Type: gpu

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GPU devices make the specified GPU device or devices appear in the instance.

Note

For containers, a gpu device may match multiple GPUs at once. For VMs, each device can match only a single GPU.

The following types of GPUs can be added using the gputype device option:

• physical (container and VM): Passes an entire GPU through into the instance. This value is the default if gputype is unspecified.

• mdev (VM only): Creates and passes a virtual GPU through into the instance.

• mig (container only): Creates and passes a MIG (Multi-Instance GPU) through into the instance.

• sriov (VM only): Passes a virtual function of an SR-IOV-enabled GPU into the instance.

The available device options depend on the GPU type and are listed in the tables in the following sections.

gputype: physical

Note

The physical GPU type is supported for both containers and VMs. It supports hotplugging only for containers, not for VMs.

A physical GPU device passes an entire GPU through into the instance.

Device options

GPU devices of type physical have the following device options:

Key	Type	Default	Description
gid	int	0	GID of the device owner in the instance (container only)
id	string	-	The DRM card ID of the GPU device
mode	int	0660	Mode of the device in the instance (container only)
pci	string	-	The PCI address of the GPU device
productid	string	-	The product ID of the GPU device
uid	int	0	UID of the device owner in the instance (container only)
vendorid	string	-	The vendor ID of the GPU device

gputype: mdev

Note

The mdev GPU type is supported only for VMs. It does not support hotplugging.

An mdev GPU device creates and passes a virtual GPU through into the instance. You can check the list of available mdev profiles by running lxc info --resources.

Device options

GPU devices of type mdev have the following device options:

Key	Type	Default	Description
id	string	-	The DRM card ID of the GPU device
mdev	string	-	The mdev profile to use (required - for example, i915-GVTg_V5_4)
pci	string	-	The PCI address of the GPU device
productid	string	-	The product ID of the GPU device
vendorid	string	-	The vendor ID of the GPU device

gputype: mig

Note

The mig GPU type is supported only for containers. It does not support hotplugging.

A mig GPU device creates and passes a MIG compute instance through into the instance. Currently, this requires NVIDIA MIG instances to be pre-created.

Device options

GPU devices of type mig have the following device options:

Key	Type	Default	Description
id	string	-	The DRM card ID of the GPU device
mig.ci	int	-	Existing MIG compute instance ID
mig.gi	int	-	Existing MIG GPU instance ID
mig.uuid	string	-	Existing MIG device UUID (MIG- prefix can be omitted)
pci	string	-	The PCI address of the GPU device
productid	string	-	The product ID of the GPU device
vendorid	string	-	The vendor ID of the GPU device

You must set either mig.uuid (NVIDIA drivers 470+) or both mig.ci and mig.gi (old NVIDIA drivers).

gputype: sriov

Note

The sriov GPU type is supported only for VMs. It does not support hotplugging.

An sriov GPU device passes a virtual function of an SR-IOV-enabled GPU into the instance.

Device options

GPU devices of type sriov have the following device options:

Key	Type	Default	Description
id	string	-	The DRM card ID of the parent GPU device
pci	string	-	The PCI address of the parent GPU device
productid	string	-	The product ID of the parent GPU device
vendorid	string	-	The vendor ID of the parent GPU device