NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Documentation - v5.0 through 5.4 Revision 04 (all) - Last updated May 11, 2020 - Send Feedback -
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Documentation v5.0 through 5.4 Revision 04
Learn how to use NVIDIA® Quadro® Virtual Data Center Workstation (Quadro vDWS), NVIDIA GRID™ Virtual PC, and GRID Virtual Applications.
- Supported Products
- An at-a-glance summary of supported hardware, hypervisor software versions, and guest operating system (OS) releases for this release of NVIDIA virtual GPU software.
- Quick Start Guide
- Documentation for system administrators that provides minimal instructions for installing and configuring NVIDIA virtual GPU software.
Hypervisor Release Notes
- Citrix XenServer
- Current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA virtual GPU software and hardware on Citrix XenServer.
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA virtual GPU software and hardware on Microsoft Windows Server.
- Nutanix AHV
- Current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA virtual GPU software and hardware on Nutanix AHV.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM
- Current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA virtual GPU software and hardware on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM.
- VMware vSphere
- Current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA virtual GPU software and hardware on VMware vSphere.
Virtual GPU and Pass-Through GPU
- Virtual GPU Software User Guide
- NVIDIA virtual GPU software enables multiple virtual machines (VMs) to have simultaneous, direct access to a single physical GPU, using the same NVIDIA graphics drivers that are deployed on non-virtualized operating systems.
- gpumodeswitch User Guide
- NVIDIA virtual GPU requires GPUs that support compute mode and graphics mode to operate in graphics mode. If your GPU supports both modes but is supplied in compute mode, you must use gpumodeswitch to change the mode of the GPU to graphics mode.
Virtual GPU Licensing
See NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software License Server Documentation to find the documentation for the release of the license server that you are using.
- Client Licensing User Guide
- NVIDIA® Quadro® Virtual Data Center Workstation (Quadro vDWS), NVIDIA GRID™ Virtual PC, and GRID Virtual Applications are available as licensed products on NVIDIA Tesla™ GPUs. To enable the full features of the vGPU, configure the licensing for these products. vGPUs that require licensing run at a reduced capability until a license is acquired.
Virtual GPU Software Management
See NVIDIA Virtual GPU Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Documentation to find the documentation for the release of the NVIDIA Virtual GPU Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations that you are using.
- Management SDK User Guide
- The NVIDIA virtual GPU software management SDK enables third party applications to monitor and control all NVIDIA physical GPUs and virtual GPUs that are running on virtualization hosts.