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==Install NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager on ESXi Host==


# Get version number of latest 'Driver Package' from [https://docs.nvidia.com/grid/latest/product-support-matrix/index.html NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Supported Products]
# Download NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager [https://ui.licensing.nvidia.com/software NVIDIA Licensing Software Downloads]
#:E.g. For NVIDIA vGPU for vSphere 6.7
#:<code>\\10.0.0.222\software\NVIDIA\GRID\10.1\VMware vSphere\NVIDIA-GRID-vSphere-6.7-440.53-440.56-442.06.zip</code>
# Extract the archive
# Ensure SSH is enabled on the ESXi host
# Copy the 'vib' file via SFTP to the ESXi host to the system root '/'
# Put ESXi host into maintenance mode
# SSH onto the ESXi host
# Run the following command:
#: <code>[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib install -v /NVIDIA-VMware_ESXi_6.7_Host_Driver-440.53-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922.x86_64.vib</code>
#: '''IMAGE REQUIRED''' Below is the 'operation finished successfully' message.
#: Installation Result
#:: Message: Operation finished successfully.
#:: Reboot Required: false
#:: VIBs Installed: NVIDIA_bootbank_NVIDIA-VMware_ESXi_6.7_Host_Driver_440.53-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922
#:: VIBs Removed:
#:: VIBs Skipped:
# Restart ESXi host
#: <code>esxcli system shutdown reboot -r NVIDIA_GRID_vib_installation</code>
# 'Exit maintenance mode' on the ESXi host
# Enable SSH on ESXi host
# SSH onto ESXi host
# Run the following command to validate a NVIDIA module is loaded into the kernel:
#: <code>[root@localhost:~] vmkload_mod -l | grep nvidia</code>
#: '''IMAGE REQUIRED''' Expected output:
#: [root@localhost:~] vmkload_mod -l | grep nvidia
#::: nvidia                         35    19360
# Run the following command to validate the 'NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager' is running as expected:
# <code>[root@localhost:~] nvidia-smi</code>
#: '''IMAGE REQUIRED''' Expected output, you can see a 'Quadro RTX 6000' and 24,575 MiB of memory is present:
#:	Mon Mar 23 10:49:18 2020
#:	+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
#:	| NVIDIA-SMI 440.53       Driver Version: 440.53       CUDA Version: N/A      |
#:	|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
#:	| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
#:	| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
#:	|===============================+======================+======================|
#:	|   0  Quadro RTX 6000     On   | 00000000:89:00.0 Off |                  Off |
#:	| 33%   30C    P8    28W / 260W |    179MiB / 24575MiB |      0%      Default |
#:	+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
#:
#:	+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
#:	| Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
#:	|  GPU       PID   Type   Process name                             Usage      |
#:	|=============================================================================|
#:	|    0   2100034      G   Xorg                                           5MiB |
#:	+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

==House Keeping==
# Delete the vib file from the system root
#: <code>[root@localhost:~] rm -f /NVIDIA-VMware_ESXi_6.7_Host_Driver-440.53-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922.x86_64.vib</code>