Installing NVIDIA vGPU Guest Driver

Guest VM owner task: install the NVIDIA vGPU Guest Driver in each virtual machine to enable GPU access. The process is the same for vGPU, Passthrough, and bare-metal. This step assumes the hypervisor administrator has completed Host Setup and the VM has been created and booted.

This section assumes:

• You have downloaded the vGPU for Compute Guest Driver from NVIDIA NGC Catalog

• The Guest VM has been created and booted on the hypervisor

Table 47 Guest Operating System Installation Instructions for the NVIDIA vGPU for Compute Guest Driver

Guest Operating System	Installation Instructions
Ubuntu	Installing the NVIDIA vGPU for Compute Guest Driver on Ubuntu from a Debian Package
Red Hat	Installing the NVIDIA vGPU for Compute Guest Driver on Red Hat Distributions from an RPM Package
Windows	Installing the NVIDIA vGPU for Compute Guest Driver and NVIDIA Control Panel
Other Linux distributions	Installing the NVIDIA vGPU for Compute Guest Driver on a Linux VM from a .run Package

After installation, license each guest VM through the NVIDIA License System for full capability. Refer to Licensing vGPU VMs. Then configure vGPU profiles per Configuration.

Related Topics

• Host Setup — hypervisor-side prerequisite (Virtual GPU Manager + Fabric Manager)

• Licensing vGPU VMs — connect the VM to NVIDIA License System after driver install

• AI Enterprise Workload Setup — GPU Operator and AI Enterprise application containers (after licensing)

• Configuring NVIDIA vGPU for Compute — create vGPU devices (MIG-backed or time-sliced) and assign them to VMs