMMY_API_KEY = "token-abc123"  # vLLM's OpenAI server does not need API key
+
+    def _start_server(self, model: str, vllm_serve_args: list[str],
+                      env_dict: Optional[dict[str, str]]) -> None:
+        """Subclasses override this method to customize server process launch
+        """
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        # the current process might initialize npu,
+        # to be safe, we should use spawn method
+        env['VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD'] = 'spawn'
+        if env_dict is not None:
+            env.update(env_dict)
+        self.proc: subprocess.Popen = subprocess.Popen(
+            ["vllm", "serve", model, *vllm_serve_args],
+            env=env,
+            stdout=sys.stdout,
+            stderr=sys.stderr,
+        )
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 model: str,
+                 server_host: str,
+                 server_port: int,
+                 vllm_serve_args: list[str],
+                 *,
+                 env_dict: Optional[dict[str, str]] = None,
+                 seed: Optional[int] = 0,
+                 auto_port: bool = True,
+                 max_wait_seconds: Optional[float] = None,
+                 override_hf_configs: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None) -> None:
+        if auto_port:
+            if "-p" in vllm_serve_args or "--port" in vllm_serve_args:
+                raise ValueError("You have manually specified the port "
+                                 "when `auto_port=True`.")
+
+            # No need for a port if using unix sockets
+            if "--uds" not in vllm_serve_args:
+                # Don't mutate the input args
+                vllm_serve_args = vllm_serve_args + [
+                    "--port", str(get_open_port())
+                ]
+        if seed is not None:
+            if "--seed" in vllm_serve_args:
+                raise ValueError("You have manually specified the seed "
+                                 f"when `seed={seed}`.")
+
+            vllm_serve_args = vllm_serve_args + ["--seed", str(seed)]
+
+        if override_hf_configs is not None:
+            vllm_serve_args = vllm_serve_args + [
+                "--hf-overrides",
+                json.dumps(override_hf_configs)
+            ]
+
+        parser = FlexibleArgumentParser(
+            description="vLLM's remote OpenAI server.")
+        subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(required=False, dest="subparser")
+        parser = ServeSubcommand().subparser_init(subparsers)
+        args = parser.parse_args([*vllm_serve_args])
+        self.uds = args.uds
+        if args.uds:
+            self.host = None
+            self.port = None
+        else:
+            self.host = str(server_host)
+            self.port = int(server_port)
+
+        self.show_hidden_metrics = \
+            args.show_hidden_metrics_for_version is not None
+
+        # download the model before starting the server to avoid timeout
+        is_local = os.path.isdir(model)
+        if not is_local:
+            engine_args = AsyncEngineArgs.from_cli_args(args)
+            model_config = engine_args.create_model_config()
+            load_config = engine_args.create_load_config()
+
+            model_loader = get_model_loader(load_config)
+            model_loader.download_model(model_config)
+
+        self._start_server(model, vllm_serve_args, env_dict)
+        max_wait_seconds = max_wait_seconds or 7200
+        self._wait_for_server(url=self.url_for("health"),
+                              timeout=max_wait_seconds)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self.proc.terminate()
+        try:
+            self.proc.wait(8)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            # force kill if needed
+            self.proc.kill()
+
+    def _poll(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        """Subclasses override this method to customize process polling"""
+        return self.proc.poll()
+
+    def hang_until_terminated(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Wait until the server process terminates.
+        This is for headless mode, where the api server
+        process only exists in the leader node.
+        """
+        if self.uds:
+            client = httpx.Client(transport=httpx.HTTPTransport(uds=self.uds))
+        else:
+            client = requests
+
+        try:
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    resp = client.get(self.url_for("health"), timeout=5)
+                    if resp.status_code != 200:
+                        break
+                    time.sleep(5)
+                except Exception:
+                    break
+        finally:
+            if isinstance(client, httpx.Client):
+                client.close()
+
+    def _wait_for_server(self, *, url: str, timeout: float):
+        # run health check
+        start = time.time()
+        client = (httpx.Client(transport=httpx.HTTPTransport(
+            uds=self.uds)) if self.uds else requests)
+        while True:
+            try:
+                if client.get(url).status_code == 200:
+                    break
+            except Exception:
+                # this exception can only be raised by requests.get,
+                # which means the server is not ready yet.
