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Chapter 3. Installing the NVIDIA GPU Operator

Install the NVIDIA GPU Operator to use the underlying NVIDIA CUDA AI accelerators that are available in the cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).
  • You have logged in as a user with cluster-admin privileges.
  • You have installed the Node Feature Discovery Operator.

Procedure

  1. Create the Namespace CR for the NVIDIA GPU Operator: 

    oc apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: nvidia-gpu-operator
EOF

  2. Create the OperatorGroup CR: 

    oc apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: gpu-operator-certified
  namespace: nvidia-gpu-operator
spec:
 targetNamespaces:
 - nvidia-gpu-operator
EOF

  3. Create the Subscription CR: 

    oc apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: gpu-operator-certified
  namespace: nvidia-gpu-operator
spec:
  channel: "stable"
  installPlanApproval: Manual
  name: gpu-operator-certified
  source: certified-operators
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
EOF

Verification

Verify that the NVIDIA GPU Operator deployment is successful by running the following command: 

$ oc get pods -n nvidia-gpu-operator

Example output

NAME                                                  READY   STATUS     RESTARTS   AGE
gpu-feature-discovery-c2rfm                           1/1     Running    0          6m28s
gpu-operator-84b7f5bcb9-vqds7                         1/1     Running    0          39m
nvidia-container-toolkit-daemonset-pgcrf              1/1     Running    0          6m28s
nvidia-cuda-validator-p8gv2                           0/1     Completed  0          99s
nvidia-dcgm-exporter-kv6k8                            1/1     Running    0          6m28s
nvidia-dcgm-tpsps                                     1/1     Running    0          6m28s
nvidia-device-plugin-daemonset-gbn55                  1/1     Running    0          6m28s
nvidia-device-plugin-validator-z7ltr                  0/1     Completed  0          82s
nvidia-driver-daemonset-410.84.202203290245-0-xxgdv   2/2     Running    0          6m28s
nvidia-node-status-exporter-snmsm                     1/1     Running    0          6m28s
nvidia-operator-validator-6pfk6                       1/1     Running    0          6m28s

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