Upload the NVIDIA GPU Operator Components to a Disconnected Environment

In a disconnected environment, upload the components of the NVIDIA GPU Operator on internal locations.

Prerequisites

• Verify that VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA is configured up to this step of the deployment workflow. See Preparing VMware Cloud Foundation for Private AI Workload Deployment.

Procedure

• ♦ In general, perform the following steps.
  1. Provide a local Ubuntu package repository and upload the container images in the NVIDIA GPU Operator package to the Harbor Registry for the Supervisor.
  2. Provide a local Helm chart repository with NVIDIA GPU Operator chart definitions.
  3. Update the Helm chart definitions of the NVIDIA GPU Operator to use the local Ubuntu package repository and private Harbor Registry.
  For more information, see Installing VMware vSphere with VMware Tanzu (Air-gapped).