PCIe Passthrough in ESXi 7

cjnot — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:02:14 GMT

I am having an issue with PCIe passthrough in ESXi 7.

I have both an NVidia and AMD GPU in the server. The AMD GPU was exhibiting the symptom noted here: https://tinkertry.com/vmware-vsphere-esxi-7-gpu-passthrough-ui-bug-workaround

Executing the workaround in that post solved the issue for the AMD GPU, but for the NVidia GPU, it just stays in the "Enabled / Needs Reboot" state.

I have tried disabling the AMD GPU and the NVidia GPU remains in this state - toggling passthrough does not affect the behavior.

Is there something new in ESXi 7 that keeps two different GPUs from being passed through simultaneously in ESXi7? Is this a known issue that support can provide a patch/workaround for?

Figured I would check here to see if I'm missing something before I open a ticket.

Re: PCIe Passthrough in ESXi 7

iSawad — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:53:26 GMT

Hi cjnot,

I know it way too late to replay to your question but I thought may other benefit from my answer.

I convert my PC at home to a server and installed ESXI 7.0 U2.

I have single AMD GPU in the server. The AMD GPU was exhibiting the symptom noted in the link you provided but when I move the host display to motherboard HDMI the AMD GPU stayed active after rebooting.

Now I'm trying to get display from Mac OS guest through the GPU.

which me luck

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