DGX A100 System Firmware Changes

This chapter contains the list of changes for the following DGX A100 firmware components.

DGX A100 BMC Changes

Changes in 00.14.16

  • Fixed an issue where a cold boot might put the BMC in a non-bootable state.
  • Fixed BMC update failing with "Error flashing Inactive image 2: rc = 0x-9" ,
  • Fixed occasionally neededing to log into the BMC WebUI twice.
  • Fixed the BMC dashboard system event filter not working.
  • Added ability to monitor Mellanox card transceiver temperatures and increase fan speeds.
  • Fixed inability to update the BMC after unexpected interruption.
  • Fixed missing memory, NIC and storage drive information.

Changes in 00.13.16

Changes in 00.13.04

  • Resolved increased fan speed that occurred when optional components are not installed, even when system is idle.

DGX A100 SBIOS Changes

Changes in 0.34

  • Removed warning message that occurred when the system contained DIMMs from different vendors.

Changes in 0.33

  • Fixed mishandling of correctable PCIe errors.

Changes in 0.30

  • Added support for HTTP boot.
  • Updated DSP/USP preset values to address PCIe advanced error reporting (AER) issues.
  • Changed the following default settings.
    • Determinism Control > [Manual]
    • Determinism Slider > [Power]
    • cTDP Control > [Manual]
    • cTDP > [240]
    • Package Power Limit Control > [Manual]
    • Package Power Limit > [240]
    • DF Cstates > [Disabled]

DGX A100 Broadcom 88096 PCIe Switchboard Changes

Changes in 0.2.0

  • Fixed the incorrect setting of the switch's Upstream Port Number as Port 0.

Changes in 1.8

  • Implemented tuning to address PCIe advanced error reporting (AER) issues.

Changes in 1.3

  • Disabled hot-plug and hot-plug surprise capability.

DGX A100 Broadcom 880xx Retimer Changes

Release notes for the DGX A100 Broadcom 88080 and 88064 retimers.

Changes on 1.2f

  • Fixed an issues that caused NVQual to hang whilke loading the MODS driver.

Changes in 0.F.0

  • Improved error handling of downstream switches.

    This change modifies the PCIe topology and mapping. Refer to the DGX A100 User Guide for PCIe mapping details.

Changes in 0.13.0

  • Fixed DPC Notification behavior for Firmware First Platform.

A100 VBIOS Changes

Changes in 92.00.36.00.04

  • Fixed an issue allocating the BAR1 size across resets.
  • Fixed MIG capability not being reported correctly if the driver is not loaded; for example, if accessed out-of-band.

Changes in 92.00.19.00.10

  • Expanded support for potential alternate HBM sources.

Changes in 92.00.19.00.01

  • Fixed Xid 64 (Row Remapper Error)

DGX A100 BMC CEC Changes

Changes in 3.28

  • Fixed the update progress output reporting "Update_timeout" for the motherboard CEC (MB_CEC) when using the .run file without Docker installed.
  • Fixed the the user's configuration getting lost if the BMC updated failed.

DGX A100 CEC1712 SPI Changes

Changes in 3.8

  • Fixed an issue that prevented a successful firmware update.

DGX A100 NVSwitch Firmware Changes

Changes in 92.10.18.00.01

  • Hardened the firmware for passthrough virtualization installations.

DGX A100 FPGA Release Notes

Changes in 2.A5

  • Fixed timing glitches that resulted in unexpected resets.
  • Improved timeout counter code.