DGX Spark - Brand new installation & configure tips - has anyone done a list?

[cormac.garvey1]

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Bug or Error. - checked. Just like the DGX software… a bit buggy.

Has anyone done a list of the gotchas for brand new dgx ? So far i have….

1. Initial installation via remote wifi connection - fail. i followed the getting started, but after the unit apparently rebooted (who knows - unbelievably, no LEDS to show status!!) I could not longer connect. Had to connect directly with KVM in the end and yes i could log on.
2. Installed nvidia sync on windows 10 Pc. Tried to change hostname via DGX dashboard/settingsSystem……. and this does not work. You must go back and log on directly to the spark and change it there.
3. Next up nvidia sync /AI dashboard installation failure. Its not clear that i need this on my windows PC when i am doing all the processing on the remote linux spark …but it didnt install correctly anyway, and led me down a rabbithole of WSL (already installed and working correctly), and docker desktop (was working correctly with everything else just not ai workbench) Still not resolved . So i abandoned ship as i really just want to use VS Code remote with the spark and SSh….which led me to SSH install….
4. .and ssh install failed with a bunch of vs code messages that seem to indicate that ssh is not already setup on the spark and i have to connect manually again to enable the server again.

And thats where I’m at now.With the most expensive hardware i ever bought. @Nvidia support must try harder. the DGX Spark cost > 4300 Euro after all ,and you hit 5Tb$ market cap today, but Im praying for some competition. You could at least do a far better real world guide for getting this system up and running.It was supposed to be painless with everything already installed.

[cormac.garvey1]

5. And to add to that… Thermal Throttling! i would like someone from Nvidia to refute this, but this is what Claude Sonnet 4 has postulated; basically a triplilng frmo 1 hour to 3 hours to create a 5 second video with WAN2.2 - see the pic.

   

[cormac.garvey1]

update: The thermal throttling issue was solved for me by Nvidia support ; clearning cache between video renders did it. see ThermalThrottlingFix