Setting Up for Linux Desktops

7 Verify that the NVIDIA GRID device is passed through to the virtual machine.
Open a terminal window and run the following command:
lspci | grep NVIDIA
The XX:00.0 VGA-compatible controller is displayed. For example:
NVIDIA Corporation GK104GL [GRID K2]
Install the NVIDIA Display Driver
To install the NVIDIA display driver, you must disable the default NVIDIA driver, download the NVIDIA
display drivers, and configure the PCI device on the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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For an NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration, verify that you downloaded the vGPU software package
from the NVIDIA download site, uncompressed the package, and have the Linux Display Driver (a
package component) ready. See “Install the VIB for the NVIDIA Graphics Card on the ESXi Host,” on
page 25.
Also verify that a shared PCI device was added to the virtual machine. See “Configure a Shared PCI
Device for vGPU on the Linux Virtual Machine,” on page 27
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For a vDGA configuration, verify that the PCI device was added to the RHEL 6.6 virtual machine. See
“Add a vDGA Pass-Through Device to a RHEL 6.6 Virtual Machine,” on page 31.
Procedure
1 Disable and blacklist the default NVIDIA Nouveau driver.
a Edit the grub.conf file.
For RHEL 6.6, the file is /boot/grub/grub.conf. For RHEL 7.1, the file is /etc/default/grub.conf.
RHEL Version Command
6.6
sudo vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
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sudo vi /etc/default/grub.conf
b Add the rdblacklist=nouveau line at the end of the kernel options.
c Edit the blacklist.conf file.
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
d Add the following line anywhere in the blacklist.conf file.
blacklist nouveau
2 Restart the virtual machine.
The display has a changed look and feel.
3 (Optional) Verify that the Nouveau driver is disabled.
/sbin/lsmod | grep nouveau
If the grep search does not return any results, the Nouveau driver is disabled.
Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
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