Install a GRID driver on compute-optimized and vGPU instances (Windows)

Supported instances

Cloud Assistant can install GRID drivers only on the following Windows GPU-accelerated instance families:

• Windows-based vGPU-accelerated instance types: sgn8ia, vgn6i-vws, vgn7i-vws, and sgn7i-vws. For more information, see GPU-virtualized (vGPU) instance families (vgn/sgn series). The following table describes the supported GRID driver and CUDA versions for these instances.

  Instance family	Public image version	NVIDIA GRID driver version	CUDA version
  sgn8ia	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022	538.78	12.2
  vgn6i-vws, vgn7i-vws, and sgn7i-vws	Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022	475.14	11.4

• Windows-based compute-optimized GPU instance types: gn8ia, gn8is, gn7i, gn6i, ebmgn8ia, ebmgn8is, ebmgn7i, and ebmgn6i. For more information, see Compute-optimized GPU instance families (gn/ebm/scc series). The following table describes the supported GRID driver and CUDA versions for these instances.

  Public image version	NVIDIA GRID driver version	CUDA version
  Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022	538.78	12.2

Procedure

This topic uses an ecs.vgn6i-m4-vws.xlarge instance in the China (Hangzhou) region as an example.

1. Log on to the ECS console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Maintenance & Monitoring > Cloud Assistant.

3. In the top navigation bar, select the region where the target instance is located.

4. On the ECS Instance tab, find the target instance, and then click Run Command in the Actions column.

5. Create and run a Cloud Assistant command to install the GRID driver.

   1. In the Create Command panel, configure the parameters in the Command Information section.

      The key parameters are described below. Use the default values for all other parameters. For more information, see Create a command on the ECS console.

      Important

      Set the parameters exactly as specified. Otherwise, the command may fail.

      • Command Type: Select PowerShell. Both Bat and PowerShell command types are supported.

      • Command: Enter or paste your command.

        • Cloud Assistant command for vgn6i-vws, vgn7i-vws, and sgn7i-vws instances:

          $InstalledPlugins = $(acs-plugin-manager --list --local)
          if ($($InstalledPlugins | Select-String "grid_driver_install"))
             {
               acs-plugin-manager --remove --plugin grid_driver_install
             } 
          acs-plugin-manager --fetchTimeout 0 --exec --plugin grid_driver_install

        • Cloud Assistant command for sgn8ia, gn8ia, gn8is, gn7i, gn6i, ebmgn8ia, ebmgn8is, ebmgn7i, and ebmgn6i instances:

          $InstalledPlugins = $(acs-plugin-manager --list --local)
          if ($($InstalledPlugins | Select-String "gpu_grid_driver_install"))
             {
               acs-plugin-manager --remove --plugin gpu_grid_driver_install
             } 
          acs-plugin-manager --fetchTimeout 0 --exec --plugin gpu_grid_driver_install

      • Timeout Period: Set the timeout period for the command. If the command times out, Cloud Assistant terminates the process. Set this parameter to 600.

        Note

        The Timeout Period value must be a positive integer from 10 to 86,400. Unit: seconds. The default value is 60 seconds.

   2. Click Run to execute the command and install the GRID driver.

      You only need to run this command once to install the driver.

6. Verify the installation.

   1. Restart the GPU-accelerated instance.

      For more information, see Restart an instance.

   2. Remotely connect to the GPU-accelerated instance.

      For more information, see Connect to an instance by using Workbench.

   3. On the desktop, right-click a blank area and open the NVIDIA Control Panel to view the installed GRID driver version.

      The driver version and vGPU configuration are displayed in the panel.

      For example, the driver version is 475.14 and the vGPU configuration is GRID T4-4Q.

Related documents

• If you purchased a vGPU-accelerated instance that runs Linux, you can install a GRID driver for general-purpose computing scenarios such as AI, or for graphics acceleration and rendering scenarios such as OpenGL, Direct3D, and cloud gaming. For more information, see Install a GRID driver on a vGPU-accelerated instance (Linux).

• To automatically load a GRID driver when creating a GPU-accelerated instance, select an image with a pre-installed GRID driver. For more information, see Load a GRID driver by using an image with a pre-installed driver.