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NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager · Santa Clara, California, United States · founded 1993
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DCGM open-source product
Free
Foundational libraries and building blocks are open source; some features, including diagnostics and tests, remain proprietary.
Read 4 Oct 2026 · developer.nvidia.com
On the record
- APIs
- The installer packages include C and Python API examples, and NVIDIA links to open-source Go bindings.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment requirements
- The getting-started guide specifies at least 16 GB of host memory and a minimum number of CPU cores equal to the number of GPUs.docs.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- GPU support
- The current getting-started guide lists NVIDIA Kepler and newer data center GPUs, plus Maxwell and newer non-data-center GPUs, with some feature availability varying by GPU class.docs.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Health and diagnostics
- It includes active health monitoring, diagnostics, system alerts, and power and clock management policies.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- NVIDIA describes infrastructure teams using DCGM standalone or integrating it with cluster management, scheduling, and monitoring products.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Kubernetes and Prometheus
- DCGM-Exporter provides GPU telemetry in Kubernetes environments, and NVIDIA lists out-of-the-box integration with Prometheus.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Low overhead
- Its active health monitoring is described as low-overhead and non-invasive while jobs run.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Operating modes
- DCGM can run as a service through HostEngine or be incorporated directly into a standalone application.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Operating system and architecture
- The product page lists Linux support for x86_64 and aarch64 (sbsa).developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Other integrations
- NVIDIA lists Bright Cluster Manager and IBM Spectrum LSF among its integrations with management and scheduling tools.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- DCGM provides tools for managing and monitoring NVIDIA data center GPUs in cluster environments.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Remote monitoring
- Yesdeveloper.nvidia.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Security limitation
- DCGM does not add authentication, authorization, or encryption to its TCP protocol, and NVIDIA advises keeping TCP access on a trusted management network.docs.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux; API; self-hosteddeveloper.nvidia.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Telemetry
- DCGM collects GPU telemetry to help explain job behavior, utilization, and application performance issues.developer.nvidia.com · read 4 Oct 2026
