diff --git a/projects/rccl/src/init.cc b/projects/rccl/src/init.cc
index 59964ed005..c0b856e12f 100644
--- a/projects/rccl/src/init.cc
+++ b/projects/rccl/src/init.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "graph/topo.h"
+#include "graph/xml.h"
 
 // [RCCL]
 #include "git_version.h"
@@ -108,6 +109,21 @@ static ncclResult_t ncclInit() {
     NCCLCHECK(bootstrapNetInit());
     NCCLCHECK(ncclNetPluginInit());
 
+    char strValue[MAX_STR_LEN];
+    NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoGetStrFromSys("/proc/sys/kernel", "numa_balancing", strValue));
+    if (strcmp(strValue, "1") == 0)
+      WARN("NUMA auto balancing enabled which can lead to variability in the RCCL performance! Disable by \"sudo sysctl kernel.numa_balancing=0\"");
+    NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoGetStrFromSys("/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id", "bios_version", strValue));
+    if (strncmp("Hyper-V UEFI Release", strValue, 20) != 0) {
+      NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoGetStrFromSys("/proc", "cmdline", strValue));
+      if (strstr(strValue, "amd_iommu=on") == NULL)
+        WARN("Missing \"amd_iommu=on\" from kernel command line which can lead to system instablity or hang!");
+      if (strstr(strValue, "iommu=pt") == NULL)
+        WARN("Missing \"iommu=pt\" from kernel command line which can lead to system instablity or hang!");
+    }
+    char *env = getenv("HSA_FORCE_FINE_GRAIN_PCIE");
+    if (env == NULL || strcmp(env, "1") != 0)
+      WARN("Missing \"HSA_FORCE_FINE_GRAIN_PCIE=1\" from environment which can lead to low RCCL performance, system instablity or hang!");
 #ifndef NVTX_NO_IMPL
     initNvtxRegisteredEnums();
 #endif