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* install the necessary drivers and | * install the necessary drivers and | ||
* check whether the vGPU can be used. | * check whether the vGPU can be used. | ||
Access to repositories as well as to the vGPUs is currently only available within [https://arbutus.cloud.computecanada.ca Arbutus Cloud]. Please note that the documentation below only covers the vGPU driver installation. The [https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive CUDA toolkit] is not pre-installed but you can install it directly from | Access to repositories as well as to the vGPUs is currently only available within [https://arbutus.cloud.computecanada.ca Arbutus Cloud]. Please note that the documentation below only covers the vGPU driver installation. The [https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-archive CUDA toolkit] is not pre-installed but you can install it directly from NVIDIA or used from [[Accessing_CVMFS|the CVMFS software stack]]. | ||
If you choose to install the toolkit directly from | If you choose to install the toolkit directly from NVIDIA, please ensure that the vGPU driver is not overwritten with the one from the CUDA package. | ||
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Since the proprietary | Since the proprietary NVIDIA drivers need to be compiled against the running kernel, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support DKMS] package is required from the [https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm EPEL repository]. | ||
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Install the <b>Arbutus Cloud</b> [http://repo.arbutus.cloud.computecanada.ca/pulp/repos/centos/arbutus-cloud-vgpu-repo.el7.noarch.rpm repository]. | Install the <b>Arbutus Cloud</b> [http://repo.arbutus.cloud.computecanada.ca/pulp/repos/centos/arbutus-cloud-vgpu-repo.el7.noarch.rpm repository]. | ||
This also installs the public key the packages are signed with to ensure their authenticity. | This also installs the public key the packages are signed with, to ensure their authenticity. | ||
These drivers and user-space tools are carefully tested against the infrastructure before they are made available. | These drivers and user-space tools are carefully tested against the infrastructure before they are made available. | ||
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The last step is to install the <b> | The last step is to install the <b>NVIDIA vGPU packages</b>. | ||
The kernel module package <code>nvidia-vgpu-kmod</code> will take a few minutes as it compiles the required kernel modules in the background. | The kernel module package <code>nvidia-vgpu-kmod</code> will take a few minutes as it compiles the required kernel modules in the background. | ||
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