Complete NVIDIA DCGM keyboard shortcuts and commands reference — 14 shortcuts across 2 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dcgmi diag -r 1 | Quick diagnostic | Run the fastest Level 1 diagnostic, completing in a few seconds. |
| dcgmi diag -r 2 | Medium diagnostic | Run the Level 2 diagnostic, adding a short stress test (about 2 minutes). |
| dcgmi diag -r 3 | Full diagnostic | Run the Level 3 diagnostic with extended stress tests (about 15 minutes) - the standard evidence to collect before an RMA. |
| dcgmi health -s a | Start health watch | Enable background health monitoring for all systems: PCIe, memory, power, and thermal. |
| dcgmi health -c | Check health | Run a health check against all discovered GPUs and report any active issues. |
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dcgmi discovery -l | List GPUs | List all GPUs discovered by DCGM on this host. |
| dcgmi dmon | Device monitor | Stream live per-GPU metrics - utilization, memory, temperature - to the terminal. |
| dcgmi group -c name | Create group | Create a named group of GPUs to manage and query together. |
| dcgmi group -g id -a 0,1 | Add GPUs to group | Add specific GPU IDs to an existing DCGM group. |
| dcgmi stats -e | Enable job stats | Enable per-job statistics collection for a GPU group. |
| dcgmi config --get | Show config | Display the current DCGM configuration applied to all GPUs. |
| dcgmi topo -g id | Group topology | Show the NVLink and PCIe topology for GPUs in a group. |
| nv-hostengine | Start host engine | Start the DCGM host engine daemon; required before dcgmi can connect. |
| dcgmi -v | Version | Print the installed DCGM version. |
The most essential NVIDIA DCGM shortcuts are: dcgmi diag -r 1 (Quick diagnostic), dcgmi diag -r 2 (Medium diagnostic), dcgmi diag -r 3 (Full diagnostic). These cover the most frequent actions and can significantly speed up your workflow.
NVIDIA DCGM has 14 keyboard shortcuts across 2 categories on shortcut-tools.com.
These are command-line commands — type them in your terminal or console. Combine them with shell history search (Ctrl + R) and aliases to work even faster.
The NVIDIA DCGM shortcut for quick diagnostic is dcgmi diag -r 1. Run the fastest Level 1 diagnostic, completing in a few seconds.
NVIDIA DCGM includes 9 Monitoring & Management shortcuts, including dcgmi discovery -l (List GPUs) and dcgmi dmon (Device monitor). See the full list in the Monitoring & Management section above.
NVIDIA DCGM includes 5 Diagnostics & Health shortcuts, including dcgmi diag -r 1 (Quick diagnostic) and dcgmi diag -r 2 (Medium diagnostic). See the full list in the Diagnostics & Health section above.
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