Updating and Restoring the Software
DGX A100 System
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9.1.2
Update Instructions
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CAUTION
: These instructions update all software for which updates are available from your
configured software sources, including applications that you installed yourself. If you want to
prevent an application from being updated, you can instruct the Ubuntu package manager to keep
the current version. For more information, see “Introduction”.
Perform the updates using commands on the DGX A100 console.
1.
Run the package manager.
$ sudo apt update
2.
Check to see which software will get updated.
$ sudo apt full-upgrade -s
To prevent an application from being updated, instruct the Ubuntu package manager to
keep the current version. See “Introduction to Holding Packages”.
3.
Upgrade to the latest version.
$ sudo apt full-upgrade
4.
Answer any questions that appear.
Most questions require a Yes or No response. If asked to select the grub configuration to
use, select the current one on the system.
Other questions will depend on what other packages were installed before the update and
how those packages interact with the update. Typically, you can accept the default option
when prompted.
5.
Reboot the system.
9.2
Restoring the DGX A100 Software
Image
If the DGX A100 software image becomes corrupted (or the OS NVMe drives are replaced),
restore the DGX A100 software image to its original factory condition from a pristine copy of
the image.
The process for restoring the DGX A100 software image is as follows:
1.
Obtain an ISO file that contains the image from NVIDIA Enterprise Support as explained in
“Obtaining the DGX A100 Software ISO Image and Checksum File” .
2.
Restore the DGX A100 software image from this file remotely through the BMC or locally
from a bootable USB flash drive.
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If you are restoring the image remotely, follow the instructions in “Re-enabling CPU
Mitigations” .
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If you are restoring the image locally, prepare a bootable USB flash drive and restore
the image from the USB flash drive as explained in the following topics: