Domain priorities and focus areas

Install and Deploy (32%) — highest weight:

Know BCM installation steps
Understand NGC container ecosystem (nvcr.io, $oauthtoken)
Know DOCA architecture and BlueField deployment flow
Understand storage tiers and GPUDirect Storage

Administration (28%) — second priority:

MIG commands cold — especially nvidia-smi mig -cgi, -cci, -lgi, -lci
Slurm job submission and node state management
Fleet Command = edge, cloud service, no on-prem install
Run:ai project/department/RBAC hierarchy

Workload Management (20%):

kubectl commands for running and monitoring GPU workloads
DCGM installation, modes, diagnostic levels
BCM provisioning flow and cmsh commands

Troubleshooting (20%):

Common Docker/NVML errors and their fixes
Fabric Manager version must match driver version
Fabric Manager = NVLink/NVSwitch; UFM = InfiniBand

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What is MIG commands cold?

especially nvidia-smi mig -cgi, -cci, -lgi, -lcitail=100 <container-name>level visibilityimage=nvcr.io/nvidia/cuda:12.0-base \