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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization
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Purpose of this document
Provides an overview of the configuration steps for setting up Microsoft RemoteFX vGPU technology on HP WS460c
Graphics Server
Blade.
Prerequisite Recommend Reading
It is recommend that you read “HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization” for a detailed conceptual
overview of the HP Graphics Server Blade solution before proceeding.
This document can be found at: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/downloads/4AA4-1701ENW.pdf
HP WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade RemoteFX vGPU guidelines
Table 1. Microsoft required minimum versions
Components
Software description
Microsoft RFX
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Server 2012 or 2012 R2
Microsoft RDP
RDP 7.1 or later version (Recommend RDP 8/8.1)
Table 2. Required BIOS setting for 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2 Server on Blade Workstation WS460c
Setting Value
Power Management Options/HP Power Profile Maximum performance
Video Mode for Server Setup Setup mode
Video Mode for Production* User mode
* Once in production (User mode) the server console will only be accessible via remote connection (see section: Appendix A.)
Hyper-V RemoteFX Considerations
Microsoft RemoteFX vGPU (VM with vGPU connected) virtual machines consume a specific amount of video RAM
based on the max number of monitors and resolution set for each virtual machine. This will dictate the maximum
number of virtual machine per physical GPU (Tables 3a and 3b)
Table 3a. 2012 Hyper-V vRAM usage / Max monitor support
Resolution
1 monitor
2 monitors
4 monitors
1024 x 768
48 MB
52 MB
58 MB
1280 x 1024
80 MB
85 MB
95 MB
1600 x 1200
120 MB
126 MB
142 MB
1920 x 1200
142 MB
150 MB
168 MB
2560 x 1600
252 MB
268 MB
Not supported
Table 3b. 2008 Hyper-V vRAM usage / Max monitor support
Resolution
1 monitor
2 monitors
3 monitors
1024 x 768
75 MB
105 MB
135 MB
1280 x 1024
125 MB
175 MB
225 MB
1600 x 1200
184 MB
257 MB
330 MB
1920 x 1200
220 MB
308 MB
Not supported
2560 x 1600
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported