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Requirements for All Types of 3D Rendering
To enable 3D graphics rendering, your pool deployment must meet the following requirements:
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The virtual machines must be Windows 7 or later.
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The pool must use PCoIP or VMware Blast Extreme as the default display protocol.
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Users must not be allowed to choose their own protocol.
IMPORTANT When you configure or edit the 3D Renderer setting, you must power off existing virtual
machines, verify that the machines are reconfigured in vCenter Server, and power on the machines to cause
the new setting to take effect. Restarting a virtual machine does not cause the new setting to take effect.
Additional Requirements for NVIDIA GRID vGPU
With NVIDIA GRID vGPU, a single physical GPU on an ESXi host can be shared among virtual machines.
To support this type of shared GPU hardware acceleration, a pool must meet these additional requirements:
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The virtual machines must run on ESXi 6.0 or later hosts, be virtual hardware version 11 or later, and be
managed by vCenter Server 6.0 or later software.
You must configure the parent virtual machine or the virtual machine template to use a shared PCI
device before you create the desktop pool in View. For detailed instructions, see the NVIDIA GRID
vGPU Deployment Guide for VMware Horizon 6.1.
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You must install graphics drivers from the GPU vendor in the guest operating system of the virtual
machine.
NOTE For a list of supported GPU hardware, see the VMware Hardware Compatibility List at
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.
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You must set the 3D Renderer option in View Administrator to NVIDIA GRID vGPU.
Additional Requirements for AMD Multiuser GPU using vDGA
With AMD Multiuser GPU using vDGA, multiple virtual machines to share an AMD GPU by making the
GPU appear as multiple PCI passthrough devices. To support this type of shared GPU hardware
acceleration, a pool must meet these additional requirements:
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The virtual machines must run on ESXi 6.0 or later hosts, be virtual hardware version 11 or later, and be
managed by vCenter Server 6.0 or later software.
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You must enable GPU pass-through on the ESXi hosts, configure AMD SR-IOV (Single Root I/O
Virtualization), and configure the individual virtual machines to use dedicated PCI devices. See
“Preparing to Use the Capabilities of AMD Multiuser GPU Using vDGA,” on page 154.
NOTE Only manual desktop pools are supported for this release.
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You must install graphics drivers from the GPU vendor in the guest operating system of the virtual
machine.
NOTE For a list of supported GPU hardware, see the VMware Hardware Compatibility List at
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.
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You must set the 3D Renderer option in View Administrator to Manage using vSphere Client.
Setting Up Desktop and Application Pools in View
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