Setting Up for Linux Desktops

This is a new requirement with the NVIDIA 352.* host driver:
# /etc/init.d/nvidia-vgpu start
Restart xorg, which is used for GPU assignment:
# /etc/init.d/xorg start
9 Verify that the xorg service is running after the host is restarted.
Configure a Shared PCI Device for vGPU on the Linux Virtual Machine
To use NVIDIA vGPU, you must congure a shared PCI device for the Linux virtual machine.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the Linux virtual machine is prepared for use as a desktop. See “Create a Virtual Machine
and Install Linux,” on page 19 and “Prepare a Linux Machine for Remote Desktop Deployment,” on
page 20.
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Verify that Horizon Agent is not installed on the Linux virtual machine.
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Verify that the NVIDIA VIB is installed on the ESXi host. See “Install the VIB for the NVIDIA GRID
vGPU Graphics Card on the ESXi Host,” on page 30.
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Familiarize yourself with the virtual GPU types that are available with NVIDIA vGPU, which you select
with the GPU  seing. The virtual GPU types provide varying capabilities on the physical GPUs
installed on the ESXi host. See “NVIDIA Virtual GPU Types,” on page 31.
Procedure
1 Power o the virtual machine.
2 In vSphere Web Client, select the virtual machine and, under the VM Hardware tab, click Edit .
3 In the New device menu, select Shared PCI Device.
4 Click Add and select NVIDIA GRID vGPU from the drop-down menu.
5 For the GPU  seing, select a virtual GPU type from the drop-down menu.
6 Click Reserve all memory and click OK.
You must reserve all virtual machine memory to enable the GPU to support NVIDIA GRID vGPU.
7 Power on the virtual machine.
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Types
With the GPU  seing on the Virtual Hardware page in vSphere Web Client, you can select a virtual
GPU type that provides specic capabilities on the physical NVIDIA GPU on the ESXi host.
On Linux virtual machines, NVIDIA GRID vGPU is supported on NVIDIA Maxwell M60 GPUs or NVIDIA
M6 GPUs.
Table 4‑1. Virtual GPU Types Available for NVIDIA GRID M60 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
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