User VM deployment

Nvidia: Landing Page : GRID 10.1 VMware stack installation and testing

Deploy Windows 10

1. Deploy a Windows 10 VM

   Ensure 'Reserve all guess memory (all locked) is set)

2. Install VMware Tools
3. Allow remote users to connect to this computer
4. Set correct timezone
5. Run Windows updates, in our example we updated to 1903

Edit VM

1. Power off VM
2. In vCenter server, edit the Windows 10 VM virtual hardware
3. 'Add New Device'
4. Select 'Shared PCI Device'
5. Expand 'PCI device 0', 'NVIDIA GRID vGPU' will be selected
6. Select the desired 'GPU Profile', e.g. grid_rtx6000-8q

   The number before the letter is the frame buffer size

   The letter at the end is the required licence:

   Q - Quadro vDWS

   C - vComputeServer or Quadro vDWS

   B - GRID Virtual PC or Quadro vDWS

   A - GRID Virtual Application

   

7. Remove the SVGA device:

   Edit\VM Options\Advanced\Edit Configuration\svga.present\FALSE

8. Ensure 'Reserve all guest memory (All locked)' is selected under 'Memory'
9. Power on the VM

Install Windows Drivers

1. Login to the Windows 10 VM via RDP
2. Copy the Windows drivers to the VM desktop

   Drivers are located in the 'NVIDA Virtual GRPU Manager' archive as covered in GRID: NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager on ESXi host

   In our case the driver is called: '442.06_grid_win10_server2016_server2019_64bit_international.exe'

3. Install the driver
4. Restart VM
5. Open 'Device Manager'

   devmgmt.msc

   Under 'Display adaptors', an 'NVIDIA GRID RTX6000-8Q' will now be present

Add Licence Server Settings

1. Right click the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel
2. Under Licensing\Manage License add the license server and port number. Default value: 7070
3. A green circle and tick will appear at the top if successful stating a message similar to the following depending on license:

   'Your system is licensed for Quadro Virtual Data Center Workstation'