Submitting and monitoring GPU jobs

Learn how to submit and monitor jobs that use GPU resources in IBM® Spectrum LSF.

Configuring GPU resource requirements
To configure GPU resource requirements, define the GPU_REQ parameter in the lsb.applications file for the application profile, the GPU_REQ parameter in the lsb.queues file for the queue, or the LSB_GPU_REQ parameter in the lsf.conf file for the cluster. For complex GPU resource requirements (including alternative or compound resource requirements), use the RES_REQ parameter in the lsb.applications or lsb.queues file.
Submitting jobs that require GPU resources
Use the bsub -gpu option to specify GPU resource requirements during job submission or submit your job to a queue or application profile that has GPU resource requirements configured in the GPU_REQ parameter. For complex GPU resource requirements (including alternative or compound resource requirements), use the bsub -R option.
Monitoring GPU jobs
For jobs submitted with the default GPU requirements (with the option -gpu -), use the bjobs -l command to see the default job-level resource requirement without details like <num=1...>: Requested GPU.
Example GPU job submissions
The following are examples of possible submissions for jobs that use GPU resources.

Parent topic: GPU resources