• How do I upgrade to Bright 9.2 ?

    The upgrade procedure was published in parallel with Bright 9.2-8.   Please take the time to completely read the following document before proceeding with the upgrade.  https://support.brightcomputing.com/upgrade-manuals/9.2/upgrade-manual.pdf As always, please feel free to reach out to the support staff if you need assistance.

  • Installing NVIDIA DGX software stack in Bright Ubuntu 20.04 software images

    This document describes the procedure for installing the official Nvidia DGX software stack in a Bright Ubuntu 20.04 software image. The instructions in this document target the DGX A100, but the same procedure can be used for other DGX systems such as DGX-1 and DGX-2. Note:  We now publish a…

  • How do I migrate my Bright CentOS 8 cluster to Rocky Linux 8 ?

    Bright 9.1, 9.0 and 8.2 Clusters running CentOS 8 can be migrated to Rocky Linux 8. This involves migrating the head nodes, software images, and node-installer images (Bright 9.1 and 9.0). Prerequisites Support for rocky requires Bright Cluster Manager and associated packages to be at or above 9.1-9 released after…

  • Installing NVIDIA DGX software stack in Bright RHEL8 software images

    This document describes the procedure for installing the official Nvidia DGX software stack in a Bright RHEL8 software image. The instructions in this document target the DGX A100, but the same procedure can be used for other DGX systems such as DGX-1, DGX-2 and DGX Station. Step 1: Prepare a…

  • Installing NVIDIA DGX software stack in Bright RHEL7 software images

    This document describes the procedure for installing the official Nvidia DGX software stack in a Bright RHEL7 software image. The instructions in this document target the DGX A100, but the same procedure can be used for other DGX systems such as DGX-1, DGX-2 and DGX Station. Step 1: Prepare a…

  • Generating BIOS templates for Bright 9.1

    Starting with Bright Cluster Manager 9.1, BIOS management is done using the Redfish API. This article describes how to generate BIOS templates that are used by Bright View and cmsh to allow the user to manage different BIOS properties. BIOS templates are files which contain JSON data describing the BIOS…

  • Installing NVIDIA DGX software stack in Bright software images

    This article has been split into a number of new articles that are specific to a Linux distribution: Installing NVIDIA DGX software stack in Bright RHEL8 software images Installing NVIDIA DGX software stack in Bright RHEL7 software images Installing NVIDIA DGX software stack in Bright Ubuntu 20.04 software images

  • Bright head node installer Ansible collection

    Introduction Ansible collection is the standard way for shipping and consuming ansible distributables (playbooks, roles, plugins) since version 2.10. This document assumes that the user has practical knowledge of Ansible and Bright Cluster Manager. This document describes the procedure to deploy a Bright Cluster head node using an Ansible playbook…