+                # the stack trace is not useful, so we suppress it
+                # by using `raise from None`.
+                result = self._poll()
+                if result is not None and result != 0:
+                    raise RuntimeError("Server exited unexpectedly.") from None
+
+                time.sleep(1)
+                if time.time() - start > timeout:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        "Server failed to start in time.") from None
+
+    @property
+    def url_root(self) -> str:
+        return (f"http://{self.uds.split('/')[-1]}"
+                if self.uds else f"http://{self.host}:{self.port}")
+
+    def url_for(self, *parts: str) -> str:
+        return self.url_root + "/" + "/".join(parts)
+
+    def get_client(self, **kwargs):
+        if "timeout" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["timeout"] = 600
+        return openai.OpenAI(
+            base_url=self.url_for("v1"),
+            api_key=self.DUMMY_API_KEY,
+            max_retries=0,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+
+    def get_async_client(self, **kwargs):
+        if "timeout" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["timeout"] = 600
+        return openai.AsyncOpenAI(base_url=self.url_for("v1"),
+                                  api_key=self.DUMMY_API_KEY,
+                                  max_retries=0,
+                                  **kwargs)
+
+
 class VllmRunner:
 
     def __init__(
@@ -289,7 +476,6 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
 class HfRunner:
 
     def get_default_device(self):
-        from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 
         return ("cpu"
                 if current_platform.is_cpu() else current_platform.device_type)
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/__init__.py b/tests/e2e/multi_node/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/__init__.py b/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/config.json b/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aeb2fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+[
+    {
+        "test_name": "test_deepseek_v3",
+        "disaggregate_prefill": false,
+        "enable_multithread_load": false,
+        "num_nodes": 2,
+        "server_parameters": {
+            "leader_config": {
+                "model": "vllm-ascend/DeepSeek-V3-W8A8",
+                "enable_expert_parallel": true,
+                "data_parallel_size": 4,
+                "data_parallel_size_local": 2,
+                "quantization": "ascend",
+                "tensor_parallel_size": 8,
+                "kv_transfer_config": {},
+                "additional_config": {
+                    "ascend_scheduler_config": {
+                        "enabled": true
+                    },
+                    "torchair_graph_config": {
+                        "enabled": true
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "worker_config": {
+                "model": "vllm-ascend/DeepSeek-V3-W8A8",
+                "enable_expert_parallel": true,
+                "data_parallel_size": 4,
+                "data_parallel_size_local": 2,
+                "quantization": "ascend",
+                "tensor_parallel_size": 8,
+                "kv_transfer_config": {},
+                "additional_config": {
+                    "ascend_scheduler_config": {
+                        "enabled": true
+                    },
+                    "torchair_graph_config": {
+                        "enabled": true
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "client_parameters": {
+            "model": "vllm-ascend/DeepSeek-V3-W8A8",
+            "backend": "vllm",
+            "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
+            "dataset_path": "/root/.cache/datasets/ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json",
+            "num_prompts": 200,
+            "request_rate": 1
+        },
+        "accuracy_parameters": {}
+    }
+]
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/multi_node_config.py b/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/multi_node_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6d7494f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/multi_node_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+
+from tests.e2e.multi_node.config.utils import (get_avaliable_port,
+                                               get_leader_ip,
+                                               get_net_interface)
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+CONFIG_PATH = Path("tests/e2e/multi_node/config/config.json")
+
+
+# =========================
+# Base Config
+# =========================
+@dataclass
+class BaseConfig:
+    model: str = "vllm-ascend/DeepSeek-V3-W8A8"
+    _extra_fields: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> "BaseConfig":
+        """Create config instance from dict, keeping unknown fields."""
