Preface
Revision: 4b7dd0059 · Jun 22 2026
Welcome to the Administrator Manual for the NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11 (BCM) environment.
0.1 Quickstart
For readers who want to get a cluster up and running as quickly as possible with NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11, there is a quickstart installation guide in the relevant section of the Installation Manual.
0.2 About This Manual
The rest of this manual is aimed at helping system administrators configure, understand, and manage a cluster running NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11 so as to get the best out of it.
The Administrator Manual covers administration topics which are specific to the NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11 environment. Readers should already be familiar with basic Linux system administration, which the manual does not generally cover. Aspects of system administration that require a more advanced understanding of Linux concepts for clusters are explained appropriately.
This manual is not intended for users interested only in interacting with the cluster to run compute jobs. The User Manual is intended to get such users up to speed with the user environment and workload management system.
0.3 About The Manuals In General
Regularly updated versions of the NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11 manuals are available on updated clusters by default at /cm/shared/docs/cm. The latest updates are always online at
https://docs.nvidia.com/base-command-manager.
- The Administrator Manual describes the general administration of the cluster.
- The Installation Manual describes installation procedures.
- The User Manual describes the user environment and how to submit jobs for the end user.
- The Cloudbursting Manual describes how to deploy the cloud capabilities of the cluster.
- The Developer Manual has useful information for developers who would like to carry out programming tasks with NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11.
- The Edge Manual describes how to install and configure machine learning capabilities with NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11.
- The Containerization Manual describes how to manage containers with NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11.
- The NVIDIA Mission Control Manual describes NVIDIA Mission Control capabilities and integration with NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11.
If the manuals are downloaded and kept in one local directory, then in most pdf viewers, clicking on a cross-reference in one manual that refers to a section in another manual opens and displays that section in the second manual. Navigating back and forth between documents is usually possible with keystrokes or mouse clicks.
For example: <Alt>-<Backarrow> in Acrobat Reader, or clicking on the bottom leftmost navigation button of xpdf, both navigate back to the previous document.
The manuals constantly evolve to keep up with the development of the NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11 environment and the addition of new hardware and/or applications. The manuals also regularly incorporate feedback from administrators and users, who can submit comments, suggestions or corrections via the website
https://enterprise-support.nvidia.com/s/create-case
The relevant section of the Administrator Manual has more details on submitting an issue.
0.4 Getting Administrator-Level Support
Support for NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11 subscriptions from version 10 onwards is available via the NVIDIA Enterprise Support page at:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/support/enterprise/
The relevant section has more details on working with support.
0.5 Getting Professional Services
The NVIDIA Base Command Manager 11 support team normally differentiates between
- regular support (customer has a question or problem that requires an answer or resolution), and
- professional services (customer asks for the team to do something or asks the team to provide some service).
Professional services can be provided via the NVIDIA Enterprise Services page at:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/support/enterprise/services/