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Nvidia Clara Holoscan User Manual

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Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide
Purpose: Provides the instructions to flash, setup, and start using the Clara Holoscan
Developer Kit.
Disclaimer: The Clara Holoscan Developer Kit is not an approved medical device and is not
intended for clinical use.
Version: 1.0
Contents
Checklist for Setting up the Developer Kit ............................................................. 2
Hardware Setup ............................................................................................. 2
Requirements............................................................................................. 2
Precautions ............................................................................................... 2
System Overview ........................................................................................... 3
Main Components ........................................................................................ 3
Tech Specs ................................................................................................ 3
I/O and external interfaces ............................................................................ 5
Powering up the System ................................................................................... 7
Switching between iGPU and dGPU ...................................................................... 8
Reinstalling Optional SDK Packages .................................................................. 10
Setting up SSD Storage .................................................................................... 10
Create the Partition .................................................................................... 11
Mount the Partition ..................................................................................... 12
Setting up Docker and Docker Storage on SSD ........................................................ 13
Install the Clara Holoscan SDK ........................................................................... 14
Additional Resources ...................................................................................... 15

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide Purpose: Provides the instructions to flash, setup, and start using the Clara Holoscan Developer Kit. Disclaimer: The Clara Holoscan Developer Kit is not an approved medical device and is not intended for clinical use. Version: 1.0 Contents Checklist for Setting up the Developer Kit .............

  • Page 2: Checklist For Setting Up The Developer Kit

    Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide Checklist for Setting up the Developer Kit Ensure the following actions are taken before developing on the Clara Holoscan Developer Kit. Each action is described in a corresponding section of this user guide. •...

  • Page 3: System Overview

    Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide System Overview Main Components The Clara Holoscan Developer Kit contains the following major components: • AGX Orin 32 GB module • RTX A6000 discrete GPU • ConnectX-6 DX • 500GB removeable SSD Tech Specs 8-core Arm®...
  • Page 4 Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide RTX A6000 | 48 GB GDDR6 | GB/s | 10,752 CUDA cores | Tensor Cores Storage 500GB SSD Micro USB Type B | (2x) USB3.0 | USB-C | HDMI In | (5x) DisplayPort |...

  • Page 5: I/O And External Interfaces

    Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide I/O and external interfaces 1) Power cable connection 2) Power switch 3) DisplayPort (DP) output port from Jetson Orin module 4) Micro USB Type B...
  • Page 6 Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide 5) Audio 6) 1 GbE RJ45 Ethernet connection to Orin module 7) Recovery port 8) USB-C port 9) USB-A ports (USB 2.0) 10) 1 GbE RJ45 Ethernet connection to BMC 11) HDMI input 12) VGA port...

  • Page 7: Powering Up The System

    Jetpack in SDK Manager. 2. If you are running a VPN on your host system, log off before flashing the Clara Holoscan Developer Kit. Otherwise, you might get an Internet connection error during the flashing process.

  • Page 8: Switching Between Igpu And Dgpu

    An Ethernet cable connected to a router or Wi-Fi extender • A USB Wi-Fi receiver o Not all USB Wi-Fi receivers will work out of the box on the Clara Holoscan Developer Kit. o The USB Wi-Fi receiver should support Ubuntu 20.04.
  • Page 9 Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide To switch from the iGPU to the dGPU, follow these steps: 1. Ensure that the developer kit has an Internet connection. 2. To view the currently installed drivers and their version, use the query command: $ nvgpuswitch.py query...

  • Page 10: Reinstalling Optional Sdk Packages

    PATH=/usr/local/cuda-11.6/bin:$PATH export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-11.6/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH At this time, the Clara Holoscan SDK is tested and supported only in dGPU mode. Switching back to iGPU mode after switching to dGPU mode is not recommended. Note: The GPU settings will persist through reboots until it is changed again with nvgpuswitch.py.

  • Page 11: Create The Partition

    Note: The following steps assume that the m.2 drive is identified by the Clara Holoscan Developer Kit as /dev/nvme0n1. This is the case if no additional drives have been attached, but if other drives (such as USB drives) have been attached, then the disk identifier may change.

  • Page 12: Mount The Partition

    Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide First sector (2048-976773167, default 2048): Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-976773167, default 976773167): Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 465.8 GiB. 3. Write the new partition table and exit using the “w” command: Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered.

  • Page 13: Setting Up Docker And Docker Storage On Ssd

    Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide 4. Mount the partition. The /etc/fstab entry above will mount the partition automatically at boot time. To instead mount the partition immediately without rebooting, use the mount command (and df to verify the mount): $ sudo mount –a...

  • Page 14: Install The Clara Holoscan Sdk

    Known Issues 1. RDMA known issue and workaround There’s a known issue that prevents GPU RDMA from being enabled on the Clara Holoscan Developer Kit. While our team is working on a fix, the workaround is to run the following command after every reboot to disable ACS: $ sudo setpci -s 0007:02:00.0 ecap_acs+6.w=0...

  • Page 15: Additional Resources

    Clara Holoscan Developer Kit User Guide /opt/nvidia/l4t-gputools/bin/nvgpuswitch.py $ sudo cp /opt/nvidia/l4t-gputools/bin/nvgpuswitch.py /usr/local/bin/ Then, use the –f option when running nvgpuswitch.py to force the reinstall of the dGPU stack. $ sudo nvgpuswitch.py install dGPU -f Additional Resources For other documentation and release notes, see the Clara Holoscan SDK page.

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