GPU Configuration

In this lesson, students will understand how NIVIDA GPUs are setup and configured under Linux. We will review the process of adding a GPU to a PC chassis, power and cooling requirements and the UNIX command line tools to set up, configure and test the GPU within the PC chassis.

After the GPU is set up the students will be able to test the performance of the GPU in building a machine-learning model using the Donkey Car software.

Steps in GPU Config

Purchasing GPU PC Hardware

Using part configuraiton tools

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mrFYPX

Motherboard

RAM

Disk Drive

GPUs

PowerSupply

Options - wireless

Downloading a Ubuntu Image

Booting Linux

Configuring Linux

Configuring SSH

Configuring the GPU

Here are the key reference documents:

• NVIDIA Driver Installation
• NVIDIA GPU Shell Commands
• NVIDIA TensorFlow GPU Config

Optional Section

Purchasing GPUs

This is an optional section for students that will be assisting schools that are purchasing and configuring their own GPUs.