NVIDIA BaseOS defines robust, production-ready operating system environments essential for the modern AI Factory, fully optimized for demanding AI, machine learning, and data analytics workloads.
The NVIDIA BaseOS Software delivers the essential software stack, featuring: optimized system configurations, enhanced drivers, comprehensive diagnostics, and advanced monitoring tools. It seamlessly supports major Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Rocky Linux.
For NVIDIA DGX systems, there are specialized offerings: NVIDIA DGX OS is a custom Ubuntu distribution fully integrated with the foundational NVIDIA BaseOS Software, while NVIDIA DGX EL provides a version for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
The Ecosystem Integration section offers comprehensive guides for deploying and managing the NVIDIA BaseOS Software alongside key ecosystem solutions like Red Hat OpenShift.
The NVIDIA BaseOS Software delivers the essential software stack, featuring: optimized system configurations, enhanced drivers, comprehensive diagnostics, and advanced monitoring tools. It seamlessly supports major Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Rocky Linux.
For NVIDIA DGX systems, there are specialized offerings: NVIDIA DGX OS is a custom Ubuntu distribution fully integrated with the foundational NVIDIA BaseOS Software, while NVIDIA DGX EL provides a version for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
The Ecosystem Integration section offers comprehensive guides for deploying and managing the NVIDIA BaseOS Software alongside key ecosystem solutions like Red Hat OpenShift.
NVIDIA DGX OS provides a customized installation of Ubuntu Linux with system-specific optimizations and configurations, additional drivers, and diagnostic and monitoring tools. It provides a stable, fully tested, and supported OS to run AI, machine learning, and analytics applications on DGX Supercomputers.
Current Releases
Operate and configure DGX OS 7 software on NVIDIA DGX Systems.
Operate and configure DGX OS 6 software on NVIDIA DGX Systems.
Operate and configure DGX OS 5 software on NVIDIA DGX Systems.
Archived Release
(End of Support)
Current status, information about included software, and known issues for DGX OS 4 Desktop for NVIDIA DGX Station.
Operate and configure DGX OS 4 software on NVIDIA DGX Systems.
DGX EL (Enterprise Linux) is a version of NVIDIA BaseOS Software targeted for installation on DGX systems that have been user-installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Rocky Linux.
Current Releases
This document describes the key features, software enhancements and improvements, and known issues for the NVIDIA DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
This document describes the key features, software enhancements and improvements, and known issues for the NVIDIA DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Operate and configure DGX software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on NVIDIA DGX Systems.
Documentation for users and administrators that explains how to install DGX software on a DGX system installed with CentOS 8 as the base OS.
Archived Releases
(End of Support)
Documentation for users and administrators that explains how to install DGX software on a DGX system installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as the base OS.
Documentation for users and administrators that explains how to install DGX software on a DGX system installed with CentOS as the base OS.
OpenShift
This document provides additional information for installing and configuring OpenShift 4 on clusters incorporating DGX worker nodes. It should be seen as a companion document to the official Red Hat OpenShift documentation.