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. Installing third-party software
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Resetting the hard drives to the factory settings
Prerequisite: A bootable thumb drive that contains a factory reset image.
To reset hard drives to the factory settings, perform the following steps:
1 Shut down the Quadro VCA cluster.
From the top-right settings menu of the VCA Manager Web interface, select Shutdown
VCA Managers. Confirm shutdown.
2 For each node in the cluster, repeat the following steps:
2.1 Power down the Quadro VCA system using one of the following methods:
From IPMI web interface (if so configured):
From the System Summary main page, click the Power Down option.
From local console or via ssh terminal:
2.1.1 Login to the VCA where username/password is
2.1.2 At the command line, enter:
Press the front power button
2.2 On the back of the Quadro VCA, insert the bootable thumb drive, which contains
the factory reset image, into an available USB port.
2.3 Power up the Quadro VCA.
Note: Ensure you are near the console and keyboard, or IPMI interface,
connected to the Quadro VCA node being reset.
2.4 As soon as the NVIDIA Logo screen is displayed, press F11 to invoke the Boot
menu.
2.5 From the Boot menu, select PMAP, which is the factory reset thumb drive.
Wait while the system boots from this USB device.
2.6 At the NVIDIA Logo screen, press Enter to install the Quadro VCA system soft-
ware.
2.7 After the
IRAY-SERVER login:
2.8 For each Quadro VCA node in the cluster, repeat steps 2.1 to 2.7.
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Installing third-party software
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Overview
To connect third-party software for use with the VCA Manager, perform the following steps:
1 Install the software under the Iray account to avoid permission problems.
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iray/Nvidia-Arc
shutdown -P now
prompt is displayed, remove the thumb drive.
Software installation
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