Resetting The Hard Drives To The Factory Settings - Nvidia Quadro Visual Computing Appliance Installation Manual

Software installation
1.1 Download the ISO image file from
ftp://10.20.186.8/iray_install/iray_install.20141002.iso
1.2 Download USB Universal Installer (UUI), version 1.9.4.8 or later, from
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
(1MB).
2 Insert a thumb drive (minimum 16GB) into the Windows PC. Click on Start > Computer
to verify the drive letter of the thumb drive.
Notes:
2.1 Ensure that the thumb drive is formatted in FAT32.
2.2 Backup any important files on the thumb drive before you continue. The thumb
drive will be completely overwritten.
3 Launch the Universal-USB-Installer executable (version 1.9.4.8 or later). From the Uni-
versal USB Installer Setup dialog, perform the following steps:
3.1 From the Step 1 pull-down menu, select Try Unlisted Linux ISO.
3.2 Under Step 2, click Browse and locate the
3.3 From the Step 3 pull-down menu, select the target USB device.
Notes:
3.3.1 Ensure the drive letter matches that of your thumb drive.
3.3.2 Check the Format checkbox if your thumb drive needs reformatting.
3.4 Click Create to write the ISO image to your thumb drive.
4 After the message "Installation Done, Process Complete" is displayed in the output win-
dow, remove the thumb drive from the Windows PC.
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Resetting the hard drives to the factory settings

Prerequisite: A bootable thumb drive that contains a factory reset image.
To reset hard drives to the factory settings, perform the following steps:
1 Shut down the Quadro VCA cluster.
From the top-right settings menu of the VCA Manager Web interface, select Shutdown
VCA Managers. Confirm shutdown.
2 For each node in the cluster, repeat the following steps:
2.1 Power down the Quadro VCA system using one of the following methods:
From IPMI web interface (if so configured):
From the System Summary main page, click the Power Down option.
From local console or via ssh terminal:
2.1.1 Login to the VCA where username/password is
2.1.2 At the command line, enter:
Press the front power button
2.2 On the back of the Quadro VCA, insert the bootable thumb drive, which contains
the factory reset image, into an available USB port.
shutdown -P now
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