GPU support and Nvidia Grid vGPU

Tristis Oris

msupport thank you. Will try to play with it.

msupport

Tristis Oris
The download will be available for 3 days...

mgformula1

i have followed the documentation however for some reason the VMs wont power on with a vGPU profile attached. We are testing with NVidia M10 GPUs. I'm using xcp-ng 8.3 and NVidia host driver 17.1, also tried 17.2 and 17.3

This is the error

{
  "id": "0m369opsm",
  "properties": {
    "method": "vm.start",
    "params": {
      "id": "b8c94655-5801-21ee-7eb0-788a58b57736",
      "bypassMacAddressesCheck": false,
      "force": false
    },
    "name": "API call: vm.start",
    "userId": "2c8c735d-5369-4a91-8433-b9f94e6eb394",
    "type": "api.call"
  },
  "start": 1730921023894,
  "status": "failure",
  "updatedAt": 1730921066138,
  "end": 1730921066138,
  "result": {
    "code": "FAILED_TO_START_EMULATOR",
    "params": [
      "OpaqueRef:f3f7d9f6-9dc7-772e-ddfe-c1ed19f1aeff",
      "vgpu",
      "Device.Dm.start_vgpu: emulator failed to start for domain 1"
    ],
    "call": {
      "method": "VM.start",
      "params": [
        "OpaqueRef:f3f7d9f6-9dc7-772e-ddfe-c1ed19f1aeff",
        false,
        false
      ]
    },
    "message": "FAILED_TO_START_EMULATOR(OpaqueRef:f3f7d9f6-9dc7-772e-ddfe-c1ed19f1aeff, vgpu, Device.Dm.start_vgpu: emulator failed to start for domain 1)",
    "name": "XapiError",
    "stack": "XapiError: FAILED_TO_START_EMULATOR(OpaqueRef:f3f7d9f6-9dc7-772e-ddfe-c1ed19f1aeff, vgpu, Device.Dm.start_vgpu: emulator failed to start for domain 1)\n    at Function.wrap (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/xen-api/_XapiError.mjs:16:12)\n    at file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/xen-api/transports/json-rpc.mjs:38:21\n    at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:60:5)\n    at processImmediate (node:internal/timers:447:9)\n    at process.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:128:17)"

host output

mgformula1

i also performed a clean install of 8.2, same power on issue when a vGPU profile is attached.

timemaster5

msupport said in GPU support and Nvidia Grid vGPU:

Tristis Oris
The driver version 17.1 worked for me, 17.2 and 17.3 crashed the Windows drivers
https://we.tl/t-VozEeV8TFB

May I ask for a re-up? For some reason, I don't see version 17 in my Nvidia Licensing Portal The latest is 16

Tristis Oris

timemaster5 https://file.io/8aVNWXPX4uAT

timemaster5

Tristis Oris thanks a lot, but is says: The transfer you requested has been deleted. sorry for troubles

Tristis Oris

timemaster5 omg. i suppose it removed by legal reasons. i can upload somewhere else, but have no idea.

timemaster5

Tristis Oris sharing my google drive link via chat... should be easy to upload it there

ATSandrearicci

Let me update the procedure with my experience:

install XCP-NG 8.3
download XenServer Driver Nvidia 16.9 (latest supported by y M60)
unzip driver and copy host driver (NVIDIA-vGPU-xenserver-8-535.230.02.x86_64.iso) I used winscp to copy the driver to the tmp directory.
download XenServer iso file (https://www.xenserver.com/downloads | XenServer8_2024-12-09.iso)
copy the file (vgpu-7.4.16-1.xs8.x86_64.rpm) in the packages directory
yum localinstall vgpu-7.4.16-1.xs8.x86_64.rpm
yum localinstall NVIDIA-vGPU-xenserver-8-535.230.02.x86_64.rpm
reboot
install guest driver on the VM client (539.19_grid_win10_win11_server2019_server2022_dch_64bit_international.exe)

I preferred to use yum localinstall to be able to remove or update packages faster.

I have a question regarding vGPU, why i have profiles where i can have up to 4 heads? I don't have any option to add more than one display and i don't even understand how can i use them.
Thanks for the procedure, i'm a total newbie with vGPu.

msupport

ATSandrearicci
Check the compatibility

You must configure the license for the client on the license server:

On the windows 11 client in the Nvidia control panel you have to specify the license server:

Check the authorization on the file: