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Elastic GPU Service:Installation guideline for NVIDIA Tesla and GRID drivers

Last Updated:Feb 27, 2024

GPU-accelerated instances are not configured with built-in drivers. You can use GPU-accelerated instances to accelerate computing and render graphics only if drivers are installed on the instances. You must install an NVIDIA Tesla or GRID driver based on the instance family of your GPU-accelerated instance. This way, the instance can provide enhanced performance to meet your business requirements in scenarios, such as general computing and graphics acceleration scenarios. This topic describes how to install drivers on GPU-accelerated instances.

Driver installation figure

You can install Tesla or GRID drivers on Alibaba Cloud GPU-accelerated instances. The driver types and installation methods vary based on factors, such as instance families and OSs. The following figure shows the relationships among the factors, driver types, and installation methods.

Important

After you install drivers on instances for which A30 GPUs are configured, such as gn7s instances, the instances are supported only in general computing scenarios such as deep learning, AI, and scientific computing scenarios. The instances are not supported in graphics acceleration and rendering scenarios.

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Driver installation instructions

You must select the driver type and installation method based on the instance family and OS. The following instance families are supported:

GPU-accelerated compute-optimized Linux instances

  • Supported GPU-accelerated instance: GPU-accelerated compute-optimized Linux instances for which T4, A10, A30, A16, V100, P4, or P100 GPUs are configured.

  • Recommended driver: Tesla drivers. We recommend that you install Tesla drivers to meet your business requirements in general computing scenarios or graphics acceleration and rendering scenarios.

    Recommended driver

    Installation method

    Tesla driver

GPU-accelerated compute-optimized Windows instances

  • General computing scenarios

  • Graphics acceleration and rendering scenarios

    • Supported GPU-accelerated instance: gn6i, gn7i, ebmgn6i, and ebmgn7i instances for which T4 or A10 GPUs are configured.

    • Recommended driver

      Recommended driver

      Installation method

      GRID driver of version 15.2

vGPU-accelerated Linux and Windows instances

  • Supported GPU-accelerated instance: vgn6i-vws, sgn7i-vws, and vgn7i-vws instances for which T4 or A10 GPUs are configured. For more information, see vGPU-accelerated instance families.

  • Recommended driver: GRID drivers. We recommend that you install GRID drivers to meet your business requirements in graphics acceleration and rendering scenarios or general computing scenarios.

    Recommended driver

    Installation method

    GRID driver of version 13.5

References

  • If the driver version of your GPU-accelerated instance cannot meet your business requirements, or your GPU-accelerated instance becomes unavailable due to an invalid driver type or version, you can uninstall the driver and install a new driver. You can also upgrade the driver. For more information, see Uninstall an NVIDIA Tesla or GRID driver and Upgrade an NVIDIA Tesla or GRID driver.

  • If errors such as a black screen error occur when you use a GPU-accelerated instance on which a driver is installed, you can troubleshoot the error. For more information, see Elastic GPU Service FAQ.