Complete NVIDIA DGX keyboard shortcuts and commands reference — 16 shortcuts across 3 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Mac.
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nvsm show health | System health | Check overall DGX system health. |
| nvsm show gpu | GPU status | Check status of all GPUs. |
| nvsm show nvswitch | NVSwitch status | Check NVSwitch connection status. |
| nvsm show memory | Memory status | Check system memory status. |
| nvsm dump | Full dump | Dump complete system information. |
| nvidia-smi topo -m | GPU topology | Show GPU NVLink topology. |
| dcgmi diag -r 3 | GPU diagnostics | Run full GPU diagnostics with DCGM (Level 3). |
| dcgmi health -c -g 0 | DCGM health check | Check health of DCGM group 0. |
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ibstat | IB port status | Check InfiniBand port status. |
| ibstatus | IB status summary | Summarize InfiniBand interface status. |
| nvidia-smi nvlink -s | NVLink status | Check NVLink link status and bandwidth. |
| lspci | grep -i nvidia | PCI GPU check | List NVIDIA devices on the PCI bus. |
| Shortcut | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nvsm show psu | PSU status | Show power supply unit status and redundancy state. |
| nvsm show fans | Fan status | Show fan module speed and health status. |
| dmesg | grep -i xid | XID error check | Search the kernel log for NVIDIA XID GPU error codes. |
| systemctl status nvsm | NVSM service status | Check whether the NVSM monitoring service is running. |
→ Related guide: GPU cluster management: the full command guide
The most essential NVIDIA DGX shortcuts are: nvsm show health (System health), nvsm show gpu (GPU status), nvsm show nvswitch (NVSwitch status). These cover the most frequent actions and can significantly speed up your workflow.
NVIDIA DGX has 16 keyboard shortcuts across 3 categories on shortcut-tools.com.
These are command-line commands — type them in your terminal or console. Combine them with shell history search (Ctrl + R) and aliases to work even faster.
The NVIDIA DGX shortcut for system health is nvsm show health. Check overall DGX system health.
NVIDIA DGX includes 8 System Management shortcuts, including nvsm show health (System health) and nvsm show gpu (GPU status). See the full list in the System Management section above.
NVIDIA DGX includes 4 Network & Storage shortcuts, including ibstat (IB port status) and ibstatus (IB status summary). See the full list in the Network & Storage section above.
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