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 3.10.0-1Updated 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
Initial release: 4.14.0
See the following for additional changes, update instructions, and known issues.
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 |
|
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.
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)
Highlights
Updated the NVIDIA Release 450 GPU driver to 450.172.01
Initial release: 4.11.0
See the following for additional changes, update instructions, and known issues.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Highlights
First release to support the NVIDIA DGX-2 System
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
NVIDIA GPU Driver Release 410
Supports CUDA 10.0
Docker CE and the NVIDIA Container Runtime for Docker are pre-installed, and the docker daemon automatically launched.
New NVIDIA System Management (NVSM) health monitoring software framework
Replaces
nvsysinfo
andnvhealth
See the following for additional information and known issues for the latest version.