Nsight Systems supports multiple platforms. The build of Nsight Systems that this documentation refers to is compatible with the following devices:
OS (64 bit only)
CUDA
Note that CUDA version and driver version must be compatible.
CUDA Version | Driver minimum version |
---|---|
10.2 | 440.30 |
10.1 | 418.39 |
10.0 | 410.48 |
9.2 | 396.26 |
9.1 | 390.46 |
9.0 | 384.81 |
When attaching to x86_64 Linux-based target from the GUI on the host, the connection is established through SSH.
Use of Linux Perf: To collect thread scheduling data and IP (instruction pointer) samples, the Perf paranoid level on the target system must be ≤2. Use the following command to check:
cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
If the output is >2, then do the following to temporarily adjust the paranoid level (note that this has to be done after each reboot):
sudo sh -c 'echo 2 >/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid'
To make the change permanent, use the following command:
sudo sh -c 'echo kernel.perf_event_paranoid=2 > /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf'
Kernel version: To collect thread scheduling data and IP (instruction pointer) samples and backtraces, the kernel version must be
3.10.0-693 or later for CentOS and RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.4+
4.3 or greater for all other distros including Ubuntu
To check the version number of the kernel on a target device, run the following command on the device:
uname -a
Note that only CentOS, RedHat, and Ubuntu distros are tested/confirmed to work correctly.
glibc version: To check the glibc version on a target device, run the following command:
ldd --version
Nsight Systems requires glibc 2.14 or more recent.
CUDA: See above for supported CUDA versions in this release. Use the deviceQuery command to determine the CUDA driver and runtime versions on the system. The deviceQuery command is available in the CUDA SDK. It is normally installed at:
/usr/local/cuda/samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery
Only pure 64-bit environments are supported. In other words, 32-bit systems or 32-bit processes running within a 64-bit environment are not supported.
Nsight Systems requires write permission to the /var/lock
directory on
the target system.
Docker: See Collecting Data Within a Docker section of Profiling Applications on Linux Devices in a Docker for more information.
DX12:
The Nsight Systems host application runs on the following host platforms:
Windows 7 and higher, Windows Server 2008 R2 and higher. Only 64-bit versions are supported.
Linux Ubuntu 14.04 and higher are known to work, running on other modern distributions should be possible as well. Only 64-bit versions are supported.
OS X 10.10 "Yosemite" and higher.
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