Aegis-GPU1.1 Deployment and validation sequence
The order of work from first power-on to a validated cluster, and the checks that close each stage.
Key points
Bring-up follows an order: first boot setup, then a health check, then workload tests. NVSM (NVIDIA System Management) is the DGX tool for system health. NVIDIA's quick health check runs 'nvsm show health' and expects every check, and the overall status, to be Healthy.
What NVIDIA says (2)
“NVIDIA provides customers a diagnostics and management tool called NVIDIA System Management, or NVSM.”
“Verify that the output summary shows that all checks are Healthy and that the overall system status is Healthy.”
Bring-up is the process of taking a new cluster from boxes to production. Each stage in NVIDIA's checklist has entry criteria, so the order matters. Performance testing comes last and needs cluster verification done first.
What NVIDIA says (3)
“Cluster verification stage successfully completed”
“HPC-X package successfully installed and ClusterKit is working”
“All versions are aligned and confirmed”
Validation means checking the result against the spec. The SuperPOD guide loads the bcm-post-install module and runs bcm-validate-pod. It checks items such as the Slurm and Ubuntu versions on the head node.
What NVIDIA says (2)
“After the installation is completed, using the bcm-validate-pod command, one can verify whether all the settings are applied correctly according to the specification.”
“This module validates the completed pod setup with the expected configuration.”
Key terms
- NVIDIA System Management: The DGX tool that reports system health and runs stress tests from one command line.
Sample question
A DGX H100 has just finished first boot setup. Which quick check does NVIDIA list to confirm the system is healthy before running containers?
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Answer: sudo nvsm show health, then confirm every check and the overall status are Healthy.
Bring-up follows an order: first boot setup, then a health check, then workload tests. NVSM (NVIDIA System Management) is the DGX tool for system health. NVIDIA's quick health check runs 'nvsm show health' and expects every check, and the overall status, to be Healthy.
What NVIDIA says (2)
“NVIDIA provides customers a diagnostics and management tool called NVIDIA System Management, or NVSM.”
“Verify that the output summary shows that all checks are Healthy and that the overall system status is Healthy.”
Practice 1.1 (3 questions) Full System and Server Bring-up guide