Version EL7-20.09

The DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, EL7-20.09 update, is available.

EL7-20.09 supports all DGX products - DGX A100, DGX-2, DGX-1., and DGX Station.

R450 Repository

The R450 repository must be enabled if you are installing on the DGX A100. See the DGX Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide <../dgx-rhel-install-guide/index.html> for instructions.

Change Highlights

• The following changes were made in the Release 450 driver package.

  • Updated the GPU driver to 450.80.02 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-450-80-02/index.html>

  • Updated NCCL to 2.7.8-1+cuda11.0 <https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/nccl/release-notes/rel_2-7-8.html#rel_2-7-8>

  • Updated cuDNN to 8.0.4.8-1+cuda11.0 <https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/cudnn/release-notes/rel_8.html#rel-804>

  • Update cuBLAS to 11.1.0.229-1

  • Updated DCGM to 2.0.12

  • Updated nvidia-container-runtime to 3.3.0-1

• The following changes were made in the Release 418 driver package.

  • Updated the GPU driver to 418.65.02 <https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-418-6502/index.html>

  • Updated NCCL to 2.7.8-1+cuda10.1 <https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/nccl/release-notes/rel_2-7-8.html#rel_2-7-8>

  • Updated cuDNN to 8.0.2.39-1+cuda10.1 <https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/cudnn/release-notes/rel_8.html#rel-802>

  • Update cuBLAS to 10.2.2.214-1

  • Updated nvidia-container-runtime to 3.3.0-1

Software Contents:

The following table provides version information for software included in the DGX Software Stack for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Table 10. Contents of the Repositories

Component	Versions in the Release 418 Driver Package	Versions in the Release 450 Driver Package
GPU Driver	418.165.02	450.80.02
NVIDIA System Management (NVSM)	20.03.6	20.05.19
Data Center GPU Management (DCGM)	1.7.2	2.0.12
DGX Station Theme	dgxstation-desktop - 19.10-0 dgx-gnome - 19.10-0	dgxstation-desktop - 19.10-0 dgx-gnome - 19.10-0 (From R418 Repository)
NCCL Runtime	2.7.8-1+cuda10.1	2.7.8.1+cuda11.0
cuDNN Library Runtime	8.0.2.39-1+cuda10.1	8.0.4.8-1+cuda11.0
cuBLAS	10.2.2.214	11.1.0.229-1
CUDA Toolkit	CUDA 10.1.243	CUDA 11.0.3

Compatibility

NVIDIA has validated and tested the DGX Software version EL7-20.09 on the following systems:

• NVIDIA DGX A100 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS

• NVIDIA DGX-2 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS

• NVIDIA DGX-1 (V100) with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS

• NVIDIA DGX Station with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS

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 <install-update> for instructions.

Resolved Issues

• DGX Systems: nvidia-smi Reports Persistence Mode is Off within a Container

Known Issues

• DGX Systems: nv_peer_mem is not Loaded

• DGX Systems: NGC Containers Might not Run

• DGX Systems: nv_peer-mem Doesn’t Start Automatically

• DGX A100: ERROR: Device not found in mapping table

• DGX Station: The System Cannot be Resumed After Suspension

• DGX Station: The Symbolic Link to /usr/local/cuda Is Missing

Known Limitations

See Known Limitations <known-limitations> for the list of known limitations and other issues that will not be fixed.