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Release Notes#

These Release Notes summarize current status, information on validated platforms, and known issues with NVIDIA vGPU software and associated hardware on Linux with KVM.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Driver Versions#

Each release in this release family of NVIDIA vGPU software includes a specific version of the NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager, NVIDIA Windows driver, and NVIDIA Linux driver.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Version

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager Version

NVIDIA Windows Driver Version

NVIDIA Linux Driver Version

20.2

595.91.04

596.86

595.91.07

20.1

595.71.03

596.36

595.71.05

20.0

595.58.02

595.97

595.58.03

For details of which Linux with KVM releases are supported, see Hypervisor Software Releases.

Compatibility Requirements for the NVIDIA vGPU Manager and Guest VM Driver#

The releases of the NVIDIA vGPU Manager and guest VM drivers that you install must be compatible. If you install an incompatible guest VM driver release for the release of the vGPU Manager that you are using, the NVIDIA vGPU fails to load.

See VM running an incompatible NVIDIA vGPU guest driver fails to initialize vGPU when booted.

Note

You must use NVIDIA License System with every release in this release family of NVIDIA vGPU software. All releases in this release family of NVIDIA vGPU software are incompatible with all releases of the NVIDIA vGPU software license server.

Compatible NVIDIA vGPU Manager and Guest VM Driver Releases#

The following combinations of NVIDIA vGPU Manager and guest VM driver releases are compatible with each other.

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager with guest VM drivers from the same release

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager with guest VM drivers from different releases within the same major release branch

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from a later major release branch with guest VM drivers from the previous branch

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from a later long-term support branch with guest VM drivers from the previous long-term support branch

Note

When NVIDIA vGPU Manager is used with guest VM drivers from a different release within the same branch or from the previous branch, the combination supports only the features, hardware, and software (including guest OSes) that are supported on both releases.

For example, if vGPU Manager from release 20.2 is used with guest drivers from release 16.4, the combination does not support Windows Server 2019 because NVIDIA vGPU software release 20.2 does not support Windows Server 2019.

The following table lists the specific software releases that are compatible with the components in the NVIDIA vGPU software 20 major release branch.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Component

Releases

Compatible Software Releases

NVIDIA vGPU Manager

20.0 through 20.2

  • Guest VM driver releases 20.0 through 20.2

  • All guest VM driver 19.<x> releases

  • All guest VM driver 19.<x> releases

Guest VM drivers

20.0 through 20.2

NVIDIA vGPU Manager releases 20.0 through 20.2

Incompatible NVIDIA vGPU Manager and Guest VM Driver Releases#

The following combinations of NVIDIA vGPU Manager and guest VM driver releases are incompatible with each other.

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from a later major release branch with guest VM drivers from a production branch two or more major releases before the release of the vGPU Manager

  • NVIDIA vGPU Manager from an earlier major release branch with guest VM drivers from a later branch

The following table lists the specific software releases that are incompatible with the components in the NVIDIA vGPU software 20 major release branch.

NVIDIA vGPU Software Component

Releases

Incompatible Software Releases

NVIDIA vGPU Manager

20.0 through 20.2

All guest VM driver releases 18.<x> and earlier, except 19.<x> releases

Guest VM drivers

20.0 through 20.2

All NVIDIA vGPU Manager releases 19.<x> and earlier

Updates in Release 20.2#

New Features in Release 20.2#

  • Security updates

    When these updates are disclosed, full details are provided in a new public NVIDIA GPU Display Driver security bulletin, which is listed on the NVIDIA Product Security page. To be notified of the availability of this and future bulletins, use the link on the NVIDIA Product Security page to subscribe to receive email notifications of security bulletin updates.

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 20.2

Updates in Release 20.1#

New Features in Release 20.1#

  • Security updates

    When these updates are disclosed, full details are provided in a new public NVIDIA GPU Display Driver security bulletin, which is listed on the NVIDIA Product Security page. To be notified of the availability of this and future bulletins, use the link on the NVIDIA Product Security page to subscribe to receive email notifications of security bulletin updates.

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 20.1

Updates in Release 20.0#

New Features in Release 20.0#

  • Support for the fixed share scheduler for time-sliced vGPUs with different amounts of frame buffer on the same physical GPU

  • Support for the Wayland display server protocol

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes as explained in Issues Resolved in Release 20.0

Newly Supported Hardware and Software in Release 20.0#

  • Newly supported graphics cards:

    • NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition liquid cooled

    • NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition

  • Newly supported generic Linux with KVM platforms:

    • Verge.io VergeOS

Feature Support Withdrawn in Release 20.0#

  • Disabling strict round robin policy is no longer supported.

  • The following graphics cards are no longer supported:

    • Tesla M10

    • Tesla V100 SXM2

    • Tesla V100 SXM2 32GB

    • Tesla V100 PCIe

    • Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB

    • Tesla V100S PCIe 32GB

    • Tesla V100 FHHL

    • Quadro RTX 6000

    • Quadro RTX 6000 passive

    • Quadro RTX 8000

    • Quadro RTX 8000 passive