Elastic GPU Service:Upgrade an NVIDIA Tesla or GRID driver

Upgrade a GRID driver on Windows

Supported instances

You can use Cloud Assistant to upgrade GRID drivers only on GPU-accelerated Windows instances that belong to the following instance families:

• vGPU-accelerated instance families: vgn6i-vws, vgn7i-vws, and sgn7i-vws

• GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance families: gn7i, gn6i, ebmgn7i, and ebmgn6i

Procedure

The following section provides an example on how to upgrade a GRID driver on a GPU-accelerated instance. In this example, an ecs.vgn6i-m4-vws.xlarge instance in the China (Hangzhou) region is used.

1. Log on to the ECS console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Maintenance & Monitoring > Cloud Assistant.

3. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the instance that you want to manage resides.

   

4. On the ECS Instances tab, find the instance and click Run Command in the Actions column.

   

5. Upgrade a GRID driver by creating and running a Cloud Assistant command.

   1. In the Create Command panel, configure parameters in the Command Information section.

      The following section describes key parameters. Use default values for other parameters. For more information, see Create a command in the ECS console.

      Important

      Configure the parameters based on the values that are provided in the following section. Otherwise, Cloud Assistant may fail to run the command.

      

      • ① Command Type: Valid values: Bat and PowerShell. Select PowerShell.

      • ② Command content: Enter or paste your command. Sample code:

        $InstalledPlugins = $(acs-plugin-manager --list --local)
        if ($($InstalledPlugins | Select-String "grid_driver_install"))
           {
             acs-plugin-manager --remove --plugin grid_driver_install
           } 
        acs-plugin-manager --fetchTimeout 0 --exec --plugin grid_driver_install

      • ③ Timeout: the timeout period for running the command on the instance. When the command execution times out, Cloud Assistant forcefully terminates the execution process. Set the value to 600.

        Note

        The value of the Timeout parameter must be a positive integer in the range of 10 to 86,400. Unit: seconds. 86,400 seconds are equal to 24 hours. Default value: 60.

   2. Click Run to run the Cloud Assistant command to upgrade the GRID driver.

      After the Cloud Assistant command is run, you can view the following information on the Instances tab in the execution details panel. The information indicates that the existing GRID driver on the instance must be uninstalled before you can upgrade the driver.

      

      You must run the Cloud Assistant command to uninstall the existing driver from the GPU-accelerated instance. Then, you must restart the instance and re-run the command to upgrade the driver. Perform the following steps:

      Important

      It takes approximately 5 to 10 minutes to uninstall or reinstall a GRID driver. Wait until the GRID driver is uninstalled or reinstalled.

      1. Restart the GPU-accelerated instance.

         For more information, see Restart an instance.

      2. Re-run the Cloud Assistant command to install a new GRID driver.

         After you re-run the command to install a new GRID driver, you can view the execution result on the Instances tab in the execution details panel.

         

6. Check whether the upgraded GRID driver takes effect.

   1. Restart the GPU-accelerated instance.

      For more information, see Restart an instance.

   2. Connect to the GPU-accelerated instance.

      For more information, see Connect to a Windows instance by using a password or key.

   3. Right-click a blank area on the logon page. In the shortcut menu that appears, select NVIDIA Control Panel to open NVIDIA Control Panel.

Upgrade a GRID driver on Linux

Supported instances

You can use Cloud Assistant to upgrade GRID drivers only on GPU-accelerated Linux instances that belong to the following instance families: vgn6i-vws, vgn7i-vws, and sgn7i-vws.

Procedure

The following section provides an example on how to upgrade a GRID driver on a GPU-accelerated instance. In this example, an ecs.vgn6i-m4-vws.xlarge instance in the China (Hangzhou) region is used.

1. Log on to the ECS console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Maintenance & Monitoring > Cloud Assistant.

3. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the instance that you want to manage resides.

   

4. On the ECS Instances tab, find the ECS instance and click Run Command in the Actions column.

   

5. In the Create command panel, configure parameters in the Command Information section.

   The following section describes key parameters. Use default values for other parameters. For more information, see Create a command in the ECS console.

   Important

   Configure the parameters based on the values that are provided in the following section. Otherwise, Cloud Assistant may fail to run the command.

   

   • ① Command Type: Vaild values: Shell, Python, and Perl. Select Shell.

   • ② Command content: Enter or paste the command. For more information about shell commands, see View instance configurations. Sample command:

     if acs-plugin-manager --list --local | grep grid_driver_install > /dev/null 2>&1
     then
     acs-plugin-manager --remove --plugin grid_driver_install
     fi
     acs-plugin-manager --exec --plugin grid_driver_install

   • ③ Timeout: the timeout period for running the command on the instance. When the command execution times out, Cloud Assistant forcefully terminates the execution process. Set the value to 600.

     Note

     Set the Timeout parameter to a positive integer in the range of 10 to 86,400. Unit: seconds. 86,400 seconds are equal to 24 hours. Default value: 60.

6. Click Run to run the Cloud Assistant command to upgrade the GRID driver.

   After you run the Cloud Assistant command, you can view the execution result on the Instances tab in the execution details panel.

   Important

   • If another version of a GRID driver is installed on the instance, Cloud Assistant automatically uninstalls the existing GRID driver and installs the most recent version of an SWL GRID driver.

   • It takes about 5 to 10 minutes to upgrade the GRID driver. Wait until the driver is upgraded.

   

7. Connect to the GPU-accelerated instance.

   For more information, see Connect to a Linux instance by using a password or key.

8. Run the following command to check whether the GRID driver is upgraded:

   nvidia-smi

   If the following command output is displayed, the GRID driver is upgraded.