====== Power delivery ======

Tesla M60 uses 8 pin EPS connector with "Molex Mini-Fit" plug. **It is different than PCIe 6+2/8 pin plug!** It's actually the same as 8 pin CPU connector on motherboard.

**Do not force PCIe 6+2 plug into Tesla M60!** Look what might happen if you do: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/uqfq69/psa_nvidia_tesla_cards_do_not_use_the_same_power/

====== Installing drivers on Debian 12 ======

> Based on https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/driver-installation-guide/debian.html

> Installed and tested as of 23-05-2026

===== Install kernel headers =====

<code>
# apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
</code>

===== Enable contrib repository =====

In ''/etc/apt/sources.list'' add ''contrib'' keyword to debian repository, update cache with ''apt update''.

===== Network repository enablement =====

> Replaced ''${distro}'' with ''debian12''

<code>
# wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
# dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
# apt update
</code>

===== Pin Tesla driver version =====

> To find which version you should use, go to https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/ and select proper entries in drop-down menus, to select your nvidia tesla model. Then, click on find, and note the supported version. In my case, it's ''580.159.04''

> If you can't install the package with specified version, try looking at what packages are available using ''apt search nvidia-driver-pinning-*''

**This step is not optional!** By default, apt will install newest driver (with highest version number), which might not be compatible! In such case, remove those packages with ''apt purge nvidia-driver-cuda nvidia-kernel-dkms'', pin version, and install those packages again.

<code>
# apt install nvidia-driver-pinning-580.159.04
</code>

===== Install drivers =====

> This command install proprietary kernel modules for compute-only drivers. If you want to use other options, see https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/driver-installation-guide/debian.html#driver-installation

<code>
# apt -V install nvidia-driver-cuda nvidia-kernel-dkms
</code>

===== Finish =====

Your Tesla should now be visible in ''nvidia-smi''.

<code>
Sat May 23 18:20:54 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.159.04             Driver Version: 580.159.04     CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  Tesla M60                      Off |   00000000:30:00.0 Off |                  Off |
| N/A   67C    P0             42W /  150W |       0MiB /   8192MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
|   1  Tesla M60                      Off |   00000000:31:00.0 Off |                  Off |
| N/A   66C    P0             40W /  150W |       0MiB /   8192MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
</code>