qgpumode (1) Linux Manual Page
qgpumode – change GPU mode
Synopsis
qgpumode -H host -g gpuid -m modeDescription
The qgpumode command will request a MOM to change the mode on one of it’s Nvidia GPUs. The GPU’s mode is changed by sending a GPU Control batch request to the batch server.Changing the GPU mode requires PBS Operator or Manager privilege. It also requires that Torque be configured with –enable-nvidia-gpu.
Options
- -H host
- Specifies the host within the cluster on which the GPU is located. The argument is the name of a host that is a member of the cluster of hosts managed by the server.
- -g gpuid
- Specifies the ID of the GPU.
- -m mode
- Specifies the new mode of the GPU. Valid Nvidia GPU modes are:
- 0
- – Normal mode.
- 1
- – COMPUTE exclusive thread mode (only one COMPUTE thread is allowed to run on the GPU).
- 2
- – COMPUTE prohibited mode (no COMPUTE contexts are allowed to run on the GPU).
- 3
- – COMPUTE exclusive process mode (only one COMPUTE process is allowed to run on the GPU). This mode is new with Nvidia driver version 270.
- 0
Operands
NoneStandard Error
The qgpumode command will write a diagnostic messages to standard error for each error occurrence.Exit Status
Upon successful processing of all the operands presented to the qgpumode command, the exit status will be a value of zero. If the qgpumode command fails to process any operand, the command exits with a value greater than zero.