Why DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_{TX,RX}_THROUGHPUT is default instead of DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_{TX,RX}_BYTES ?

[koshieguchi]

I find it very confusing that DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_TX_THROUGHPUT is still marked as default in files like ./etc/default-counters.csv, despite the following statement in the DCGM Documentation (Version 3.3):

https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/dcgm/latest/dcgm-api/dcgm-api-field-ids.html#c.DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_TX_THROUGHPUT

DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_TX_THROUGHPUT200¶
PCIe Tx utilization information.
Deprecated: Use DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_TX_BYTES instead.

In fact, as mentioned in Get DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_TX_THROUGHPUT metric failed · Issue #167 · NVIDIA/dcgm-exporter, I was able to obtain PCIe data by changing DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_TX_THROUGHPUT to DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_TX_BYTES.

Is there a reason why DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_TX_THROUGHPUT hasn't been updated to DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_TX_BYTES in the CSV files under ./etc?

If it would be better to change it, I can create a pull request.

[glowkey]

Thanks for reporting this. We are planning to update the default watchlist for the next major release of DCGM-Exporter in the coming months and this change is included. Feel free to create an MR in the meantime if that is helpful for your site.

[koshieguchi]

Thanks for the reply!

We are planning to update the default watchlist for the next major release of DCGM-Exporter in the coming months and this change is included.

That's good to hear!

Feel free to create an MR in the meantime if that is helpful for your site.

I've created #357 to address this.