AZ471280 - Public Preview: Windows GPU – Driver type selection

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Published

Dec 11, 2024

Status

In preview

Timeline

  • December 2024
    Preview

Product

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Tag

Features

Category

Compute
Containers

Description

AKS now supports GPU-enabled Windows node pools, in public preview, to run compute-intensive Kubernetes workloads. AKS specifies a default GPU driver type for each supported GPU-enabled VM. Because workload and driver compatibility are important for functioning GPU workloads, you can now specify the driver type for your Windows GPU node.  

When creating a Windows agent pool with GPU support, you have the option to specify the type of GPU driver using the --driver-type flag. 

The available options are: 

GRID: For applications requiring virtualization support. 

CUDA: Optimized for computational tasks in scientific computing and data-intensive applications.  

 

This feature is currently not supported for Linux GPU node pools. 

 

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