Initializing The System For Drive Encryption - Nvidia DGX A100 User Manual

Press F10 at the prompt.
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After the system boots, you can proceed to initialize drive encryption.
6.4 Initializing the System for Drive
Encryption
Note: Before initializing drive encryption, review the information in "Configuring Trusted
Computing" and follow the configuration instructions if needed.
Initialize the system for drive encryption using the nv-disk-encrypt command. Syntax
$ sudo nv-disk-encrypt init [-k <your-vault-password>] [-f <path/to/json-file>]
[-g] [- r]
Options:
-k: Lets you create the vault password in the command. Otherwise, the software will
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prompt you to create a password before proceeding.
-f: Lets you specify a JSON file that contains a mapping of passwords to drives. See
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Refer to "Example 1: Passing in the JSON File" for further instructions.
-g: Generates random salt values (stored in /etc/nv-disk-encrypt/.dgxenc.salt) for each
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drive password.
Salt values are characters added to a password for enhanced password security.
DGX A100 System
Managing the DGX A100 Self-Encrypting Drives
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