Driver and Firmware Installation

Installation Description

The driver and firmware must be installed in a specified sequence. For initial installation, install the driver and then firmware; for overwrite installation or upgrade, install the firmware and then driver.

• Initial installation: In scenarios where no driver is installed on a hardware device before delivery, or the installed driver and firmware on the hardware device have been uninstalled, you need to install the driver and then firmware.
• Overwrite installation: In scenarios where the driver and firmware have been installed on a hardware device and you need to install them again, install the firmware and then driver.

Checking the OS and Kernel Versions

Before installing the driver, check the onsite OS and kernel versions to determine whether to install dependencies required for driver build.

Downloading the Driver and Firmware

The Ascend hardware can be used only after the corresponding Ascend NPU driver and firmware are installed. Table 5 describes how to download the Ascend NPU driver and firmware.

Installing the Driver and Firmware

1. Log in to the server as the root user.
2. Upload the driver and firmware packages to any directory on the server, for example, /home.
3. Run the following command to add the execute permission on the driver and firmware packages:

   chmod +x driver/firmware package name.run

4. Run the following command to install the driver. The default installation path is /usr/local/Ascend.

   ./{product}-npu-driver_{version}_linux-{arch}.run --full --install-for-all

   

   {product} indicates the product model, {version} indicates the software package version, and {arch} indicates the architecture. Replace them with the actual ones.

   If the following information is displayed, the driver is successfully installed:

   Driver package installed successfully!

5. Run the npu-smi info command to check whether the driver is successfully loaded.

   If information similar to the following is displayed, the loading is successful: Otherwise, the loading fails. Contact Huawei technical support.

   +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | npu-smi 22.0.1.B010              Version: 22.0.0.B010                                     |
   +----------------------+---------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | NPU   Name           | Health        | Power(W)    Temp(C)           Hugepages-Usage(page)|
   | Chip                 | Bus-Id        | AICore(%)   Memory-Usage(MB)  HBM-Usage(MB)        |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 0     910A           | OK            | 73.3        39                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:61:00.0  | 0           688  / 15169      2    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 1     910A           | OK            | 68.5        33                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:DB:00.0  | 0           2070 / 15170      2    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 2     910A           | OK            | 69.5        34                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:B2:00.0  | 0           1053 / 15170      1    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 3     910A           | OK            | 67.9        38                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:3E:00.0  | 0           2426 / 15078      0    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 4     910A           | OK            | 69.7        37                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:60:00.0  | 0           1177 / 15169      2    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 5     910A           | OK            | 66.5        33                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:DA:00.0  | 0           1037 / 15170      1    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 6     910A           | OK            | 66.7        33                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:B1:00.0  | 0           1853 / 15170      1    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+
   | 7     910A           | OK            | 67.0        39                15   / 15            |
   | 0                    | 0000:3D:00.0  | 0           2179 / 15078      1    / 32768         |
   +======================+===============+====================================================+

6. Run the following command to install the firmware:

   ./{product}-npu-firmware_{version}.run --full

   If the following information is displayed, the firmware is successfully installed:

   Firmware package installed successfully! Reboot now or after driver installation for the installation/upgrade to take effect 

7. Run the reboot command to restart the system.
8. Run the following command to check the processor firmware version.

   /usr/local/Ascend/driver/tools/upgrade-tool --device_index -1 --component -1 --version

   If information similar to the following is displayed and the version is the same as the target version, the installation is successful:

   {
   Get component version(1.82.22.1.224) succeed for deviceId(0), componentType(0).
           {"device_id":0, "component":nve, "version":1.82.22.1.224}
   Get component version(1.82.22.1.224) succeed for deviceId(0), componentType(3).
           {"device_id":0, "component":uefi, "version":1.82.22.1.224}
   Get component version(1.82.22.1.224) succeed for deviceId(0), componentType(8).
           {"device_id":0, "component":imu, "version":1.82.22.1.224}
   Get component version(1.82.22.1.224) succeed for deviceId(0), componentType(9).
           {"device_id":0, "component":imp, "version":1.82.22.1.224}
   ........
   }