Chapter 6. Managing The Dgx A100 Self-Encrypting Drives; Overview - Nvidia DGX A100 User Manual

CHAPTER 6
SELF-ENCRYPTING DRIVES
The NVIDIA DGX™ OS software supports the ability to manage self-encrypting drives
(SEDs), including setting an Authentication Key for locking and unlocking the drives on
NVIDIA DGX™ A100 systems. You can manage only the SED data drives. The software
cannot be used to manage OS drives even if they are SED-capable.
6.1

OVERVIEW

The self-encrypting drive (SED) management software is provided in the nv-disk-
encrypt package.
The software supports the following configurations.
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NVIDIA DGX A100 systems where all data drives are self-encrypting drives.
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Only SEDs used as data drives are supported. The software will not manage SEDs that
are OS drives.
The software provides the following functionality.
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Identifies eligible drives on the system.
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Lets you assign Authentication Keys (passwords) for each SED as part of the
initialization process.
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Alternatively, the software can generate random passwords for each drive.
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The passwords are stored in a password-protected vault on the system.
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