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GPU Usage Shows 100%
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Last updated: 2024-01-11 17:11:13
GPU Usage Shows 100%
Last updated: 2024-01-11 17:11:13
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Problem Description

When using a GPU instance, if you use nvidia-smi to view the GPU status in the system, the GPU usage may be displayed as 100% while no processes are using GPU, as shown below:




Possible Causes

This may be caused by the ECC Memory Scrubbing mechanism used when the instance loads the NVIDIA driver.

Solution

Run the nvidia-smi -pm 1 command in the instance system to get the GPU Driver into the Persistence mode.

Instructions

1. Log in to the GPU instance and run the following command:
nvidia-smi -pm 1



2. Run the following command to check GPU usage:
nvidia-smi
You will see the GPU usage is normal, as shown below:


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