Nvidia DGX-2 SYSTEM User Manual

Using DGX-2 System in KVM Mode
DGX-2 System User Guide
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PRELIMINARY SETUP - CONVERTING THE
DGX-2 SYSTEM TO A DGX-2 KVM HOST
To operate VMs from the DGX-2 System, you must first convert the DGX-2 System to a
DGX-2 KVM host. Do this by installing the DGX KVM Software package and the DGX
KVM image.
Perform the following steps on the command line of the DGX-2 System.
1. Update the package list.
sudo apt-get update
2. Check available DGX KVM images.
sudo apt-cache policy dgx-kvm-image*
This returns a list of images in the repository.
3. Install the dgx-kvm-sw package as well as one of the images listed in the previous
step.
sudo apt-get install dgx-kvm-sw <dgx-kvm-image-x-y-z>
Example of selecting image dgx-kvm-image-4-0-1:
sudo apt-get install dgx-kvm-sw dgx-kvm-image-4-0-1
4. Reboot the system.
Rebooting the system is needed to finalize the KVM preparation of the DGX-2
System. It updates the GRUB menu options so the Linux kernel is made KVM-ready,
and binds the virtualization drivers to the NVIDIA devices
sudo reboot.
Your DGX-2 System is now ready for you to create VMs.
Restoring to Bare Metal
After setting up the DGX-2 System as a KVM host, you can restore the server to a bare
metal system.
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CAUTION: Reverting the server back to a bare metal system destroys all guest GPU VMs
that were created as well as any data. Be sure to save your data before removing the
KVM software.
To restore the DGX-2 System to a bare metal system, do the following
1. Remove all the installed dgx-kvm-image packages.
Refer to the section Uninstalling Images for instructions.

Nvidia DGX-2 SYSTEM Specifications

General

Brand	Nvidia
Model	DGX-2 SYSTEM
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English