+        field_names = {f.name for f in fields(cls)}
+        valid_fields = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k in field_names}
+        extra_fields = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k not in field_names}
+        obj = cls(**valid_fields)
+        obj._extra_fields = extra_fields or {}
+        return obj
+
+    def to_list(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Convert all fields (including _extra_fields) to CLI arguments."""
+        args: List[str] = []
+        all_items = {**vars(self), **(self._extra_fields or {})}
+
+        for key, value in all_items.items():
+            if key in ("model", "_extra_fields") or value in (None, "", [],
+                                                              {}):
+                continue
+            key = key.replace("_", "-")
+
+            if isinstance(value, bool):
+                if value:
+                    args.append(f"--{key}")
+            elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                args += [f"--{key}", json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False)]
+            else:
+                args += [f"--{key}", str(value)]
+        return args
+
+
+# =========================
+# Server Config
+# =========================
+@dataclass
+class ServerConfig(BaseConfig):
+    host: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    port: int = 8080
+    trust_remote_code: bool = True
+    enable_expert_parallel: bool = True
+    gpu_memory_utilization: float = 0.9
+    headless: bool = False
+    quantization: Optional[str] = None
+    tensor_parallel_size: int = 8
+    max_model_len: int = 8192
+    max_num_batched_token: int = 8192
+    data_parallel_size: int = 2
+    data_parallel_size_local: int = 1
+    data_parallel_start_rank: int = 0
+    data_parallel_rpc_port: int = 13389
+    data_parallel_address: Optional[str] = None
+    kv_transfer_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    additional_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+
+    def init_dp_param(
+        self,
+        is_leader: bool,
+        is_disaggregate_prefill: bool,
+        dp_size: int,
+        world_size: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Initialize distributed parallel parameters."""
+        self.data_parallel_address = get_net_interface()[0]
+
+        if is_disaggregate_prefill:
+            self.data_parallel_start_rank = 0
+            return
+
+        if not is_leader:
+            self.headless = True
+            self.data_parallel_start_rank = dp_size // world_size
+            self.data_parallel_address = get_leader_ip()
+
+
+@dataclass
+class PerfConfig(BaseConfig):
+    pass
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AccuracyConfig:
+    prompt: str
+    expected_output: str
+
+
+# =========================
+# MultiNode Config
+# =========================
+@dataclass
+class MultiNodeConfig:
+    test_name: str = "Unnamed Test"
+    disaggregate_prefill: bool = False
+    enable_multithread_load: bool = True
+    world_size: int = 2
+    server_host: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    server_port: int = 8888
+    server_config: ServerConfig = field(default_factory=ServerConfig)
+    perf_config: Optional[PerfConfig] = None
+    accuracy_config: Optional[AccuracyConfig] = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(cls, cfg: Dict[str, Any]) -> "MultiNodeConfig":
+        """Create a MultiNodeConfig from raw dict."""
