Obtaining The Dgx A100 Software Iso Image And Checksum File; Remotely Reimaging The System - Nvidia DGX A100 User Manual

> Creating a Bootable Installation Medium
> Re-Imaging the System from a USB Flash Drive
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, soft- ware 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.
9.2.1 Obtaining the DGX A100 Software ISO Image
and Checksum File
To ensure that you restore the latest available version of the DGX A100 software image, obtain
the current ISO image file from NVIDIA Enterprise Support. A checksum file is provided for the
image to enable you to verify the bootable installation medium that you create from the image
file.
Locate and click the announcement for the latest DGX OS 5 release for your system in the
1.
DGX Software Firmware Download
account).
Download the ISO image and its checksum file and save them to your local disk.
2.
Run a checksum or hash utility on the ISO image and compare the resulting value to the
value in the checksum file to validate the ISO file.
9.2.2

Remotely Reimaging the System

These instructions describe how to reimage the system remotely through the BMC. For
information about how to restore the system locally, see "Re-Imaging the System from a USB
Flash Drive".
Before reimaging the system remotely, ensure that the correct DGX A100 software image is
saved to your local disk. For more information, see "Obtaining the DGX A100 Software ISO
Image and Checksum File".
Log in to the BMC.
1.
Click Remote Control and then click Launch KVM.
2.
Set up the ISO image as virtual media.
3.
From the top bar, click Browse File and then locate the re-image ISO file and click
a).
Open.
Click Start Media.
b).
Reboot, install the image, and complete the DGX A100 system setup.
4.
From the top menu, click Power and then select Reset Server.
a).
DGX A100 System
Matrix, which requires an
Updating and Restoring the Software
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