NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra 6.0 Release Notes#

Release Highlights#

  • R570 Driver Support - NVIDIA GPU Data Center Driver 570.86.15 provides GPU acceleration and management capabilities for Hopper, Ada Lovelace, and Ampere architectures

  • Kubernetes Orchestration - GPU Operator 24.9.2, Network Operator 24.10.1, and NIM Operator 1.0.1 enable streamlined deployment and lifecycle management for GPU workloads

  • Networking Performance - DOCA-OFED Driver 24.10 (DOCA 2.9.1) for high-performance InfiniBand and Ethernet networking

  • Container Platform - Container Toolkit 1.17.4 for GPU-accelerated container runtime

  • Enterprise Management - Base Command Manager 10.24.11 for cluster provisioning and workload orchestration

  • Virtualization Notice - This release does not support vGPU software. Support for vGPU 18.0 software will be introduced in NVIDIA AI Enterprise 6.1 Infra release

What’s Included in NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra 6.0#

Complete list of infrastructure components with versions and documentation links:

Table 8 Supported Infrastructure Software#

Product

Description

Version

Core Infrastructure Drivers

NVIDIA GPU Data Center Driver

GPU driver with Hopper, Ada Lovelace, and Ampere architecture support

570.86.15

NVIDIA DOCA-OFED Driver for Networking

High-performance networking for InfiniBand and Ethernet

2.9.1

Container Platform

NVIDIA Container Toolkit

GPU-accelerated container runtime with enhanced security

1.17.4

Kubernetes Operators

NVIDIA GPU Operator

Automated GPU software lifecycle management for Kubernetes

24.9.2

NVIDIA Network Operator

Streamlined networking for GPU workloads in Kubernetes

24.10.1

NVIDIA NIM Operator

Simplified deployment and scaling of NVIDIA Inference Microservices

1.0.1

Cluster Management & Orchestration

NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM)

Enterprise cluster provisioning, workload orchestration, and lifecycle management

10.24.11

Compatibility and Support#

Refer to the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infrastructure Support Matrix for:

  • Supported GPU architectures

  • Operating system compatibility

  • Hypervisor and orchestration platform versions

  • Cloud provider instance types