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Table Of Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Contents
- Setting Up Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Installing and Configuring Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Features of a Horizon 6 for Linux Desktop
- Overview of Configuration Steps for Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- System Requirements for Horizon 6 for Linux
- Create a Virtual Machine and Install Linux
- Prepare a Linux Guest Operating System for Remote Desktop Deployment
- Install View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Create a Desktop Pool That Contains Linux Virtual Machines
- Upgrade View Agent on a Linux Virtual Machine
- Configuring Linux Machines for 3D Graphics
- 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 PowerCLI Script to Clone Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample PowerCLI Script to Install View Agent on Linux Desktops
- Sample PowerCLI Script to Upgrade View Agent on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample PowerCLI Script to Perform Operations on Linux Desktop Machines
- Sample PowerShell Script to Delete Machines from the Connection Server LDAP Database
- Administering Horizon 6 for Linux Desktops
- Uninstalling and Reinstalling Horizon 6 for Linux Machines
- Configure Lossless PNG Images on Linux Desktops
- Suppress the vSphere Console Display of a Linux Desktop
- Configure a Left-handed Mouse on Ubuntu Desktops
- How to Perform Power Operations on Linux Desktops from vSphere
- Gather Information About Horizon 6 for Linux Software
- Troubleshooting Horizon 6 for Linux
- 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
Configuring Linux Machines for 3D
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You can configure Horizon 6 for Linux virtual machines to use NVIDIA GRID vGPU (shared GPU hardware
acceleration) or Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration (vDGA) on NVIDIA GRID graphics cards that are
installed on ESXi hosts. You can also configure your Linux virtual machines to use Virtual Shared Graphics
Acceleration (vSGA).
The Autofit feature, audio out feature, and multiple monitors are supported on Linux desktops that are
configured to use 3D graphics.
The steps to configure a Linux guest operating system for 3D graphics vary depending on the Linux
distribution.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Configure RHEL 6.6 for NVIDIA GRID vGPU,” on page 19
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“Configure RHEL 6.6 for vDGA,” on page 25
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“Configure RHEL 7.1 for vSGA,” on page 29
Configure RHEL 6.6 for NVIDIA GRID vGPU
You can set up an RHEL 6.6 guest operating system so that a Horizon 6 for Linux desktop can take
advantage of NVIDIA GRID vGPU (shared GPU hardware acceleration) capabilities on the ESXi host.
IMPORTANT NVIDIA GRID 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 GRID vGPU, required configuration
parameters in the xorg.conf file are overwritten, and NVIDIA GRID vGPU does not work. You must install
View Agent after the NVIDIA GRID vGPU configuration is completed.
1 Install the VIB for the NVIDIA Graphics Card on the ESXi Host on page 20
You must download and install the VIB for your NVIDIA GRID graphics card on the ESXi 6.0 U1 or
later host.
2 Configure a Shared PCI Device for vGPU on the Linux Virtual Machine on page 21
To configure a RHEL 6.6 virtual machine to use NVIDIA GRID vGPU, you must configure a shared
PCI device for the virtual machine.
3 Install an NVIDIA Display Driver on RHEL 6.6 on page 22
To install an NVIDIA display driver on a RHEL 6.6 virtual machine, you must disable the default
NVIDIA driver, download the NVIDIA display drivers, and configure the PCI device on the virtual
machine.
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