+        num_nodes = cfg.get("num_nodes", 2)
+        is_disaggregate_prefill = cfg.get("disaggregate_prefill", False)
+        node_index = int(os.getenv("LWS_WORKER_INDEX", 0))
+        is_leader = node_index == 0
+
+        # server config
+        server_cfg_data = cfg.get("server_parameters", {})
+        if not server_cfg_data:
+            raise ValueError("Missing required key: 'server_parameters'")
+
+        role_key = "leader_config" if is_leader else "worker_config"
+        server_cfg_dict = server_cfg_data.get(role_key, {})
+        server_cfg = ServerConfig.from_dict(server_cfg_dict)
+
+        if cfg.get("enable_multithread_load"):
+            server_cfg.model_loader_extra_config = {
+                "enable_multithread_load": True,
+                "num_threads": 8,
+            }
+
+        # distributed param init
+        server_cfg.init_dp_param(
+            is_leader=is_leader,
+            is_disaggregate_prefill=is_disaggregate_prefill,
+            dp_size=server_cfg.data_parallel_size,
+            world_size=num_nodes,
+        )
+
+        perf_cfg = (PerfConfig.from_dict(cfg.get("client_parameters", {}))
+                    if cfg.get("client_parameters") else None)
+
+        # network info
+        leader_cfg = server_cfg_data.get("leader_config", {})
+        server_host = get_leader_ip()
+        server_port = (get_avaliable_port() if is_disaggregate_prefill else
+                       leader_cfg.get("port", 8080))
+
+        return cls(
+            test_name=str(cfg.get("test_name", "Unnamed Test")),
+            disaggregate_prefill=is_disaggregate_prefill,
+            enable_multithread_load=cfg.get("enable_multithread_load", False),
+            world_size=num_nodes,
+            server_config=server_cfg,
+            perf_config=perf_cfg,
+            server_host=server_host,
+            server_port=server_port,
+        )
+
+
+# =========================
+# Loader
+# =========================
+def load_configs(
+        path: Union[str, Path] = CONFIG_PATH) -> List[MultiNodeConfig]:
+    """Load one or multiple configs from JSON file."""
+    path = Path(path)
+    if not path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Configuration file not found: {path}")
+
+    raw = json.loads(path.read_text())
+    configs_data = raw if isinstance(raw, list) else [raw]
+
+    configs = []
+    for idx, item in enumerate(configs_data):
+        try:
+            configs.append(MultiNodeConfig.from_dict(item))
+        except Exception as e:
+            LOG.exception(f"Failed to parse config #{idx}: {e}")
+            raise
+    return configs
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/utils.py b/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a92cc5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/multi_node/config/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import os
+import socket
+import subprocess
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
+
+import psutil
+
+
+def get_leader_ip():
+    leader_dns = os.getenv("LWS_LEADER_ADDRESS")
+    return socket.gethostbyname(leader_dns)
+
+
+def get_avaliable_port(start_port: int = 6000, end_port: int = 7000) -> int:
+    import socket
+    for port in range(start_port, end_port):
+        with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+            try:
+                s.bind(("", port))
+                return port
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+    raise RuntimeError("No available port found")
+
+
+def get_net_interface(ip: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:
+    """
+    Returns specified IP and its network interface.
+    If no IP is provided, uses the first from hostname -I.
+    """
+    if ip is None:
+        ips = subprocess.check_output(["hostname",
+                                       "-I"]).decode().strip().split()
+        if not ips:
+            return None
+        ip = ips[0]
+
+    for iface, addrs in psutil.net_if_addrs().items():
+        for addr in addrs:
+            if addr.family == socket.AF_INET and addr.address == ip:
+                return ip, iface
+    return None
+
+
+def get_default_envs() -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Returns default network and system environment variables."""
+    result = get_net_interface()
+    if result is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Failed to get default network IP and interface")
+    ip, nic_name = result
+
+    return {
+        "HCCL_IF_IP": ip,
+        "GLOO_SOCKET_IFNAME": nic_name,
+        "TP_SOCKET_IFNAME": nic_name,
+        "HCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME": nic_name,
+        "OMP_PROC_BIND": "false",
