Nsight Systems Plugins

This site lists Nsight Systems third-party plugins.

gpfs_metrics

This plugin collects GPFS (IBM General Parallel File System) client volumes metrics and displays them over the Nsight Systems timeline view.

gpfs_metrics plugin image
Architectures
x64, aarch64
Operating systems
Linux
Minimal Nsight Systems version
2026.2.1
Setup Notes
This plugin is installed with the IBM storage scale client driver. Use the NSYS_PLUGIN_SEARCH_DIRS environment variable to specify the directory containing the plugin.
Site URL
Company
IBM

h3_sw_counters

A plugin to monitor and record H3P PCIe switch utilization, throughput, and error counters onto the Nsight Systems timeline.

h3_sw_counters image
Architectures
x64
Operating systems
Linux
Minimal Nsight Systems version
2026.2.1
Setup Notes
Requires libh3ppci.so. Set NSYS_PLUGIN_SEARCH_DIRS to point to the plugins directory.
Site URL
Company
H3 Platform Inc.

network_interface

A sample plugin, which displays the network counters of a given Ethernet interface. Its aim is to provide a simple example of an Nsight Systems plugin. The plugin source code can be found under SamplePlugins/NetworkUsage.

network_interface plugin image
Architectures
x64, aarch64
Operating systems
Linux
Minimal Nsight Systems version
2024.1.1
Setup Notes
This plugin is included within the Nsight Systems installation package for Linux.
Site URL
Company
NVIDIA