Chapter 9. Updating And Restoring The Software; Updating The Dgx A100 Software; Connectivity Requirements For Software Updates - Nvidia DGX A100 User Manual

Chapter 9.
This section provides information about how to update or restore software on your DGX A100
system.
9.1.

Updating the DGX A100 Software

You must register your DGX A100 system to receive email notification whenever a new
software update is available.
These instructions explain how to update the DGX A100 software through an internet
connection to the NVIDIA public repository. The process updates a DGX A100 system image to
the latest released versions of the entire DGX A100 software stack, including the drivers, for
the latest version within a specific release.
Refer to the DGX OS 5 User Guide
(for example, from Release 4 to Release 5).
9.1.1. Connectivity Requirements for Software
Updates
Before attempting to perform the update, verify that the DGX A100 system network connection
can access the public repositories and that the connection is not blocked by a firewall or proxy.
Enter the following on the DGX A100 system.
$ wget -O f1-changelogs http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts
$ wget -O f1-changelogs http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts
$ wget -O f2-archive http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release
$ wget -O f3-usarchive http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release
$ wget -O f4-security http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release
$ wget -O f5-download http://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/bionic/Release
$ wget -O f6-international http://international.download.nvidia.com/dgx/repos/
bionic/
dists/bionic/Release
$ wget -O f7-focal-repo https://repo.download.nvidia.com/baseos/ubuntu/focal/x86_64/
dists/focal/Release
All the wget commands should be successful and there should be seven files in the
directory with non-zero content.
NVIDIA DGX A100
Updating and Restoring the
Software
for instructions on upgrading from one release to another
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