NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2
NVLINK GPU (FC EC4C, EC4D, EC4F, CCIN EC4C)
******* PLEASE
READ THIS ENTIRE NOTICE *********
DATE: January 23, 2017
1.0 Microcode and
Document Revision History
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Firmware
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Description |
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86.00.26.00.02 |
GA
release fw. |
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The Firmware Levels Below Are
No Longer Supported By IBM Once They Have Been Removed From The Microcode
Down Load Website. It is best practices to
update to the latest FW level not only for IBM support of these products, but
for optimal performance and to ensure that all of the required HW/FW fixes
are installed. Once new FW has been released to the field, we will provide a
6 month grace period for customers to update these products to the currently
supported FW level. Please Update To The Latest
Level At Your Earliest Convenience |
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86.00.1C.00.01 |
Early
shipment release |
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Document
Revision History |
Description |
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1/23/2017 |
Creating
readme file with latest VBIOS – 86.00.26.00.02 |
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This Readme file is intended to give directions on how to update the VBIOS
found on the NVIDIA Tesla P100 SXM2 NVLINK GPU (FC EC4C, EC4D,
EC4F, CCIN EC4C)
Special Requirement:
Reboot of the OS is required.
Non-Concurrent Download:
The microcode installation does NOT support concurrent download.
NOTE: It is recommended that the installation be scheduled during a
maintenance window or during non-peak production periods.
3.0 Installation time
Approximately 10 minutes.
S822LC
(8335-GTB)
Feature Codes
EC4C Air-Cooled NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPU (for First
Pair)
EC4D Air-Cooled NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPU (for Second Pair)
EC4F Water-Cooled NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPU
CCIN EC4C
Instructions (for Linux) to update VBIOS FW:
1.
Identify GPU Adapters.
In this example we have 1 GP100 adapter. Each GP100 shows up as 1 GPU.
# lspci
|grep -i Nvidia
0002:01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation
GP100GL (rev a1)
# nvidia-smi -L
GPU 0: Tesla P100-SXM2-16GB (UUID:
GPU-3a3e26d8-8c35-59de-caa1-8a64cc270df9)
2.
Verify the current Firmware level with nvidia-smi -q
# nvidia-smi -q |grep -E
'GPU 00|VBIOS'
GPU 0002:01:00.0
VBIOS
Version :
86.00.26.00.02
If you see any level lower than 86.00.26.00.02 for
Tesla P100-SXM2 GPU an update is recommended.
3.
Download auto_confirm_self_extract_h403_0201_890_0__8600260002 from Fix Central
4.
Verify the size and checksum of the executables before flashing:
# ls -l
auto_confirm_self_extract_h403_0201_890_0__8600260002
-rwxr-xr-x. 1
root root 6550824 Jan 18 13:22
auto_confirm_self_extract_h403_0201_890_0__8600260002
# sum
auto_confirm_self_extract_h403_0201_890_0__8600260002
12336 6398
5.
Update the VBIOS by running the executable files as root user.
The executable will detect all available GP100
adapters and update GPU with the new VBIOS firmware.
Note: you will be required to unload the nvidia driver and other modules that may be using the nvidia driver.
#sudo rmmod nvidia nvidia_uvm
Note: May need to stop services or application that
are using the nvidia modules. Then unload the nvidia driver and other subsequent drivers that depend on
the nvidia module.
#systemctl disable nvidia-persistenced
#sudo rmmod
nvidia nvidia_uvm
Update VBIOS for GPU1 on the GP100
# ./auto_confirm_self_extract_h403_0201_890_0__8600260002
NVIDIA Firmware Update Utility
Version 5.323.0
***
IMPORTANT ***
Do not turn off the computer or attempt to reboot your computer while
the
NVIDIA firmware is being updated.
If the computer is turned off, or
power is lost, you may
be unable to restart your computer.
Searching for display adapters to update...
Adapter: Tesla P100-SXM2-16GB Device Path: S:03,B:01,D:00,F:00
Firmware Image Version: 86.00.26.00.02
Found display adapter suitable for this update:
Tesla P100-SXM2-16GB Device Path: S:03,B:01,D:00,F:00
Current
Firmware Version: 86.00.26.00.02
UPDATE WILL BEGIN IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS.
....................................
Update successful.
Firmware image has been updated from version 86.00.26.00.02 to
86.00.26.00.02.
No more matches found.
6.
At this point we have burned the new VBIOS FW on to the GP100 adapter. However,
this FW will not take effect till the system is rebooted.
Reloading the drivers is not enough; it requires
the system to be rebooted.
7. Verify the VBIOS FW upgrade with nvidia-smi
-q. This requires that you reload the nvidia driver.
Note the modprobe command may
change depending on what version of the nvidia driver
is installed in your OS.
# modprobe nvidia
# nvidia-smi -q |grep -E
'GPU 00|VBIOS'
GPU 0002:01:00.0
VBIOS
Version :
86.00.26.00.02