NVIDIA® Virtual GPU Software Supported Cloud Services
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NVIDIA virtual GPU software is supported on several cloud services with bring your own license (BYOL) licensing and licensing provided by the cloud service.
- Alibaba Cloud
- Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Microsoft Azure
Alibaba Cloud
NVIDIA vGPU and GPU pass through are supported on Alibaba Cloud.
NVIDIA vGPU Support
| GPU | Supported Alibaba Cloud ECS Instances | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A10 | ecs.sgn7i-vws-m2.xlarge ecs.sgn7i-vws-m4.2xlarge ecs.sgn7i-vws-m8.4xlarge ecs.sgn7i-vws-m2s.xlarge ecs.sgn7i-vws-m4s.2xlarge ecs.sgn7i-vws-m8s.4xlarge | Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Data Center (64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 CentOS 8.x (64-bit) CentOS 7.x (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64-bit) Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit) | BYOL |
| Tesla T4 | ecs.vgn6i-m4.xlarge ecs.vgn6i-m8.2xlarge |
GPU Pass Through Support
| GPU | Supported Alibaba Cloud ECS Instances | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Data Center (64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1607, 1709 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 CentOS 8.x (64-bit) CentOS 7.x (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64-bit) Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (64-bit) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit) | BYOL |
| 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 | ||
| Tesla V100 | ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge ecs.gn6v-c8g1.8xlarge ecs.gn6v-c8g1.16xlarge |
Related Alibaba Cloud Documentation
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)
Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS EC2)
Only GPU pass through is supported on AWS EC2.
GPU Pass Through Support
| 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 Amazon Linux 2.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2+ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | Provided by AWS |
| NVIDIA L4 | g6.xlarge g6.2xlarge g6.4xlarge g6.8xlarge g6.16xlarge gr6.4xlarge gr6.8xlarge g6.12xlarge g6.24xlarge g6.48xlarge | ||
| Tesla M60 | g3.4xlarge g3.8xlarge g3.16xlarge g3s.xlarge | ||
| Tesla T4 | g4dn.xlarge g4dn.2xlarge g4dn.4xlarge g4dn.8xlarge g4dn.12xlarge g4dn.16xlarge | ||
| Tesla M60 | g3.4xlarge g3.8xlarge g3.16xlarge g3s.xlarge | Windows Server 2022 Amazon Linux 2.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2+ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | BYOL |
| Tesla T4 | g4dn.xlarge g4dn.2xlarge g4dn.4xlarge g4dn.8xlarge g4dn.12xlarge g4dn.16xlarge | ||
| Tesla V100 | P3.2xlarge P3.8xlarge P3.16xlarge |
Related AWS EC2 Documentation
Linux Accelerated Computing Instances
Windows Accelerated Computing Instances
Amazon EC2 G5 Instances
Related NVIDIA Knowledge Base Articles
Known issue: NVIDIA vGPU software graphics driver installation fails on some Amazon Linux2 instances
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Only GPU pass through is supported on GCP.
GPU Pass Through Support
| GPU | Supported GCP Instances | Supported Guest Operating Systems | NVIDIA Licensing |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA L4 | The following predefined machine types:
Any custom machine type that can be created in a zone | Microsoft Windows 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Debian 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2+ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | Provided by GCP BYOL |
| Tesla P4 | The nvidia-tesla-p4-vws predefined machine type Any custom machine type that can be created in a zone | ||
| Tesla P100 | The nvidia-tesla-p100-vws predefined machine type Any custom machine type that can be created in a zone | ||
| Tesla T4 | The nvidia-tesla-t4-vws predefined machine type Any custom machine type that can be created in a zone | ||
| Tesla V100 | The nvidia-tesla-v100 predefined machine type Any custom machine type that can be created in a zone | Microsoft Windows 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Debian 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2+ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | BYOL only |
Related GCP Documentation
NVIDIA and Google Cloud Platform
GPUs on Compute Engine
Microsoft Azure
GPU-P and GPU pass through are supported on Microsoft Azure.
GPU-P Support
| 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 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | Provided by Microsoft Azure |
GPU Pass Through Support
| 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 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2+ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | Provided by Microsoft Azure |
| Tesla T4 | NC4as_T4_v3 NC8as_T4_v3 NC16as_T4_v3 NC64as_T4_v3 | ||
| Tesla M60 | NV6 NV12 NV24 NV12s_v3 NV24s_v3 NV48s_v3 | Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2+ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | BYOL |
| Tesla P40 | ND6s ND12s ND24s | ||
| Tesla P100 | NC6s_v2 NC12s_v2 NC24s_v2 | ||
| Tesla V100 | NC6s_v3 NC12s_v3 NC24s_v3 |
Related Microsoft Azure Documentation
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
Related NVIDIA Knowledge Base Articles
Known issue: Microsoft Azure Linux image fails to acquire an NVIDIA virtual GPU software license