+        "OMP_NUM_THREADS": "100",
+        "VLLM_USE_V1": "1",
+        "HCCL_BUFFSIZE": "1024",
+        "VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE": "true",
+        "NUMEXPR_MAX_THREADS": "100",
+    }
+
+
+def generate_ranktable():
+    pass
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/lws.yaml b/tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/lws.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f723688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/lws.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+apiVersion: leaderworkerset.x-k8s.io/v1
+kind: LeaderWorkerSet
+metadata:
+  name: vllm
+  namespace: vllm-project
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  leaderWorkerTemplate:
+    size: 2
+    restartPolicy: RecreateGroupOnPodRestart
+    leaderTemplate:
+      metadata:
+        labels:
+          role: leader
+      spec:
+        containers:
+          - name: vllm-leader
+            image: m.daocloud.io/quay.io/ascend/cann:8.2.rc1-a3-ubuntu22.04-py3.11
+            env:
+              - name: VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE
+                value: "true"
+              - name: WORKSPACE
+                value: "/root/workspace"
+              - name: WORLD_SIZE
+                value: "2"
+              - name: NPU_PER_NODE
+                value: "16"
+            command:
+              - sh
+              - -c
+              - |
+                bash /root/.cache/tests/run.sh
+            resources:
+              limits:
+                huawei.com/ascend-1980: "16"
+                memory: 512Gi
+                ephemeral-storage: 100Gi
+              requests:
+                huawei.com/ascend-1980: "16"
+                ephemeral-storage: 100Gi
+                cpu: 125
+            ports:
+              - containerPort: 8080
+            # readinessProbe:
+            #   tcpSocket:
+            #     port: 8080
+            #   initialDelaySeconds: 15
+            #   periodSeconds: 10
+            volumeMounts:
+              - mountPath: /root/.cache
+                name: shared-volume
+              - mountPath: /usr/local/Ascend/driver/tools
+                name: driver-tools
+              - mountPath: /dev/shm
+                name: dshm
+        volumes:
+        - name: dshm
+          emptyDir:
+            medium: Memory
+            sizeLimit: 15Gi
+        - name: shared-volume
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: nv-action-vllm-benchmarks-v2
+        - name: driver-tools
+          hostPath:
+            path: /usr/local/Ascend/driver/tools
+    workerTemplate:
+      spec:
+        containers:
+          - name: vllm-worker
+            image: m.daocloud.io/quay.io/ascend/cann:8.2.rc1-a3-ubuntu22.04-py3.11
+            env:
+              - name: VLLM_USE_MODELSCOPE
+                value: "true"
+              - name: WORKSPACE
+                value: "/root/workspace"
+              - name: WORLD_SIZE
+                value: "2"
+              - name: NPU_PER_NODE
+                value: "16"
+            command:
+              - sh
+              - -c
+              - |
+                bash /root/.cache/tests/run.sh
+            resources:
+              limits:
+                huawei.com/ascend-1980: "16"
+                memory: 512Gi
+                ephemeral-storage: 100Gi
+              requests:
+                huawei.com/ascend-1980: "16"
+                ephemeral-storage: 100Gi
+                cpu: 125
+            volumeMounts:
+              - mountPath: /root/.cache
+                name: shared-volume
+              - mountPath: /usr/local/Ascend/driver/tools
+                name: driver-tools
+              - mountPath: /dev/shm
+                name: dshm
+        volumes:
+        - name: dshm
+          emptyDir:
+            medium: Memory
+            sizeLimit: 15Gi
+        - name: shared-volume
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: nv-action-vllm-benchmarks-v2
+        - name: driver-tools
+          hostPath:
+            path: /usr/local/Ascend/driver/tools
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: vllm-leader
+  namespace: vllm-project
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 8080
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 8080
+  selector:
+    leaderworkerset.sigs.k8s.io/name: vllm
+    role: leader
+  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/run.sh b/tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e402aad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/multi_node/scripts/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+export SRC_DIR="$WORKSPACE/source_code"
+
+check_npu_info() {
