Overview

CANN Manager allows you to switch between and update available Ascend-CANN-Toolkits without reinstalling MindStudio. Before using this function, ensure that MindStudio and an Ascend-CANN-Toolkit have been installed.

Open the CANN Manager window in any of the following ways:

On the menu bar of the MindStudio project page, choose File > Settings... > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > CANN.
On the menu bar of the MindStudio project page, choose Ascend > CANN Manager.
On the shortcut toolbar of MindStudio, click the following icon.
Figure 1 Opening CANN Manager by clicking the shortcut icon
On the MindStudio welcome page, choose Customize > All settings... > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > CANN. The CANN Manager window is displayed.

Figure 2 or Figure 3 shows the CANN Manager window.

Figure 2 CANN Manager window (Linux)

The values in the Component and Host OS Arch columns in Figure 2 may vary according to the CANN version.

Table 1 describes the parameters and icons in the CANN Manager dialog box.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter/Icon	Description
CANN location	Ascend-CANN-Toolkit installation path. Defaults to $HOME/Ascend/ascend-toolkit/*{version}*. You can click on the right to switch between the CANN versions.
Change CANN	Switches between the Ascend-CANN-Toolkits.
Package	CANN package name
Component	Component name
Version	CANN version number and software package version number
Host OS Arch	Host OS and architecture

Figure 3 CANN Manager window (Windows)

Table 2 describes the parameters and icons in the CANN Manager dialog box.

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter/Icon	Description
Remote Connection	IP address of the remote environment in which Ascend-CANN-Toolkit is located
Remote CANN location	Ascend-CANN-Toolkit installation path. Defaults to *$HOME/Ascend/ascend-toolkit/{software version}*.
Change CANN	Switches between the Ascend-CANN-Toolkits.
Package	CANN package name
Component	Component name
Version	CANN version number and software package version number
Host OS Arch	Host OS and architecture

Parent topic: CANN Manager