This is an advanced scenario that requires additional hardware and configuration steps.
This document describes two deployment scenarios:
It includes NVIDIA Enterprise AI Suite, VMware vSphere® 7 Update 3a and VMware vCenter® 7 Update 3a, and vSphere with VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ Service. Access NVIDIA Control Panel and enter license server information.This deployment guide illustrates the prerequisites and processes for setting up the newly introduced AI-Ready Enterprise Platform from NVIDIA and VMware.
Configure domain and other network settings, as needed.This method is for creating a template VM or a small manual pool of dedicated desktops.
After the NVIDIA driver is installed, vCenter Server console will display a black screen. Choose one of the following methods to install the NVIDIA Guest Driver.Make sure it matches the version of the installed NVIDIA VIB on ESXi. Download the NVIDIA Guest Driver installer package to the VM.For sizing guidelines, see the NVIDIA vGPU Deployment Guide for VMware Horizon 7.5 on vSphere 6.7 document. Select the appropriate GPU Profile for your use case.You can also modify this setting in the VM Memory settings. Expand New PCI Device and click Reserve all guest memory. PCI devices require reserving guest memory. In the vSphere Web Client, edit the VM settings and add a shared PCI device.Update VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware (vSphere Compatability) for the template or each VM that will use vGPU.For instance, the NVIDIA ESXi 6.5 VIB works with ESXi 6.5U2, but will not work with ESXi 6.7. VIBs are compatible with major version releases. Download the NVIDIA vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) for the appropriate version of ESXi.Install the graphics card in the ESXi host. Verify the host machine is supported in the VMware Compatibility Guide, and check with the vendor to verify the host meets power and configuration requirements.
For complete information and detailed procedures, see NVIDIA GRID vGPU Deployment Guide for VMware Horizon 6.1. NVIDIA GRID vGPU provides direct access to the physical GPU on an ESXi host, allowing multiple VMs to share a single GPU using vendor graphics card drivers.įollow these instructions to configure VMs and ESXi hosts to create NVIDIA GRID vGPU-enabled desktop pools in Horizon 7.