VMware vSphere ESXi Support

Driver Package	Hypervisor or Bare-Metal OS	Software Product Deployment	Hardware Supported	Guest OS Support[1], [2], [3]	Supported Virtualization Products[4], [5]
NVIDIA vGPU for vSphere 9.0[6]	ESXi 9.0	NVIDIA vGPU VMware vDGA	L2 L4 L20 L20 liquid cooled L40 L40S RTX 5000 Ada RTX 5880 Ada RTX 6000 Ada Since 19.2: RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition[7] A2 A10 A16 A40[8] M10 T4 V100 RTX A5000[8] RTX A5500[8] RTX A6000[8] RTX 6000, RTX 6000 passive, RTX 8000, RTX 8000 passive[8]	Since 19.4: Windows 11 25H2[9] 19.0-19.3 only: Windows 11 24H2[9] Windows 10 22H2[10]	Horizon Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops HP Anyware[11]
				Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022	Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops RDSH HP Anyware[11]
				Debian 12 Red Hat CoreOS 4.11 Since 19.6: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8, 9.7, 9.6, 9.4[12] 19.4, 19.5 only: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7, 9.6, 9.4[12] 19.0-19.3 only: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6, 9.4[12] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 Since 19.5: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 Since 19.5: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Since 19.5: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 19.0-19.4 only: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Since 19.6: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	Horizon HP Anyware[11]
NVIDIA vGPU for vSphere 8.0[6], [14]	ESXi 8.0	NVIDIA vGPU VMware vDGA	L2 L4 L20 L20 liquid cooled L40 L40S RTX 5000 Ada RTX 5880 Ada RTX 6000 Ada RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition[15] A2 A10 A16 A40[8] M10 T4 V100 RTX A5000[8] RTX A5500[8] RTX A6000[8] RTX 6000, RTX 6000 passive, RTX 8000, RTX 8000 passive[8]	Since 19.4: Windows 11 25H2[9] 19.0-19.3 only: Windows 11 24H2[9] Windows 10 22H2[10]	Horizon Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops HP Anyware[11]
				Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022	Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops RDSH HP Anyware[11]
				Debian 12 Red Hat CoreOS 4.11 Since 19.6: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8, 9.7, 9.6, 9.4[12] 19.4, 19.5 only: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7, 9.6, 9.4[12] 19.0-19.3 only: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6, 9.4[12] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 Since 19.5: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0[13] Since 19.5: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Since 19.5: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 19.0-19.4 only: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Since 19.6: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	Horizon HP Anyware[11]

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[1]

NVIDIA vGPU software supports only 64-bit guest operating systems. No 32-bit guest operating systems are supported.

[2]

Rocky Linux releases that are compatible with supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases are also supported as a guest OS.

[3]

Support for CentOS Linux releases derived from supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases is deprecated. The following CentOS Linux releases are the last releases to be supported by NVIDIA vGPU software:

• CentOS Linux 7.9

• CentOS Linux 8 (2011)

[4]

Not a complete list. Refer to vendor product documentation for complete support details.

[5]

For supported Horizon versions, see Virtual GPU Software for VMware vSphere Release Notes. For supported Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops versions, see Virtual GPU Software for XenServer Release Notes.

[6] (1,2)

Support for NVIDIA vGPU software requires the vSphere Foundation edition of VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) or a vSphere Enterprise Plus license. For details, see VMware vSphere Product Line Comparison (PDF).

[7]

Support for NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 9.0 requires VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 9.0.1.0 or a later update to release 9.0.

[8] (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

The following GPUs are supported only in displayless mode and do not support physical displays:

• NVIDIA A40

• NVIDIA RTX A5000

• NVIDIA RTX A5500

• NVIDIA RTX A6000

• Quadro RTX 6000

• Quadro RTX 6000 passive

• Quadro RTX 8000

• Quadro RTX 8000 passive

[9] (1,2,3,4)

All Windows 11 releases supported by Microsoft up to and including this release are supported. Windows Enterprise multi-session is not supported.

[10] (1,2)

All Windows 10 releases supported by Microsoft up to and including this release are supported. Windows Enterprise multi-session is not supported.

[11] (1,2,3,4,5,6)

Formerly known as Teradici Cloud Access Software. As of the 22.07 software release, Teradici Cloud Access Software is known as HP Anyware.

[12] (1,2,3,4,5,6)

GPU pass through is not supported.

[13]

Because NVIDIA vGPU software does not support the Wayland display server protocol, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 is supported only in console and command-line interface (CLI) mode.

[14]

Since 19.2: Requires VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)8.0u3 P06 and later updates to release 8.0 unless explicitly stated otherwise. Earlier VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 builds are not supported.

[15]

Support for NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 requires VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8 Update 3g or a later update to release 8.0.