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Software extensions to let Pods access devices that need vendor-specific initialization or setup

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Device plugins run on worker [Nodes](#gloss:node) and provide [Pods](#gloss:pod) with access to infrastructure [resources](#gloss:infrastructure-resource), such as local hardware, that require vendor-specific initialization or setup steps.

Device plugins advertise resources to the [kubelet](#gloss:kubelet), so that workload Pods can access hardware features that relate to the Node where that Pod is running. You can deploy a device plugin as a [daemonset](#gloss:daemonset), or install the device plugin software directly on each target Node.

See [Device Plugins](/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/compute-storage-net/device-plugins/) for more information.

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reference/glossary/device-plugin.md · doc — “Software extensions to let Pods access devices that need vendor-specific initialization or setup”

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