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This prevention control targets another operational risk: An operator removes the NVIDIA driver while GPU containers are still running, leaving orphaned jobs and an inconsistent module state across the node. The currently reported mechanism remains: Host and DPU components form a coupled software stack; isolated upgrades can break offload services.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: A security patch changes the host kernel and Secure Boot settings, and the NVIDIA GPU module stops loading despite the device remaining visible on PCIe. The currently reported mechanism remains: Host and DPU components form a coupled software stack; isolated upgrades can break offload services.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: An AI job runs on one compute node, but Slurm cannot distribute it because GPU resources are absent from the scheduler's generic resource definitions. The currently reported mechanism remains: Host and DPU components form a coupled software stack; isolated upgrades can break offload services.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.4: Install, update, and remove NVIDIA GPU and DOCA drivers): GPU health tests fail because the driver package on a server was installed from an untrusted repository, and management cannot reproduce its package dependencies. The present issue is more specifically caused by: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.4: Install, update, and remove NVIDIA GPU and DOCA drivers): A security patch changes the host kernel and Secure Boot settings, and the NVIDIA GPU module stops loading despite the device remaining visible on PCIe. The present issue is more specifically caused by: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.1: Install Base Command Manager and configure and verify high availability): Base Command Manager is installed on a management node but the cluster database is stored only on a single local disk, and leadership claims the control plane is highly available. The present issue is more specifically caused by: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This observation would help verify a different incident: GPU health tests fail because the driver package on a server was installed from an untrusted repository, and management cannot reproduce its package dependencies. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: The driver is replaced with no live job disruption and the node passes GPU enumeration and workload smoke tests before reopening scheduling.

This observation would help verify a different incident: A new NVIDIA driver is installed on every host without checking its supported CUDA runtime and kernel module compatibility, leading to failed CUDA initialization. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: The driver is replaced with no live job disruption and the node passes GPU enumeration and workload smoke tests before reopening scheduling.

This observation would help verify a different incident: A container in a multi-tenant GPU cluster can see accelerators allocated to another job because the runtime launches with unrestricted device exposure. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: The driver is replaced with no live job disruption and the node passes GPU enumeration and workload smoke tests before reopening scheduling.

This underlying cause is associated with another GPU platform incident: A security patch changes the host kernel and Secure Boot settings, and the NVIDIA GPU module stops loading despite the device remaining visible on PCIe. The observed case instead concerns: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This underlying cause is associated with another GPU platform incident: A BlueField DPU application fails after the host updates DOCA packages, while the DPU firmware and embedded software versions remain from an earlier release. The observed case instead concerns: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This underlying cause is associated with another GPU platform incident: A training team scripts NGC pulls by embedding a personal API key directly in shell history and a Git repository, compromising a long-lived registry credential. The observed case instead concerns: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: A new NVIDIA driver is installed on every host without checking its supported CUDA runtime and kernel module compatibility, leading to failed CUDA initialization. The currently reported mechanism remains: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: GPU health tests fail because the driver package on a server was installed from an untrusted repository, and management cannot reproduce its package dependencies. The currently reported mechanism remains: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: An operations team edits container runtime configuration by hand on some nodes, and CUDA containers work on one rack but fail after rescheduling to another rack. The currently reported mechanism remains: Active GPU processes can retain device handles and prevent safe driver module transitions.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.4: Install, update, and remove NVIDIA GPU and DOCA drivers): An operator removes the NVIDIA driver while GPU containers are still running, leaving orphaned jobs and an inconsistent module state across the node. The present issue is more specifically caused by: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.4: Install, update, and remove NVIDIA GPU and DOCA drivers): A BlueField DPU application fails after the host updates DOCA packages, while the DPU firmware and embedded software versions remain from an earlier release. The present issue is more specifically caused by: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.2: Install operating systems): A fleet of GPU hosts uses manually customized operating system packages, making a failed driver upgrade impossible to reproduce or roll back consistently. The present issue is more specifically caused by: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This observation would help verify a different incident: A security patch changes the host kernel and Secure Boot settings, and the NVIDIA GPU module stops loading despite the device remaining visible on PCIe. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: The package manifest identifies trusted origin, the driver loads cleanly, and a representative workload completes with recorded versions.

This observation would help verify a different incident: An operator removes the NVIDIA driver while GPU containers are still running, leaving orphaned jobs and an inconsistent module state across the node. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: The package manifest identifies trusted origin, the driver loads cleanly, and a representative workload completes with recorded versions.

This observation would help verify a different incident: A new node is added to the wrong Slurm partition and gains access to restricted customer workloads despite being intended for untrusted experimentation. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: The package manifest identifies trusted origin, the driver loads cleanly, and a representative workload completes with recorded versions.

This underlying cause is associated with another GPU platform incident: An operator removes the NVIDIA driver while GPU containers are still running, leaving orphaned jobs and an inconsistent module state across the node. The observed case instead concerns: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This underlying cause is associated with another GPU platform incident: A BlueField DPU application fails after the host updates DOCA packages, while the DPU firmware and embedded software versions remain from an earlier release. The observed case instead concerns: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This underlying cause is associated with another GPU platform incident: An NGC CLI client is installed on a shared administrative workstation but lacks authenticated registry configuration, so container downloads fail with permissions errors. The observed case instead concerns: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: A new NVIDIA driver is installed on every host without checking its supported CUDA runtime and kernel module compatibility, leading to failed CUDA initialization. The currently reported mechanism remains: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: A security patch changes the host kernel and Secure Boot settings, and the NVIDIA GPU module stops loading despite the device remaining visible on PCIe. The currently reported mechanism remains: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This prevention control targets another operational risk: An AI job runs on one compute node, but Slurm cannot distribute it because GPU resources are absent from the scheduler's generic resource definitions. The currently reported mechanism remains: Uncontrolled driver package sources create both supply-chain risk and configuration drift across cluster nodes.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.5: Install the NVIDIA Container Toolkit): A container in a multi-tenant GPU cluster can see accelerators allocated to another job because the runtime launches with unrestricted device exposure. The present issue is more specifically caused by: An installed host driver does not automatically expose accelerators inside isolated containers.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.5: Install the NVIDIA Container Toolkit): An operations team edits container runtime configuration by hand on some nodes, and CUDA containers work on one rack but fail after rescheduling to another rack. The present issue is more specifically caused by: An installed host driver does not automatically expose accelerators inside isolated containers.

This option could be appropriate for a different NVIDIA infrastructure problem (3.1: Install Base Command Manager and configure and verify high availability): An operations team upgrades BCM directly in production without testing whether existing Slurm and provisioning integrations are compatible with the new management API. The present issue is more specifically caused by: An installed host driver does not automatically expose accelerators inside isolated containers.

This observation would help verify a different incident: A container in a multi-tenant GPU cluster can see accelerators allocated to another job because the runtime launches with unrestricted device exposure. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: A small container runs the approved `nvidia-smi` or CUDA probe and reports the allocated device UUIDs correctly.

This observation would help verify a different incident: After a driver upgrade, the container toolkit continues referencing stale GPU library paths, and a container loads incompatible runtime libraries. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: A small container runs the approved `nvidia-smi` or CUDA probe and reports the allocated device UUIDs correctly.

This observation would help verify a different incident: Slurm reports some nodes as allocated indefinitely after a failed distributed job because job cleanup leaves Enroot container artifacts and stale GPU processes. It does not directly establish the required result for the current case: A small container runs the approved `nvidia-smi` or CUDA probe and reports the allocated device UUIDs correctly.