Current NVIDIA DGX OS 4 Server Software#

This section lists the NVIDIA® DGX™ OS 4 Server software images and updates that have been released for the NVIDIA DGX-1, and DGX-2 systems. To determine the version of the DGX OS Server software on your system, enter the following command.

Delivery and Update Mechanisms#

DGX OS Server Release 4.14 is provided as an ISO image, which is available from NVIDIA Enterprise Support if the server needs to be re-imaged. Version 4.14 is also provided as an over-the-network update, which requires an internet connection and ability to access the NVIDIA public repositories. The repository includes additional software updates since the ISO release for bug fixes and security updates. Refer to the Update History for the latest information.

Refer to the DGX-2 User Guide and DGX-1 User Guide for the following instructions:

  • How to re-image the system with the ISO image

  • How to install the software on air-gapped systems

Note

The repository includes additional software updates since the ISO release for bug fixes and security. See Version Information.

Release 4.14 (DGX-1, DGX-2)

Attention

If your system is running a version earlier than DGX OS 4.12, you need to update the keys on the system. Refer to Rotating the GPG Key <rotate-gpg-keys-server> for more information about how to rotate the keys

  • Changes since Version 4.13.0:

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.203.03

    • Updated NVSM (for Release 450 driver package) to 20.09.40

    • Updated DCGM (for Release 450 driver package) to 2.4.5

    • Updated NCCL to 2.13.4

    • Updated MLNX OFED to 4.9-4.1.7.0

    • Updated NVIDIA Container Toolkit (nvidia-container-runtime) to 3.10.0-1

    • Updated the Docker Engine to 20.10.17

    • Updated DLFW (BM) to 22.06

Update History

This section provides information about the updates to DGX OS 4.14 since the initial release. These updates are available from the public repositories.

Refer to Performing the Updates for instructions on how to update DGX OS with all the latest DGX OS 4.14 updates from the NVIDIA public repositories.

Update: May 17, 2023

  • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to: 450.236.01

  • Updated docker-ce to 23.0.4.

Update: December 12, 2022

Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to: 450.216.04

Update Advisement

  • NVIDIA GPU Cloud Containers

In conjunction with DGX OS Server v4.14, customers should update their NVIDIA GPU Cloud containers to the latest container release. ‘

Refer to the NVIDIA Deep Learning Frameworks documentation website (http://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/dgx/index.htm) for information about the latest container releases and https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/dgx/user-guide/index.html for instructions on how to access the containers.

  • Ubuntu Security Updates

Customers are responsible for keeping the DGX server up to date with the latest Ubuntu security updates by using

sudo apt full upgrade

Refer to the Ubuntu Wiki Upgrades web page for more information. The Ubuntu Security Notice site (https://usn.ubuntu.com/) also lists known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs),including those that can be resolved by updating the DGX OS software.

Refer to the NVIDIA Deep Learning Frameworks documentation website (http://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/dgx/index.htm) for information about the latest container releases and https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/dgx/user-guide/index.html for instructions on how to access the containers.

DGX OS Server Software Contents

The following tables provides version information for software that is in the DGX OS Server ISO image and the software that is installed on the system after getting subsequent updates.

Package Versions in Version 4.14.0

The following table shows the version information for software included in the DGX OS Server version 4.14.0

SW Components

Version (R450 package)

DGX Base OS

4.14

OS

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Kernel (Ubuntu)

4.15.0-176 or later

CUDA TK

11.0.3

GPU Driver

450.203.03 (ISO)

450.236.01 (repository)

NCCL

2.13.4

cuDNN

8.4.1

DCGM

2.4.5

MLNX OFED

4.9-4.1.7.0

MLNX FW

CX-4: 12.28.2006

CX-5: 16.28.2006

CX-6: 20.28.2006

NVSM

20.09.40

docker-ce

docker-ce-cli

23.0.4

nvidia-container-runtime

nvidia-container-toolkit

libnvidia-container-tools

libnvidia-container1

nvidia-docker2

3.10.0-1

1.10release.0-1

1.10.0-1

1.10.0-1

2.11.0-1

KVM (DGX-2 only)

dgx-kvm-sw 19.07.0

dgx-kvm-host-utils 21.10.1

dgx-kvm-host-conf 20.12.0

dgx-kvm-image-4-13-0_4.13.0~220506-5779d5.0_amd64.deb

DLFW (BM)

22.06

DGX Server Firmware Version Reference

The Mellanox firmware is updated as part of the DGX OS update. The following are the updated versions for each product:

Product

Network Card

Version

NVIDIA DGX-1

ConnectX-4

ConnectX-5

12.28.2006

16.28.2006

NVIDIA DGX-2

ConnectX-5

ConnectX-6

16.28.2006

20.28.2006

For other firmware. see the DGX-2 System Firmware Update Container Version 21.06.7 and DGX-1 System Firmware Update Container Version 21.06.8 release notes for the corresponding firmware versions available at the time of this DGX OS release.

