Which GPU Operator part publishes GPU metrics for monitoring?
Why A is the answer
The DCGM exporter
The exporter exposes metrics to tools such as Prometheus.
In detail
- The DCGM exporter exposes metrics to monitoring tools.
- Dashboards build on these.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
The DCGM exporter publishes GPU metrics, and Prometheus collects them.
See it in different ways
flowchart TD A["GPU Operator"] --> B["Driver"] A --> C["Container toolkit"] A --> D["Device plugin"] A --> E["DCGM exporter"] A --> F["MIG manager"]
mindmap
root((GPU Operator))
Driver
Container toolkit
Device plugin
Reports GPUs
DCGM exporter
Publishes metrics
MIG managerflowchart LR S0["DCGM exporter"] --> S1["Prometheus"] --> S2["Dashboard"]
Key point: The exporter publishes metrics.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. The device plugin
- That reports GPUs to the scheduler.
- C. The container toolkit
- That connects containers to GPUs.
- D. The node labeler
- That labels nodes.