Setting Up for Linux Desktops
Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops
- Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 7 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 Horizon Agent and Managing Linux Desktops
- Install Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Enable Reversible Password Encryption
- Configure the Certificate for Linux Agent
- Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
- Upgrade Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 7 for Linux Machines
- How to Perform Power Operations on Linux Desktops from vSphere
- Gather Information About Horizon 7 for Linux Software
- Bulk Deployment of Horizon 7 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 Horizon Agent on Linux Virtual Machines
- Sample Script to Install Horizon 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 Horizon Agent on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample Script to Upgrade Horizon 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 Horizon 7 for Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Horizon Agent Registration Failure for a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting an Unreachable Horizon Agent on a Linux Machine
- Troubleshooting Horizon Agent on a Linux Machine That Is Not Responding
- Troubleshooting Copy and Paste between Remote Desktop and Client Host
- Configuring the Linux Firewall to Allow Incoming TCP Connections
- Index
Setting Up Graphics for Linux
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You can configure RHEL 6.6 and 7.1 to take advantage of NVIDIA capabilities on ESXi host or on a guest
operating system.
VM Clone Requirements for Setting Up 3D Graphics
You must consider the following requirements for VM Clone before setting up 3D graphics.
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For vGPU and vSGA, complete the graphic setup in the base VM. Clone the VMs. The graphic settings
work for cloned VMs and no further settings are required.
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For vDGA, complete the graphic setup in the base VM. Clone the VMs. However before you power on
the cloned VMs, you must remove the existing NVIDIA pass-through PCI device from the cloned VM
and add the new NVIDIA pass-through PCI device to the cloned VM. NVIDIA pass-through PCI device
cannot be shared between VMs. Each VM uses a dedicated NVIDIA pass-through PCI device.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Configure RHEL 6.6 and RHEL 7.1 for vGPU,” on page 27
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“Configure RHEL 6.6 for vDGA,” on page 33
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“Configure RHEL 7.1 for vSGA,” on page 36
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 Horizon Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine. If you
install Horizon 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
Horizon 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. NVIDIA drivers 346.69 and 346.42 are now supported for vSGA.
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.
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