Release 4.13 (DGX-1, DGX-2)

Attention

If your system is running a version earlier than DGX OS 4.12, you need to update the keys on the system. Refer to Rotating the GPG Key for more information about how to rotate the keys

  • Highlights

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.191.01.

    • Updated the NVSM to 20.09.37

  • Initial release: 4.13.0

    See the following for additional changes, update instructions, and known issues.

    DGX OS Server 4.13 Release Notes

Release 4.12 (DGX-1, DGX-2)

Important

In DGX OS 4.12, the GPG keys that are used to sign the metadata and packages in those repositories need to be rotated. Refer to :ref:Rotating the GPG Keys <rotate-gpg-keys-server> for more information.

None of the component versions have changed in DGX OS 4.12.

Release 4.11 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

Release 4.10 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

  • Highlights

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 418 GPU driver to 418.226.00.

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.156.00

  • Initial release: 4.10.0

    See the following for additional changes, update instructions, and known issues.

    DGX OS Server 4.10 Release Notes

Release 4.9 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

  • Highlights

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 418 GPU driver to 418.211.00.

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.142.00

    • Improved process for updating the ConnectX card firmware.

      If updating from DGX OS 4.8 or later, the firmware for all cards are now updated in parallel instead of one at a time, significantly reducing the time to update all cards.

  • Initial release: 4.9.0

    See the following for additional changes, update instructions, and known issues.

    DGX OS Server 4.9 Release Notes

Release 4.8 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

  • Highlights

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 418 GPU driver to 418.197.02.

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.119.04

  • Initial release: 4.8.0

    See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

    DGX OS Server 4.8 Release Notes

Release 4.7 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

  • Highlights

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 418 GPU driver to 418.181.07.

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.102.04

    • Updated NVIDIA KVM software

  • Initial release: 4.7.0

    See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

    DGX OS Server 4.7 Release Notes

Release 4.6 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

  • Highlights

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 418 GPU driver to 418.165.02.

    • Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.80.02

    • Updated the Mellanox OFED driver to 4.9

  • Initial release: 4.6.0

    See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

    DGX OS Server 4.6 Release Notes

Release 4.5 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

Important

Updates to Release 4.5 are no longer available. Attempts to update to Release 4.5 will result in upgrading your DGX Server software to the latest release of DGX OS Server 4.

  • Highlights

    • Updated NVIDIA GPU driver to 418.152.00.

    • Added optional repository to install the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver

    • Updated to Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS

  • Initial release: 4.5.0

    See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

    DGX OS Server 4.5 Release Notes

Release 4.4 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

Important

Updates to Release 4.4 are no longer available. Attempts to update to Release 4.4 will result in upgrading your DGX Server software to the latest release of DGX OS Server 4.

  • Highlights

    • Updated NVIDIA GPU driver to 418.126.02.

    • Updated NVSM software to version 20.01.15

    • Added the ability to disable and re-enable CPU mitigations.

    • Added support for PXE boot.

    • Added support for Mellanox CX6 cards on DGX-1 (Tesla V100)

  • Latest patch update: 4.4.1

  • See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

Release 4.3 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

Important

Updates to Release 4.3 are no longer available. Attempts to update to Release 4.3 will result in upgrading your DGX Server software to the latest release of DGX OS Server 4.

  • Highlights

    • Updated NVIDIA GPU driver to 418.116.00.

    • Updated NVSM software to version 19.08.6

    • Updated DCGM software to version 1.7.2

    • Docker updated to version 19.03.4-ce

  • See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

Release 4.2 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

Important

Updates to Release 4.2 are no longer available. Attempts to update to Release 4.2 will result in upgrading your DGX Server software to the latest release of DGX OS Server 4.

  • Highlights

    • Updated NVSM software to version 19.08

    • Docker update to version 19.03-ce

    • MLNX_OFED 4.6

  • See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

Release 4.1 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

Important

Updates to Release 4.1 are no longer available. Attempts to update to Release 4.1 will result in upgrading your DGX Server software to the latest release of DGX OS Server 4.

  • Highlights

    • NVIDIA GPU Driver Release 418

      • Supports CUDA 10.1

  • Latest patch update: 4.1.1

  • See the following for update instructions, additional information, and known issues.

Release 4.0 (DGX-1, DGX-2 only)

Important

Updates to Release 4.0 are no longer available. Attempts to update to Release 4.0 will result in upgrading your DGX Server software to the latest release of DGX OS Server 4.

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