NVIDIA GRID vGPU: 512MB profiles, Win 10, framebuffer – new support article

I’ve been a bit quiet on the blogging front over the last month or so – a long vacation coupled with a slight role change – but also working on some internal support documentation around 512MB profiles which is now published.

As ever the NVIDIA Enterprise Support KB articles are living documents and you should check the main document here: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4238/ at the time of reading for up-to-date NVIDIA sactioned advice.

However I thought it would be nice to highlight the availability and reproduce the article as it stands today. The search facility on the KB system is reasonably good and it’s always worth checking for new articles and searching for answers: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/home/.

NVIDIA GRID – new documentation and videos June/July available!

The NVIDIA Knowledge base is still going from strength to strength.  Since GRID moved to a software and fully-supported enterprise model there has been an acceleration in the information being published there that should carry on long-term.

Known issues, workarounds, how-to-guides and links to other places to find information on NVIDIA products including GRID and vGPU.

Yet MORE NEW articles were released in June/July:

NVIDIA GRID: New knowledge resources – just released!

The NVIDIA Knowledge base is going from strength to strength.  Since GRID moved to a software and fully-supported enterprise model there has been an acceleration in the information being published there that should carry on long-term.

Known issues, workarounds, how-to-guides and links to other places to find information on NVIDIA products including GRID and vGPU.

Yet MORE NEW articles have just been released:

NEW KB Articles – this week!

• A change occurs on the GRID licensing server such as IP address, or a change in account used to manage the licenses on the portal – resulting in error: FNE server is up and running”. May be necessary to delete the trusted store
• FAQs – VMware Blast Extreme and NVIDIA GRID – webinar 22nd March 2016
• End-point monitor / thin-client screen flickers when using NVIDIA GRID vGPU profile insufficient to support end-point native resolution
• Is the NVIDIA M60, K1, K2, K5000, other…. supported by vSphere/XenServer/Other Hypervisor?
• NVIDIA vGPU for XenServer is premium Citrix-licensed feature (includes errors/symptoms if licensing is incorrect)
• Monitoring NVIDIA GRID GPU and CPU metrics for Citrix XenServer including with XenCenter – including is the number of vCPUs per VM correct
• Incorrect BIOS settings on a server when used with a hypervisor can cause MMIO address issues that result in GRID GPUs failing to be recognized.
• Where to find the drivers for NVIDIA GRID 2.0 vGPU and up, including M60 and M6 drivers
• NVIDIA License Server – Changing default management port value
• Can NVIDIA Kepler (e.g. K1 / K2) and Maxwell (e.g. M60 / M6) GPU cards be mixed on a server host?

NEW KB Articles – last week

• Known Issues or Configuration Reasons: OpenGL/DirectX/GPU Acceleration Not Used when using GRID or Quadro products in virtualized environments including VMware and Citrix (links to multiple known issues in other vendors products)
• Monitoring the framebuffer for NVIDIA GRID vGPU and GPU-passthrough
• Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 selecting the wrong display adaptor
• AVID Media Composer requires a certified driver for use with a GPU/vGPU
• Enable GRID GPU acceleration for Adobe Illustrator 2014
• How to Query VBIOS when running vGPU
• What causes error: Source – NVWMI | Level – Warning | Instance and Method provider registration failed – (null) hr=0xFFFFFFFA (-6)?
• Having problems with new M6/M60 like VMs fail to power on, NVRM BAR1 error, ECC is enabled, or nvidia-smi fails (checking cards in graphics not compute mode)

As always I’d recommend a visit to the GRID user forums where you can ask questions with the users who include customers, partners and NVIDIA staff including developers who write the product and support staff: Have a look – HERE!

NVIDIA GRID Knowledge Base – New Articles

Lots of answers and some fascinating tips and how-to-guides on NVIDIA GRID!

Have you visited the NVIDIA Knowledge base recently? Since GRID moved to a software and fully-supported enterprise model there has been an acceleration in the information being published there that should carry on long-term.

Known issues, workarounds, how-to-guides and links to other places to find information on NVIDIA products including GRID and vGPU.