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title: "Connect Multiple DGX Spark through a Switch — Troubleshooting"
canonical: "https://build.nvidia.com/spark/multi-sparks-through-switch/troubleshooting.md"
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| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---------|-------|-----|
| "Network unreachable" errors | Network interfaces not configured | Verify netplan config and `sudo netplan apply` |
| SSH authentication failures | SSH keys not properly distributed | Re-run `./discover-sparks` and enter passwords |
| Nodes not visible in cluster | Network connectivity issue | Verify QSFP cable connection, check IP configuration |
| "APT update" errors (eg. E: The list of sources could not be read.) | APT sources errors, conflicting sources or signing keys | Check APT and Ubuntu documentation to fix the APT sources or keys conflicts |
| NCCL test failures (eg. libnccl.so.2: cannot open shared object file) | NCCL configuration not done on all nodes | Make sure to follow the NCCL playbook to configure **all** nodes before running the NCCL test|