Setting Up for Linux Desktops
Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Features and System Requirements
- Preparing a Linux Virtual Machine for Desktop Deployment
- Setting Up Active Directory Integration for Linux Desktops
- Configuration Options for Linux Desktops
- Setting Up Graphics for Linux Desktops
- Installing View Agent and Managing Linux Desktops
- Install View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Enable Reversible Password Encryption
- Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
- Upgrade View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 6 for Linux Machines
- How to Perform Power Operations on Linux Desktops from vSphere
- Gather Information About Horizon 6 for Linux Software
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Overview of Bulk Deployment of Linux Desktops
- Create a Virtual Machine Template for Cloning Linux Desktop Machines
- Input File for the Sample PowerCLI Scripts to Deploy Linux Desktops
- Sample Script to Clone Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Join Cloned Virtual Machines to AD Domain
- Sample Script to Join Cloned Virtual Machines to AD Domain Using SSH
- Sample Script to Install View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Install View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Upload Configuration Files to Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Upload Configuration Files to Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Upgrade View Agent on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample Script to Upgrade View Agent on Linux Virtual Machines Using SSH
- Sample Script to Perform Operations on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Delete Machines from the Connection Server LDAP Database
- Troubleshooting Linux Desktops
- Collect Diagnostic Information for a Horizon 6 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting View Agent Registration Failure for a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting an Unreachable View Agent on a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting View Agent on a Linux Machine That Is Not Responding
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- Index
Setting Up Graphics for Linux
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This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Configure RHEL 6.6 and RHEL 7.1 for vGPU,” on page 25
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“Configure RHEL 6.6 for vDGA,” on page 30
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“Configure RHEL 7.1 for vSGA,” on page 34
Configure RHEL 6.6 and RHEL 7.1 for vGPU
You can set up an RHEL 6.6 and RHEL 7.1 to take advantage of NVIDIA vGPU (shared GPU hardware
acceleration) capabilities on the ESXi host.
IMPORTANT NVIDIA vGPU is supported on NVIDIA Maxwell M60 graphics cards. This feature does not
work on other NVIDIA graphics cards such as GRID K1 or K2.
CAUTION Before you begin, verify that View Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine. If you
install View Agent before you configure the machine to use NVIDIA vGPU, required configuration
parameters in the xorg.conf file are overwritten, and NVIDIA vGPU does not work. You must install View
Agent after the NVIDIA vGPU configuration is completed.
Install the VIB for the NVIDIA Graphics Card on the ESXi Host
You must download and install the VIB for your NVIDIA GRID graphics card on the ESXi 6.0 U1 or later
host.
For an NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration, NVIDIA provides a vGPU software package that includes a
vGPU Manager, which you install on the ESXi host in this procedure, and a Linux Display Driver, which
you will install on the Linux virtual machine in a later procedure.
For an vSGA configuration, NVIDIA provides a VMware vSphere ESXi Driver for vSGA. For vSGA, an
NVIDIA display driver is not installed on the Linux virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that vSphere 6.0 U1 or a later release is installed in your environment.
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For an NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration, verify that the NVIDIA Maxwell M60 GPUs are installed on
the ESXi host.
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For a vSGA configuration, verify that the NVIDIA GRID K1 or K2 GPUs are installed on the ESXi host.
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