Using DGX-2 System in KVM ModeDGX-2 System User Guide 69PRELIMINARY SETUP - CONVERTING THEDGX-2 SYSTEM TO A DGX-2 KVM HOSTTo operate VMs from the DGX-2 System, you must first convert the DGX-2 System to aDGX-2 KVM host. Do this by installing the DGX KVM Software package and the DGXKVM image.Perform the following steps on the command line of the DGX-2 System.1. Update the package list.sudo apt-get update2. Check available DGX KVM images.sudo apt-cache policy dgx-kvm-image*This returns a list of images in the repository.3. Install the dgx-kvm-sw package as well as one of the images listed in the previousstep.sudo apt-get install dgx-kvm-sw Example of selecting image dgx-kvm-image-4-0-1:sudo apt-get install dgx-kvm-sw dgx-kvm-image-4-0-14. Reboot the system.Rebooting the system is needed to finalize the KVM preparation of the DGX-2System. It updates the GRUB menu options so the Linux kernel is made KVM-ready,and binds the virtualization drivers to the NVIDIA devicessudo reboot.Your DGX-2 System is now ready for you to create VMs.Restoring to Bare MetalAfter setting up the DGX-2 System as a KVM host, you can restore the server to a baremetal system.! CAUTION: Reverting the server back to a bare metal system destroys all guest GPU VMsthat were created as well as any data. Be sure to save your data before removing theKVM software.To restore the DGX-2 System to a bare metal system, do the following1. Remove all the installed dgx-kvm-image packages.Refer to the section Uninstalling Images for instructions.
