GPU support and Nvidia Grid vGPU
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Installation instructions XCP-NG (RC1) Nvidia M10 | A16 GPU
- install XCP-NG 8.3 RC1
- download XenServer Driver Nvidia 17.1 (NVIDIA-GRID-XenServer-8-550.54.16-550.54.15-551.78)
- unzip driver and copy host driver (NVIDIA-vGPU-xenserver-8-550.54.16.x86_64.iso) I used winscp to copy the driver to the tmp directory.
- download XenServer iso file (https://www.xenserver.com/downloads | XenServer8_2024-06-03.iso)
- copy the file (vgpu-7.4.13-1.xs8.x86_64.rpm) in the packages directory ! Do not use CitrixHypervisor-8.2.0-install-cd file vgpu-7.4.8-1.x86_64
- unpack file vgpu-7.4.13-1.xs8.x86_64
- copy the file \usr\lib64\xen\bin\vgpu (size 129KB) to \usr\lib64\xen\bin\ on your XCP-NG host (chmod 755)
- (putty) /tmp/ xe-install-supplemental-pack NVIDIA-vGPU-xenserver-8-550.54.16.x86_64.iso
- reboot
- install guest driver on the VM client (551.78_grid_win10_win11_server2022_dch_64bit_international.exe)
- token file from Nvidia (C:\Program Files\Nvidia Corporation\vGPU Licensing\ClientConfigToken*.tok)
Nvidia drivers 17.2 and 17.3 do not work yet (Guest driver crashes)
I will stay tuned and inform you about new findingsHave fun
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@olivierlambert
Thanks for the hint, that helped me a lot -
Thank you very much!
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@msupport Many thanks for your write-up! Have you experienced any issues communicating with the NVIDIA license server?
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I also used instructions from @msupport
https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/8987/vgpu-nvidia-tesla-p4-xcp-ng-8-3-beta-2?_=1721015408249
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@tjkreidl
Nvidia licence server works perfectly so far -
i can't find where to get this new nvidia driver. Tesla V100.
upd
looks the only way is license portal https://nvid.nvidia.com/. sad. -
@Tristis-Oris
The driver version 17.1 worked for me, 17.2 and 17.3 crashed the Windows drivers
https://we.tl/t-VozEeV8TFB -
@msupport thank you. Will try to play with it.
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@Tristis-Oris
The download will be available for 3 days...