Back up and restore components

Use your site-specific guidelines and tools for backing up and restoring components of the DataScale® SN30 rack.

If you change the standard configuration of the networking equipment that is shipped to you, save the configuration changes you make to the devices. For details, see the SambaNova Day 1 Document and the KB articles listed below. You can find KB articles in the SambaNova Support portal at https://support.sambanova.ai.

1. Recover the Juniper access and data switch

For the process to recover the Juniper access switch and data switch, see the following KB articles:

  • Juniper Switch Password Recovery: KB article #1056

  • Juniper Switch Factory Reset Recovery: KB article #1056

  • Juniper Switch Saving Running Configuration: KB article #1056

2. Recover the Latronix serial console server

For the process to recover the Lantronix serial console server, including recovering the sysadmin password, see the following KB articles:

  • Lantronix Serial Console Server Password Recovery: KB article #1059

  • Lantronix Serial Console Server Factory Reset Recovery: KB article #1059

  • Lantronix Serial Console Server Saving Running Configuration: KB article #1059

3. Recover the DataScale SN30-H host module

If the DataScale SN30-H OS needs to be recovered, and the SN30-H host boot partitions are not damaged, contact SambaNova Support. Recovering the SN30-H OS to factory baseline might be possible and a faster recovery option than using the recovery ISOs.

For the processes to recover the DataScale SN30-H host module, see the following KB articles:

  • DataScale SN30-H OS Recovery Using the Recovery ISO – Ubuntu: KB article #1051

  • DataScale SN30-H OS Recovery Using the Recovery ISO – Red Hat: KB article #1099

  • DataScale SN30-H BMC Password Recovery: KB article #1021

  • DataScale SN30-H BMC Non-Corruption Recovery: KB article #1038

4. Recover the DataScale SN30-2 RDU module

For the process to recover the DataScale SN30-2 RDU module, refer to the following KB article:

  • SambaNova DataScale SN30-2 BMC Password Recovery: KB article #1049

5. Upload recovery configuration files

For the process to upload configuration files used as part of the recovery process for some of these components, see the following KB articles:

  • Uploading Configuration Files for Recovery: KB article #1055

  • Listing and Downloading Configuration Files for Recovery: KB article #1044

For questions concerning any of these recovery KB articles or for anything that is not covered here, open a support case through the SambaNova Support portal (https://support.sambanova.ai).