Nvidia GPU

Plugin: go.d.plugin Module: nvidia_smi

Overview

This collector monitors GPUs performance metrics using the nvidia-smi CLI tool.

Warning: under development, loop mode not implemented yet.

This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

This integration doesn't support auto-detection.

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Metrics

Metrics grouped by scope.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.

Per gpu

These metrics refer to the GPU.

Labels:

Label	Description
uuid	GPU id (e.g. 00000000:00:04.0)
product_name	GPU product name (e.g. NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB)

Metrics:

Metric	Dimensions	Unit	XML	CSV
nvidia_smi.gpu_pcie_bandwidth_usage	rx, tx	B/s	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_pcie_bandwidth_utilization	rx, tx	%	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_fan_speed_perc	fan_speed	%	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_utilization	gpu	%	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_memory_utilization	memory	%	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_decoder_utilization	decoder	%	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_encoder_utilization	encoder	%	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_frame_buffer_memory_usage	free, used, reserved	B	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_bar1_memory_usage	free, used	B	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_temperature	temperature	Celsius	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_voltage	voltage	V	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_clock_freq	graphics, video, sm, mem	MHz	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_power_draw	power_draw	Watts	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_performance_state	P0-P15	state	•	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_mig_mode_current_status	enabled, disabled	status	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_mig_devices_count	mig	devices	•

Per mig

These metrics refer to the Multi-Instance GPU (MIG).

Labels:

Label	Description
uuid	GPU id (e.g. 00000000:00:04.0)
product_name	GPU product name (e.g. NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB)
gpu_instance_id	GPU instance id (e.g. 1)

Metrics:

Metric	Dimensions	Unit	XML	CSV
nvidia_smi.gpu_mig_frame_buffer_memory_usage	free, used, reserved	B	•
nvidia_smi.gpu_mig_bar1_memory_usage	free, used	B	•

Alerts

There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.

Setup

Prerequisites

Enable in go.d.conf.

This collector is disabled by default. You need to explicitly enable it in the go.d.conf file.

Configuration

File

The configuration file name for this integration is go.d/nvidia_smi.conf.

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/nvidia_smi.conf

Options

The following options can be defined globally: update_every, autodetection_retry.

Config options

Name	Description	Default	Required
update_every	Data collection frequency.	10	no
autodetection_retry	Recheck interval in seconds. Zero means no recheck will be scheduled.	0	no
binary_path	Path to nvidia_smi binary. The default is "nvidia_smi" and the executable is looked for in the directories specified in the PATH environment variable.	nvidia_smi	no
timeout	nvidia_smi binary execution timeout.	2	no
use_csv_format	Used format when requesting GPU information. XML is used if set to 'no'.	no	no

Examples

CSV format

Use CSV format when requesting GPU information.

Config

jobs:
  - name: nvidia_smi
    use_csv_format: yes

Custom binary path

The executable is not in the directories specified in the PATH environment variable.

Config

jobs:
  - name: nvidia_smi
    binary_path: /usr/local/sbin/nvidia_smi

Troubleshooting

Debug Mode

To troubleshoot issues with the nvidia_smi collector, run the go.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.

• Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].

  cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/

• Switch to the netdata user.

  sudo -u netdata -s

• Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:

  ./go.d.plugin -d -m nvidia_smi