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
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Types
With the GPU Profiles setting on the Virtual Hardware page in vSphere Web Client, you can select a virtual
GPU type that provides specific capabilities on the physical NVIDIA GPU on the ESXi host.
On Linux virtual machines, NVIDIA GRID vGPU is supported on NVIDIA Maxwell M60 GPUs.
Table 5‑1. Virtual GPU Types Available for NVIDIA GRID vGPU on Linux Virtual Machines
Virtual GPU
Type
Physical
Board
Physical
GPUs
FB Per
Virtual
GPU
Display
Heads
Maximum
Resolution
Maximum
Virtual
GPUs Per
Physical
GPU
Maximum
Virtual GPUs
Per Physical
Board
GRID
M60-0q
GRID M60 two 512M 2 2560x1600 16 32
GRID
M60-1q
GRID M60 two 1G 2 2560x1600 8 16
GRID
M60-2q
GRID M60 two 2G 4 2560x1600 4 8
GRID
M60-4q
GRID M60 two 4G 4 3840x2160 2 4
GRID
M60-8q
GRID M60 two 8G 4 3840x2160 1 2
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 27.
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 29
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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 33.
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
7.1
sudo vi /etc/default/grub.conf
b Add the rdblacklist=nouveau line at the end of the kernel options.
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