Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor NVIDIA GPU devices in SL1 using the Dynamic Applications in the NVIDIA GPU PowerPack.

The following sections provide an overview of NVIDIA GPU and the NVIDIA GPUPowerPack:

What Does the NVIDIA GPU PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor NVIDIA GPUs using SL1, you can install the NVIDIA GPUPowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to align Dynamic Applications to NVIDIA GPU devices to collect data.

The NVIDIA GPUPowerPack includes:

  • Dynamic Applications that enable SL1 to align to and monitor NVIDIA GPU devices

  • Event Policies that are triggered when NVIDIA GPU devices meet certain status criteria
  • A sample SSH Credential ("Nvidia GPU Monitoring - Example") that you can use to create your own NVIDIA Credential
  • A Device Template ("Nvidia GPU Monitor Template") that aligns NVIDIA Dynamic Applications with devices

Installing the NVIDIA GPU PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the NVIDIA GPUPowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. For more information, see the section on Global Settings.

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.2 or later of SL1 before installing this PowerPack. For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.