Node Locked License, RPM Package Installation

Installing Parabricks via the RedHat/RPM bare metal installer requires:

You can test whether you have CUDA installed by running the following:

            

            
nvidia-smi
        

If the command is not found, you do not receive a valid status message for your GPU or your CUDA version is older than:

• CUDA 10.1 for non-Ampere GPUs

• CUDA 11.0 for Ampere GPUs

then you will need to install CUDA. Instructions for doing so can be found at https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads. Once you have installed CUDA, you may proceed with the following steps.

To request a trial license, go to https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/clara/genomics/ and click on the "FREE 90-DAY TRIAL" button. You should receive two emails with additional instructions. One tells you how to log on to NGC, the other gives you a direct link to NGC (you'll need to be able to log in to NGC). Following the direct link will let you download "Bare Metal RPM Package" resource, which will result in you downloading a file called files.zip. Once you have downloaded files.zip, go through the following steps:

            

            
# Unzip the downloaded file. This extracts parabricks.rpm from files.zip
$ unzip files.zip

# Install the software.
$ sudo dnf install -y ./parabricks.rpm

# Verify your installation.
# This should display the parabricks version number:
$ pbrun version
        

During the installation you'll be asked

To check if your system has Ampere GPUs, run the following:

            

            
nvidia-smi --query-gpu=name --format=csv,noheader
        

Any GPU labeled with the first letter A (e.g. 'Tesla A100', 'Tesla A40') is an Ampere GPU.

            

            
CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="0,1" pbrun [command and inputs]  --num-gpus 2
        

After installation, the pbrun command will start any tool in the Parabricks software suite. Answering "yes" to the second question (about creating a symbolic link) will make pbrun available for system-wide access. Otherwise, you can access pbrun from your local installation directory, which is /opt/parabricks/pbrun by default.

To obtain to a permanent node-locked license, run the following command on your GPU server:

            

            
$ nvidia-smi -L
        

Send the output to parabricks-support@nvidia.com. We will send you a permanent license.bin file, locked to the GPU(s) on that server.

Copy the new license.bin file to /opt/parabricks/license.bin to use your new license.