Creating A Bootable Installation Medium - Nvidia DGX A100 User Manual

f). Press Enter.
The DGX A100 system will reboot from ISO image and proceed to install the image. This can
take approximately 15 minutes.
Note: The Mellanox InfiniBand driver installation can take up to 30 minutes, depending on how
many cards undergo a firmware update.
After the installation is completed, the system ejects the virtual CD and then reboots into the
OS.
Refer to First Boot Setup
first time after a fresh installation.
9.2.3.

Creating a Bootable Installation Medium

After obtaining an ISO file that contains the DGX OS Server software image from NVIDIA
Enterprise Support, create a bootable installation medium, such as a USB flash drive or DVD-
ROM, that contains the image.
Note: If you are restoring the software image remotely through the BMC, you do not need a
bootable installation medium and you can omit this task.
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If you are creating a bootable USB flash drive, follow the instructions for the platform that
you are using:
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On Windows, see
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If you are creating a bootable DVD-ROM, you can use any of the methods
described in Burning the ISO on to a DVD (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/
BurningIsoHowto#Burning_the_ISO_on_to_a_DVD)
Note: The ISO file that contains software image for some DGX OS Server releases is
greater than the 4.7 GB capacity of a single-layer DVD-ROM. You cannot install these
releases from a bootable DVD-ROM because installation of DGX OS Server from a dual-
layer DVD-ROM is not supported. Check the size of the ISO file that contains the DGX OS
Server software image before creating a bootable DVD-ROM.
NVIDIA DGX A100
for the steps to take when booting up the DGX A100 system for the
Creating a Bootable USB Flash Drive by Using Akeo
Updating and Restoring the Software
Rufus.
on the Ubuntu Community Help Wiki.
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