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Installing Drivers to Support the GPU Cards
Note After you switch GPU mode, reboot the server to ensure that the modified resources of the GPU are correctly
accounted for by any OS or hypervisor running on the server.
Installing Drivers to Support the GPU Cards
After you install the hardware, you must update to the correct level of server BIOS and then install GPU
drivers and other software in this order:
1. Update the server BIOS.
2. Update the GPU drivers.
1. Updating the Server BIOS
Install the latest Cisco UCS C240 M4 server BIOS by using the Host Upgrade Utility for the Cisco UCS C240
M4 server.
Note You must do this procedure before you update the NVIDIA drivers.
Step 1
Navigate to the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html.
Step 2 Click Servers–Unified Computing in the middle column.
Step 3
Click Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Standalone Server Software in the right-hand column.
Step 4 Click the name of your model of server in the right-hand column.
Step 5
Click Unified Computing System (UCS) Server Firmware.
Step 6 Click the release number.
Step 7
Click Download Now to download the
Step 8 Verify the information on the next page, and then click Proceed With Download.
Step 9 Continue through the subsequent screens to accept the license agreement and browse to a location where you want to
save the file.
Step 10
Use the Host Upgrade Utility to update the server BIOS.
The user guides for the Host Upgrade Utility are at
2. Updating the GPU Card Drivers
After you update the server BIOS, you can install GPU drivers to your hypervisor virtual machine.
Step 1
Install your hypervisor software on a computer. Refer to your hypervisor documentation for the installation instructions.
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ucs-server platform-huu-version_number.iso
Utility User Guides.
GPU Card Installation
file.