Installing New Software Packages; Factory Reset; Creating A Bootable Thumb Drive - Nvidia Quadro Visual Computing Appliance Installation Manual

. Factory reset

3 To upgrade a particular package, replace
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Installing new software packages

1 To get a list of all software packages in the repository, see
When a software package is updated:
The new version is added to the repository.
The old version is still downloadable from the repository.
2 To get a list of new software packages, if any, run:
sudo yum list nvidia*
When you run the
of a software package is displayed in the list.
Although old versions of the software package are not displayed in the list, they are
still downloadable from the repository. For example, if you install the VCA Manager
from the repository server, the existing installation is overwritten. However, you can
still download older versions of the software packages from the repository.
3 To select and install a new package, run:
sudo yum install name_of_the_selected_nvidia_package
. Factory reset
To reset Quadro VCAs to the initial factory settings, perform the following steps:
1 Create a bootable thumb drive that contains a factory reset image.
2 Reset the hard drives to the initial factory settings by using the bootable thumb drive.
Notes:
When you reset the hard drives, all data is lost and the internal SSD drives are com-
pletely overwritten.
BIOS settings are not reset. If the IPMI network was configured to a static IP address,
that value remains unchanged after the factory reset procedure is completed.
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Creating a bootable thumb drive

Prerequisites:
A Windows PC (XP/Vista/7/8) connected to the Internet
A thumb drive with at least 16GB of memory and formatted in FAT32
To create a bootable thumb drive that contains a factory reset image, perform the following
steps:
1 On a Windows PC (XP/Vista/7/8) connected to the Internet:
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yum list installed
Quadro VCA — Installation Guide
with the selected package name.
nvidia*
http://pkg.nvidia-arc.com
command, the most recently installed version
Software installation
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