Base OS - DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Release Notes

Version EL8-22.02

The DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, EL8-22.02, is available.

EL8-22.02 supports all DGX products - DGX A100, DGX-2, DGX-1, DGX Station, and DGX Station A100.

Change Highlights

  • Updated R450 and R470 GPU drivers (see Software Contents below for versions)

  • Updated NVSM to 21.09.14.

  • Updated DCGM to 2.3.2

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 4. Contents of the Repositories

Component

Versions

GPU Driver (R470)

470.103.01

GPU Driver (R450)

450.172.01

NCCL

2.11.4

cuDNN

8.3.2

NVIDIA System Management (NVSM)

21.09.14

Data Center GPU Management (DCGM)

2.3.2

DGX Station Theme

nv-yaru-theme: 20.10-1

CUDA Toolkit

CUDA 11.4

Docker Engine

20.10.11

nvidia-container-runtime

3.7.0-1

NGC CLI

2.2.0

nvidia-mig-manager

0.1.2-1

Compatibility

NVIDIA has validated and tested DGX Software version EL8-22.02 on the following systems:

  • Linux Distribution and kernel:

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6

    • Rocky Linux 8

    • Kernel 4.18.0-xxx

  • NVIDIA DGX systems

    • NVIDIA DGX A100 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 and CentOS 8

    • NVIDIA DGX-2 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 and CentOS 8

    • NVIDIA DGX-1 (V100) with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 and CentOS 8

    • NVIDIA DGX Station with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 and CentOS 8

    • NVIDIA DGX Station A100 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 and CentOS 8

  • 21.10 Deep Learning Framework containers

  • NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage v1.0 (refer to the GDS documentation for additional information)

  • MLNX OFED version 5.4-3.1.0.0

  • ConnectX Firmware

    • ConnectX-4: 12.28.2006

    • ConnectX-5: 16.31.1014

    • ConnectX-6: 20.31.1014

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.

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