nvidia_smi

nvidia_smi

This module monitors the nvidia-smi cli tool.

Requirements and Notes:

• You must have the nvidia-smi tool installed and your NVIDIA GPU(s) must support the tool. Mostly the newer high end models used for AI / ML and Crypto or Pro range, read more about nvidia_smi.

• You must enable this plugin as its disabled by default due to minor performance issues.

• On some systems when the GPU is idle the nvidia-smi tool unloads and there is added latency again when it is next queried. If you are running GPUs under constant workload this isn't likely to be an issue.

• Currently the nvidia-smi tool is being queried via cli. Updating the plugin to use the nvidia c/c++ API directly should resolve this issue. See discussion here: netdata#4357

• Contributions are welcome.

• Make sure netdata user can execute /usr/bin/nvidia-smi or wherever your binary is.

• poll_seconds is how often in seconds the tool is polled for as an integer.

It produces:

1. Per GPU

• GPU utilization
• memory allocation
• memory utilization
• fan speed
• power usage
• temperature
• clock speed
• PCI bandwidth

configuration

Sample:

poll_seconds: 1