Nvidia DGX A100 User Manual

Managing the DGX A100 Self-Encrypting Drives
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6.12. Recovering From Lost Keys
NVIDIA recommends backing up your keys and storing them in a secure location. If you’ve lost
the key used to initialize and lock your drives, you will not be able to unlock the drive again. If
this happens, the only way to recover is to perform a factory-reset, which will result in a loss
of data.
SED drives come with a PSID printed on the label; this value can only be obtained by physically
examining the drive as exemplified in the following image.
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Specify the PSID to reset the drive using the following sedutil-cli command:

Nvidia DGX A100 Specifications

General

Brand	Nvidia
Model	DGX A100
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English