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NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Documentation | NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Workspace Documentation
NVIDIA virtual GPU software is supported on several cloud services with bring your own license (BYOL) licensing and licensing provided by the cloud service.
NVIDIA vGPU and GPU pass through are supported on Alibaba Cloud.
| GPU | Supported Alibaba Cloud ECS Instances | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla P4 |
ecs.vgn5i-m1.large ecs.vgn5i-m2.xlarge ecs.vgn5i-m4.2xlarge ecs.vgn5i-m8.4xlarge |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 CentOS 7.x (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4/12 SP2 (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit) |
BYOL |
| Tesla T4 |
ecs.vgn6i-m4.xlarge ecs.vgn6i-m8.2xlarge |
| GPU | Supported Alibaba Cloud ECS Instances | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla P4 |
ecs.gn5i-c2g1.large ecs.gn5i-c4g1.xlarge ecs.gn5i-c8g1.2xlarge ecs.gn5i-c16g1.4xlarge ecs.gn5i-c16g1.8xlarge ecs.gn5i-c28g1.14xlarge |
Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 CentOS 7.x (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4/7.5 (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4/12 SP2 (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit) |
BYOL |
| Tesla P100 |
ecs.gn5-c4g1.xlarge ecs.gn5-c8g1.2xlarge ecs.gn5-c4g1.2xlarge ecs.gn5-c8g1.4xlarge ecs.gn5-c28g1.7xlarge ecs.gn5-c8g1.8xlarge ecs.gn5-c28g1.14xlarge ecs.gn5-c8g1.14xlarge |
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| Tesla T4 |
ecs.gn6i-c4g1.xlarge ecs.gn6i-c8g1.2xlarge ecs.gn6i-c16g1.4xlarge ecs.gn6i-c24g1.6xlarge ecs.gn6i-c24g1.12xlarge ecs.gn6i-c24g1.24xlarge ecs.gn6i-c32g1.8xlarge ecs.gn6i-c48g1.12xlarge ecs.gn6i-c72g1.18xlarge |
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| Tesla V100 |
ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge ecs.gn6v-c8g1.8xlarge ecs.gn6v-c8g1.16xlarge |
Create a compute
optimized instance with GPU
vgn5i,
light-weight compute optimized type family with GPU
Install the GPU
driver
Install a GRID driver in a GPU-equipped ECS instance (Linux)
Only GPU pass through is supported on AWS EC2.
| GPU | Supported AWS EC2 Instances | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A10 |
g5.xlarge g5.2xlarge g5.4xlarge g5.8xlarge g5.16xlarge g5.12xlarge g5.24xlarge g5.48xlarge |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 CentOS 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3+ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
Provided by AWS |
| Tesla M60 |
g3.4xlarge g3.8xlarge g3.16xlarge g3s.xlarge |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 CentOS 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3+ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
Provided by AWS |
| Tesla T4 |
g4dn.xlarge g4dn.2xlarge g4dn.4xlarge g4dn.8xlarge g4dn.12xlarge g4dn.16xlarge |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 CentOS 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3+ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
|
| Tesla M60 |
g3.4xlarge g3.8xlarge g3.16xlarge g3s.xlarge |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 CentOS 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3+ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
BYOL |
| Tesla T4 |
g4dn.xlarge g4dn.2xlarge g4dn.4xlarge g4dn.8xlarge g4dn.12xlarge g4dn.16xlarge |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 CentOS 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3+ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
|
| Tesla V100 |
P3.2xlarge P3.8xlarge P3.16xlarge |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 CentOS 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3+ Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS |
Linux Accelerated Computing Instances
Windows Accelerated Computing Instances
Amazon EC2 G5
Instances
Known issue: NVIDIA vGPU software graphics driver installation fails on some Amazon Linux2 instances
Only GPU pass through is supported on GCP.
| GPU | Supported GCP Instances | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tesla P4 |
Any custom machine type that can be created in a zone |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS/18.04 LTS (64-bit) |
Provided by GCP |
|
Tesla P100 |
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Tesla T4 |
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Tesla P4 |
Any custom machine type that can be created in a zone |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS/18.04 LTS (64-bit) |
BYOL |
|
Tesla P100 |
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|
Tesla T4 |
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|
Tesla V100 |
NVIDIA and Google Cloud
Platform
GPUs on
Compute Engine
GPU-P and GPU pass through are supported on Microsoft Azure.
| GPU | Supported Microsoft Azure VM Sizes | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A10 |
Standard_NV6ads_A10_v5 Standard_NV12ads_A10_v5 Standard_NV18ads_A10_v5 Standard_NV36ads_A10_v5 Standard_NV36adms_A10_v5 Standard_NV72ads_A10_v5 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit) |
Provided by Microsoft Azure |
| GPU | Supported Microsoft Azure VM Sizes | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla M60 |
NV6 NV12 NV24 NV12s_v3 NV24s_v3 NV48s_v3 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit) |
Provided by Microsoft Azure |
| Tesla T4 |
NC4as_T4_v3 NC8as_T4_v3 NC16as_T4_v3 NC64as_T4_v3 |
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| Tesla M60 |
NV6 NV12 NV24 NV12s_v3 NV24s_v3 NV48s_v3 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit) |
BYOL |
| Tesla P40 |
ND6s ND12s ND24s |
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| Tesla P100 |
NC6s_v2 NC12s_v2 NC24s_v2 |
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| Tesla V100 |
NC6s_v3 NC12s_v3 NC24s_v3 |
NVadsA10 v5-series virtual machines
GPU optimized virtual machine sizes
NVIDIA GPU Driver Extension for Windows
NVIDIA GPU Driver Extension for Linux
Install NVIDIA GPU drivers on N-series VMs running Windows
Install NVIDIA GPU drivers on N-series VMs running Linux
Known issue: Microsoft Azure Linux image fails to acquire an NVIDIA virtual GPU software license