NVIDIA Base Command Manager streamlines cluster provisioning, workload management, and infrastructure monitoring. It provides all the tools you need to deploy and manage an AI data center.
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Base Command Manager 11
This manual covers installation of NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM) on “bare metal” cluster hardware as a step-by-step process to get a basic cluster running. It has a quickstart installation with very little explanation of the steps, but also a more detailed walkthrough installation.
This manual covers the administration of a BCM cluster. Background information is typically given for helpful context, so that a moderately experienced Linux system administrator remains aware of how the cluster is managed.
This manual is aimed at helping cluster administrators install, understand, configure, and manage the cloud capabilities of NVIDIA Base Command Manager. The administrator is expected to be reasonably familiar with the Administrator Manual.
This manual is aimed at helping cluster administrators install, understand, configure, and manage the container integration capabilities of NVIDIA Base Command Manager. The administrator is expected to be reasonably familiar with the Administrator Manual.
This manual is aimed at helping developers who would like to program the NVIDIA Base Command Manager in order to enhance or alter its functionality. It is not intended for end users who simply wish to submit jobs that run programs to workload managers.
This manual is aimed at helping cluster administrators install, understand, configure, and manage the edge computing capabilities of NVIDIA Base Command Manager. The administrator is expected to be reasonably familiar with the Administrator Manual.
This manual is intended for the end users of a cluster running NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM, also known as “the cluster manager”) and covers the basics of using BCM’s user environment to run compute jobs on the cluster.
The NVIDIA Mission Control features of NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM) are available on clusters that are running the NVIDIA Mission Control edition of BCM. The features are listed in chapter 1 of this manual.
This guide covers deploying a custom OS on NVIDIA DGX hardware using Base Command Manager 11, with RHEL 9.6 as the example. It walks through building and importing an OS image, configuring nodes, installing the NVIDIA software stack, setting up Slurm, and validating with GPU tests. The workflow applies to any supported distribution.
Base Command Manager 10
This manual covers installation of NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM) on “bare metal” cluster hardware as a step-by-step process to get a basic cluster running. It has a quickstart installation with very little explanation of the steps, but also a more detailed walkthrough installation.
This manual covers the administration of a BCM cluster. Background information is typically given for helpful context, so that a moderately experienced Linux system administrator remains aware of how the cluster is managed.
This manual is aimed at helping cluster administrators install, understand, configure, and manage the cloud capabilities of NVIDIA Base Command Manager. The administrator is expected to be reasonably familiar with the Administrator Manual.
This manual is aimed at helping cluster administrators install, understand, configure, and manage the containeration integration capabilities of NVIDIA Base Command Manager. The administrator is expected to be reasonably familiar with the Administrator Manual.
This manual is aimed at helping developers who would like to program the NVIDIA Base Command Manager in order to enhance or alter its functionality. It is not intended for end users who simply wish to submit jobs that run programs to workload managers.
This manual is aimed at helping cluster administrators install, understand, configure, and manage the edge computing capabilities of NVIDIA Base Command Manager. The administrator is expected to be reasonably familiar with the Administrator Manual.
This manual is intended for the end users of a cluster running NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM, also known as “the cluster manager”) and covers the basics of using BCM’s user environment to run compute jobs on the cluster.
This manual is aimed at helping cluster administrators install, understand, configure, and manage basic machine learning capabilities easily using NVIDIA Base Command Manager. The administrator is expected to be reasonably familiar with the Administrator Manual.
Bright Cluster Manager
NVIDIA Bright Cluster Manager offers fast deployment and end-to-end management for heterogeneous HPC and AI server clusters at the edge, in the data center and in multi/hybrid-cloud environments. It automates provisioning and administration for clusters ranging in size from a single node to hundreds of thousands, supports CPU-based and NVIDIA GPU-accelerated systems, and orchestration with Kubernetes.
Deployment and management guides for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, an AI data center infrastructure platform that enables IT to deliver performance—without compromise—for every user and workload. DGX SuperPOD offers leadership-class accelerated infrastructure and agile, scalable performance for the most challenging AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, with industry-proven results.
Deployment and management guides for DGX BasePOD, which provides a prescriptive AI infrastructure for enterprises, eliminating the design challenges, lengthy deployment cycle, and management complexity traditionally associated with scaling AI infrastructure.
This document describes the available BCM license types and explains how to obtain and activate them using a product key.
This document outlines NVIDIA’s support commitment balancing the requirements of supporting new hardware and Embedded Software updates and the need for predictable releases and stability.
Covers support and services for potential and existing enterprise customers. Informational and non-binding reference.
This course provides an overview of the Base Command Manager solution. For those that are going to be managing and working with HPC or AI clusters, this course will give you a head start on understanding a powerful tool for cluster and workload management.
On-site training or Instructor-led remote training sessions via NVIDIA Academy WebEx platform. Both methods include access to hands-on environment.