Version 23.04.1

The DGX-1 Firmware Update container version 23.04.1 is available.

Package name: nvfw-dgx1_23.4.1_230411.tar.gz
Image name: nvfw-dgx1_23.4.1_230411
Run file name: nvfw-dgx1_23.4.1_230411.run

Highlights and Changes in this Release

This release is supported with the following DGX OS software.
- DGX OS 4.14 or later
- DGX OS 5.4 or later
- RHEL7-22.08 or later
- RHEL8-22.08 or later
Before using the container to update firmware on systems installed with DGX OS release 5.0 or later, first stop certain NVIDIA services. See Special Instructions for Updating the BMC Using the Web UI.

The BMC and SBIOS update include software security enhancements. See the NVIDIA Security Bulletin for details.

Contents of the DGX-1 Firmware Update Container

This container includes the firmware binaries and update utilities for the firmware listed in the following table.

Component	Version	Key Changes
BMC	3.39.30	New update
SBIOS	S2W_3A13	New update
SSD (Samsung SM863A) 1.92 TB	GXM1103Q	No change from previous release
SSD (Samsung PM883) 1.92 TB	HXT7904Q	No change from previous release
SSD (Samsung SM883) 480 GB	HXM7904Q	No change from previous release
VBIOS (DGX-1 with V100, 16 GB)	88.00.18.00.01	No change from previous release
VBIOS (DGX-1 with V100, 32 GB)	88.00.80.00.04	No change from previous release
VBIOS (DGX-1 with P100)	86.00.41.00.05	No change from previous release
PSU	00.03.07	No change from previous release

Special Notes

Note

If updating the BMC from any version earlier than 3.27.30, the update can take from 30 to 50 minutes to complete.

When updates to the BMC or PSU are initiated,
- The BMC is (cold) reset to be put in a known good state before the update, then
- Additional logs are gathered for troubleshooting purposes and made available in /var/log/comp_fw_log.txt.
  
  The logs are gathered before updating and upon completion of the update or in the event of an update failure.
(On DGX systems installed with DGX OS 4.99.x or earlier): To prevent NVSM services from interfering with BMC and PSU updates, the container stops the following services before applying the update:
- nvsm-apis-gpumonitor
- nvsm-apis-plugin-storage
- nvsm-apis-selwatcher
- nvsm-apis-plugin-memory
- nvsm-apis-plugin-environment
- nvsm-sys-dshmnvsm-env-dshm
- nvsm-storage-dshm
System health monitor will not be available until firmware update completes.
For the PSU update, the container implements a protective check which requires the system to be fully redundant (all four supplies are installed and in a healthy state) in order for the update to occur.

If you are using only three of the four PSUs, the full power redundancy requirement can be overridden with the Docker run environment (DGX_MAX_PSU) as follows.
```
docker run -e DGX_MAX_PSU=3 --privileged -ti -v /:/hostfs <container_name> update_fw
```
Note

For container versions 21.06.8 and earlier, running in dockerless mode requires a Python 2 installation on the system. For versions 23.4.x and later, dockerless mode requires Python 3.

Special Instructions for Updating the BMC Using the Web UI

Before updating the BMC using the Web UI, refer to the following instructions to ensure the updates are successful.

BMC Updates via the Web UI

When Preserving Settings

Navigate to Maintenance > Firmware Update, select IPMI, Network, and SEL, then proceed with updating the BMC.
After updating the BMC, issue the following from the command line.
```
$ sudo ipmitool raw 0x32 0x6 1
$ sudo ipmitool mc reset cold
```

Note

You cannot preserve user settings when downgrading to a previous version of the BMC. Attempting to do so will result in a failure to log in to the BMC.

When Not Preserving Settings

Navigate to Maintenance > Firmware Update, clear all preservation items, then proceed with updating the BMC

Known Issues

SBIOS Install Can Fail

Issue

The DGX-1 SBIOS install could fail with the following error message:

Rom image layout detected Rom Hole is redesigned.

Resolution

The issue is fixed in the 23.06.3 firmware update container.

Unable to update VBIOS

Issue

System is unable to update VBIOS where the DGX framework update service nvidia-dcgm.service will not stop. This is observed when using the latest Base OS with an older FWUC for VBIOS.

Workaround

First, stop the nvidia-dcgm.service then run VBIOS update via FWUC 21.06.8