Chapter 6. U.2 Nvme Cache Drive Upgrade From 4 To 8; Nvme Cache Drive Upgrade Overview; Identifying The Nvme Drive Manufacturer - Nvidia DGX A100 Service Manual

Chapter 6.
If you require more drive cache capacity, you can increase the cache by adding four more
NVMe drives to the DGX A100 system.
6.1. U.2 NVMe Cache Drive Upgrade
Overview
This is a high-level overview of the steps needed to upgrade the DGX A100 system's cache size.
1. Identify the manufacturer and model of the of currently installed NVMe drives.
2. Place an order for additional four NVME drives.
3. Power off the system.
4. Remove the air baffles in the blank drive slots.
5. Install the NVMe drives in the DGX A100 system.
6. Power on the system.
7. Re-initialize the
/raid
8. Confirm the system is healthy by running
6.2. Identifying the NVMe Drive
Manufacturer
1. Identify the drives in the RAID volume by issuing the following.
sudo nvme list
$
2. Determine the manufacturer and model from the
order the additional drives from the NVIDIA Sales team, specifying the manufacturer and
model.
NVIDIA DGX A100 System
U.2 NVMe Cache Drive
Upgrade from 4 to 8
filesystem to recognize all eight drives.
nvsm show health
.
column in the output, and then
Model
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