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#77 - Fix nmcli mtu property and drop -lmc from Spark system-config tutorial#78

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Two corrections to docs/tutorials/system_configuration.md from a hands-on Spark walkthrough (issue #77):

  • ipv4.mtuethernet.mtu in the Spark nmcli connection add profiles, the IGX nmcli connection modify example, and the Spark Step 9 back-reference. NetworkManager rejects ipv4.mtu (MTU is link-layer, not an IPv4 property) — confirmed on the Spark box: Error: invalid property 'mtu': 'mtu' not among [method, dns, …].
  • Drop nvidia-smi -lmc from Spark Step 7. GB10's unified CPU/GPU memory has no separate VRAM clock domain, so clocks.max.mem is N/A and the command fails. Step 7 now locks only the SM clock and the systemd-unit note tells readers which line to omit from the IGX recipe.

Closes #77.

Test plan

  • Validated ipv4.mtu is rejected on Spark (nmcli connection add … ipv4.mtu 9000Error: invalid property 'mtu').
  • Validated ethernet.mtu is accepted on Spark and IGX.
  • mkdocs serve renders the Spark and IGX tabs cleanly; no broken anchors or build warnings.

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NetworkManager rejects `ipv4.mtu` (MTU is a link-layer property); the
correct setting is `ethernet.mtu`. Updates both the IGX `nmcli connection
modify` example and the Spark `nmcli connection add` profiles, plus the
back-reference under Spark Step 9.

Also drops `nvidia-smi -lmc` from Spark Step 7: GB10's unified CPU/GPU
memory has no separate VRAM clock domain, so `clocks.max.mem` reports
N/A and the command fails. Step 7 now locks only the SM clock and the
systemd-unit note points readers at the line to omit from the IGX
recipe.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ramya Gurunathan <rgurunathan@nvidia.com>
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[DOC] DGX Spark system configuration tutorial: two corrections needed

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