<h2>Linux</h2>
<h3>GPU NVIDIA + CUDA image based on Ubuntu 20.04 released</h3>
<p>New NVIDA Ubuntu 20.04 image prepared with NVIDA and CUDA now is available as public image in OTC</p>
<ul>
<li>Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_GPU_NV_latest</li>
</ul>
<p>It is based on OTC public image Standard_Ubuntu_20.04_latest and
extended by </p>
<ul>
<li>NVIDIA driver </li>
<li>CUDA</li>
</ul>
<p>Available for GPU flavors based on NVIDIA Tesla T4 graphic cards:</p>
<ul>
<li>pi2</li>
</ul>
<p>More about supported OTC flavors: <a href="https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/flavor-images">https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/flavor-images</a></p>
<p><strong><em>About NVIDA integration: </em></strong></p>
<p>Prepared NVIDA drivers does not include NVIDIA licensed features.<br />
Also licensed features can not unlocked by OTC team.<br />
If licensed features are required, special nvidia-drivers needs to be installed by own. </p>
<p>Running nvidia driver can be checked by nvidia-smi tool: </p>
<pre><code>$ nvidia-smi
Wed Apr 27 11:18:35 2022
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 470.103.01 Driver Version: 470.103.01 CUDA Version: 11.4 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 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 T4 Off | 00000000:21:01.0 Off | 0 |
| N/A 48C P0 27W / 70W | 0MiB / 15109MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| No running processes found |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ </code></pre>
<p>Running processes using GPU ressources are listed here as well, or can directly
be seen by</p>
<pre><code>$ nvidia-smi pmon
# gpu pid type sm mem enc dec command
# Idx # C/G % % % % name
0 179642 C 99 87 - - blender
0 179642 C 99 82 - - blender</code></pre>
<p>Here we see some processes requesting GPU ressources by using CUDA integration (type 'C'). </p>
<h3>CentOS Stream 9 released</h3>
<ul>
<li>Standard_CentOS_Stream-9_latest</li>
<li>Default login user: linux</li>
<li>Supported OTC flavors: <a href="https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/flavor-images">https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/flavor-images </a></li>
</ul>
<h3>General Availability(GA) – Alma and Rocky Linux Images are General Available(GA) on OTC</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p>GA Image Name: Standard_Alma_8_latest & Standard_Rocky_8_latest</p>
<ul>
<li>Alma and Rocky Linux will be GA on OTC from April 2022</li>
<li>Supported flavors - <a href="https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/flavor-images">https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/flavor-images </a></li>
<li>Alma and Rocky Linux GA images will be published in April 2022. "Preview" images will not be published however, “Preview” images would be available until May 2022.</li>
<li>It is recommended for existing customers to use the “Preview” Images with the Image ID.</li>
<li>Alma and Rocky Linux distribution information and Release Notes available at respective distribution links.
<ul>
<li>Alma Linux - <a href="https://almalinux.org/">https://almalinux.org/</a></li>
<li>Rocky Linux - <a href="https://rockylinux.org/">https://rockylinux.org/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Windows</h2>
<h3>Updated Microsoft Windws Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of April 2022, 13th</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Windows Server 2012 R2</p>
<ul>
<li>2022-04 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5012672)</li>
<li>2022-04 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5012639)</li>
<li>2022-04 Security Only Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64 (KB5012326)</li>
<li>2022-04 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5012670) </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Windows Server 2016</p>
<ul>
<li>2022-04 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5012596) </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Windows Server 2019</p>
<ul>
<li>2022-04 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2 and 4.8 for Windows Server 2019 for x64 (KB5012328)</li>
<li>2022-04 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5012647) </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Driver and tools of all Windows Server types</p>
<ul>
<li>Cloudbase-Init: 1.1.3.dev16</li>
<li>KVM UVP Vmtools: 2.5.0.156</li>
<li>Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 27.0, February 2, 2022</li>
<li>NVIDIA V100 / T4 driver: 472.98 (fixes CVE‑2022‑21815) for details see https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>