[vllm] fix: use VLLM_SLEEP_LEVEL=1 on ASCEND NPU

[Roseisrosie]

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Since the current vllm-ascend does not yet support sleep level = 2 - causing rewards to always be -1 - please set sleep level to 1 when using the NPU.

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This pull request introduces a fix to set VLLM_SLEEP_LEVEL to 1 when running on Ascend NPU devices. This is achieved by adding a check for NPU availability before potentially setting the sleep level to 2. The change is localized to the vLLM initialization logic and correctly uses a utility function to detect NPU presence. The implementation appears correct and effectively addresses the issue described in the pull request title.

[FightingZhen]

suggest writting like this:

if package_version is None:
    xxx
elif is_npu_available:
    VLLM_SLEEP_MODEL = 1 # sleep_mode=2 is not supported on vllm-ascend for now, will remove this restriction when this ability is ready.