Question 90
An infrastructure administrator receives the following incident: After an OS refresh, a GPU node completes a CPU-only burn-in but its accelerators are absent from the `nvidia-smi` inventory output. Which measured result most directly proves that this specific problem is resolved?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is the measurable acceptance result for the described case: `nvidia-smi -L` reports the expected GPU identities and a small CUDA workload exercises each installed device successfully. It validates the corrective operation (Inspect PCIe enumeration, driver installation, and hardware status before declaring GPU workload readiness.) rather than a related but different system check.
Incorrect Answers
This observation would help verify a different incident: An operations script identifies GPUs by index rather than UUID, and a reboot changes device enumeration so the wrong card is taken out of production. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: `nvidia-smi -L` reports the expected GPU identities and a small CUDA workload exercises each installed device successfully.
This observation would help verify a different incident: A server inventory says eight GPUs should be installed, but one accelerator intermittently disappears only after the chassis is moved between racks. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: `nvidia-smi -L` reports the expected GPU identities and a small CUDA workload exercises each installed device successfully.
This observation would help verify a different incident: A GPU server presents PCIe link-width degradation immediately after a platform firmware change, but technicians plan to replace the accelerator first. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: `nvidia-smi -L` reports the expected GPU identities and a small CUDA workload exercises each installed device successfully.