Version EL8-20.11

The DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, EL8-20.11, is available.

EL8-20.11 supports the following DGX products - DGX A100, DGX-2, DGX-1, and DGX Station.

See also the Compatibility section for more information.

Change Highlights

  • Initial release of the DGX for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 software stack

  • Additional updates

    Upgrading or updating a system replaces the installed packages with the latest versions available from NVIDIA at the time the system is updated. These packages include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with earlier versions. The following table lists the updates that have been made to the NVIDIA repository since release of EL8-20.11.

Table 7.

Update Date

Package

Version

Description

June 9, 2021

NVIDIA System Management (NVSM)

20.09.26

Added check for homogeneity of PSUs for DGX A100.

Software Contents

The following table provides version information for software included in the DGX Software Stack for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Note

Unlike the DGX OS shipped with the NVIDIA DGX system, the DGX software stack for Red Hat does not include the Mellanox OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (MLNX_OFED) for Linux. When using MLNX_OFED with Red Hat, ensure you install a supported MLNX_OFED kernel version to avoid incompatibilities with the Red Hat distribution kernel. Refer to the DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Installation Guide for instructions.

Table 8. Contents of the Repositories

Component

Versions in the Release 450 Driver Package

GPU Driver

450.80.02

NVIDIA System Management (NVSM)

20.09.26

Data Center GPU Management (DCGM)

2.0.13

DGX Station Theme

dgxstation-desktop - 19.10-0

dgx-gnome - 19.10-0

CUDA Toolkit

CUDA 11.2

Docker Engine

19.03.13

nvidia-container-runtime

3.4.0-1

Compatibility

NVIDIA has validated and tested the DGX Software version EL8-20.11 with the following:

  • Linux Distribution

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3

    • CentOS 8.3

  • NVIDIA DGX systems

    • NVIDIA DGX A100

    • NVIDIA DGX-2

    • NVIDIA DGX-1 (V100)

    • NVIDIA DGX Station

NVIDIA acknowledges the wide use of CentOS and understands that it is a community-developed derivative of the NVIDIA supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Support for CentOS is available directly from the CentOS community. NVIDIA ensures that NVIDIA provided software runs on tested CentOS versions and will try to identify and correct issues related to NVIDIA provided software.

Update Instructions

See the section Installing and Updating the Software for instructions.

Known Issues

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