Restoring The Dgx-2 Software Image - Nvidia DGX-2 SYSTEM User Manual

RESTORING THE DGX-2 SOFTWARE IMAGE

If the DGX-2 software image becomes corrupted (or both OS NVMe drives are replaced),
restore the DGX-2 software image to its original factory condition from a pristine copy of
the image.
The process for restoring the DGX-2 software image is as follows:
Obtain an ISO file that contains the image from NVIDIA Enterprise Support as
1.
explained in
Obtaining the DGX-2 Software ISO Image and Checksum File
Restore the DGX-2 software image from this file either remotely through the BMC or
2.
locally from a bootable USB flash drive.
If you are restoring the image remotely, follow the instructions in
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System Remotely.
If you are restoring the image locally, prepare a bootable USB flash drive and
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restore the image from the USB flash drive as explained in the following topics:
Creating a Bootable Installation Medium
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Re-Imaging the System From a USB Flash Drive
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Note: The DGX OS Server software is restored on one of the two NMVe M.2 drives.
When the system is booted after restoring the image, software RAID begins the process
rebuilding the RAID 1 array - creating a mirror of (or resynchronizing) the drive
containing the software. System performance may be affected during the RAID 1
rebuild process, which can take an hour to complete.
DGX-2 System User Guide
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Re-Imaging the
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