Power On and Provision Cluster Nodes

This documentation is part of NVIDIA DGX BasePOD: Deployment Guide Featuring NVIDIA DGX A100 Systems.

Note

Before you complete the steps in this documentation, complete Cluster Configuration.

Now that the required post-installation configuration has been completed, it is time to power on and provision the cluster nodes. After the initial provisioning, power control will be available from within Base Command Manager (BCM) using the cmsh or Base View. But for this initial provisioning it is necessary to power them on outside of BCM (that is, using the power button or a KVM).

It will take several minutes for the nodes to go through their BIOS. After that, the node status will progress as the nodes are being provisioned. Watch the /var/log/messages and /var/log/node-installer log files to verify that everything is proceeding smoothly.

Next Steps

After you complete the steps on this page, see Deploy Docker.