County health operates BlueField-enabled inference nodes and is updating host GPU software. What additional driver work is required?
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Short Explanation
When you refresh host drivers on BlueField nodes, update DOCA components alongside them so the DPU and host stay in step. Skipping DOCA leaves the DPU side behind.
Full Explanation
On county health’s BlueField-enabled inference nodes, update DOCA components alongside host drivers so the DPU and host software remain coherent. BlueField networking and infrastructure services depend on DOCA and related packages aligning with the host platform; updating only host GPU packages can leave the DPU side stale relative to NVIDIA’s supported combinations and disrupt offload paths used during peak inference. Ignoring DOCA entirely skips a required part of the platform stack and treats DPU-enabled nodes as ordinary GPU-only servers. Permanently uninstalling all host networking stacks is destructive and unrelated to coordinated driver and DOCA maintenance. Replacing GPU cooling fans while leaving host software packages untouched addresses hardware cooling, not software currency, and leaves version skew unresolved. Exam caveat: BlueField hosts call for coordinated host driver and DOCA updates; ignoring DOCA or substituting a non-software maintenance action does not meet that requirement. Practical check: plan host NVIDIA driver and DOCA updates together according to NVIDIA guidance, apply them in a maintenance window, then verify host GPU health with nvidia-smi and check DOCA/DPU health before returning capacity to the county pool.