+    echo "====> Check NPU info"
+    npu-smi info
+    cat "/usr/local/Ascend/ascend-toolkit/latest/$(uname -i)-linux/ascend_toolkit_install.info"
+}
+
+check_and_config() {
+    echo "====> Configure mirrors and git proxy"
+    git config --global url."https://gh-proxy.test.osinfra.cn/https://github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
+    pip config set global.index-url https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/pypi/web/simple
+    export PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
+}
+
+checkout_src() {
+    echo "====> Checkout source code"
+    mkdir -p "$SRC_DIR"
+
+    # vllm-ascend
+    if [ ! -d "$SRC_DIR/vllm-ascend" ]; then
+        git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend.git "$SRC_DIR/vllm-ascend"
+    fi
+
+    # vllm
+    if [ ! -d "$SRC_DIR/vllm" ]; then
+        git clone -b v0.11.0 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm.git "$SRC_DIR/vllm"
+    fi
+
+    #mooncake
+    if [ ! -d "$SRC_DIR/Mooncake" ]; then
+        git clone https://github.com/kvcache-ai/Mooncake.git "$SRC_DIR/Mooncake"
+        cd "$SRC_DIR/Mooncake"
+        git checkout 06cc217504a6f1b0cdaa26b096b985651b262748
+        cd -
+    fi
+}
+
+install_sys_dependencies() {
+    echo "====> Install system dependencies"
+    apt-get update -y
+
+    DEP_LIST=()
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+        [[ -n "$line" && ! "$line" =~ ^# ]] && DEP_LIST+=("$line")
+    done < "$SRC_DIR/vllm-ascend/packages.txt"
+
+    apt-get install -y "${DEP_LIST[@]}" gcc g++ cmake libnuma-dev iproute2
+}
+
+install_vllm() {
+    echo "====> Install vllm and vllm-ascend"
+    VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=empty pip install -e "$SRC_DIR/vllm"
+    pip install -e "$SRC_DIR/vllm-ascend"
+    pip install modelscope
+    # Install for pytest
+    pip install -r "$SRC_DIR/vllm-ascend/requirements-dev.txt"
+}
+
+install_mooncake() {
+    echo "====> Install mooncake"
+    apt-get update
+    apt install -y --allow-change-held-packages python3 python-is-python3
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends mpich libmpich-dev
+    cd $SRC_DIR/Mooncake
+    sed -i '/option(USE_ASCEND_DIRECT)/s/OFF/ON/' mooncake-common/common.cmake
+    bash dependencies.sh --yes
+    mkdir build
+    cd -
+    cd $SRC_DIR/Mooncake/build
+    cmake ..
+    make -j
+    make install
+    cd -
+}
+
+run_tests() {
+    echo "====> Run tests"
+    cd "$SRC_DIR/vllm-ascend"
+    pytest -sv tests/e2e/multi_node/test_multi_dp.py
+}
+
+main() {
+    check_npu_info
+    check_and_config
+    checkout_src
+    install_sys_dependencies
+    install_vllm
+    #install_mooncake
+    run_tests
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/test_disaggreate.py b/tests/e2e/multi_node/test_disaggreate.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/tests/e2e/multi_node/test_multi_dp.py b/tests/e2e/multi_node/test_multi_dp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f445547b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/multi_node/test_multi_dp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import subprocess
+
+import pytest
+
+from tests.e2e.conftest import RemoteOpenAIServer
+from tests.e2e.multi_node.config.multi_node_config import (MultiNodeConfig,
+                                                           load_configs)
+from tests.e2e.multi_node.config.utils import get_default_envs
+
+configs = load_configs()
+
+
+def get_benchmark_cmd(model: str, base_url: str, args: list[str]):
+    """vllm bench serve <model> --base-url <url> ..."""
+    return [
+        "vllm", "bench", "serve", "--model", model, "--base-url", base_url
+    ] + args
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("config", configs)
+def test_multi_dp(config: MultiNodeConfig) -> None:
+    env_dict = get_default_envs()
+
+    server_config = config.server_config
+    perf_config = config.perf_config
+    model_name = server_config.model
+    assert model_name is not None, "Model name must be specified"
+
+    server_args = server_config.to_list()
+
+    with RemoteOpenAIServer(
+            model_name,
+            config.server_host,
+            config.server_port,
+            server_args,
+            env_dict=env_dict,
+            auto_port=False,
+            seed=1024,
+            max_wait_seconds=1000,
+    ) as remote_server:
+        base_url = remote_server.url_root
+        perf_cmd = get_benchmark_cmd(server_config.model, base_url,
+                                     perf_config.to_list())
+        if server_config.headless:
+            remote_server.hang_until_terminated()
+        else:
+            # run perf benchmark
+            subprocess.run(perf_cmd, check=True)