nvidia tesla m2090 on esxi 6.5 passthrough to windows vm get code 10

[terencechuen]

I test esxi 6.5 for my project,I install it in my Dell R720 server and have a nvidia tesla m2090 GPU Accelerator Card installed in Dell R720.

I want passthrough this card to my windows VM running on esxi 6.5.

After I install tesla lastest driver in windows 10,I get code 10 and the card can not work.

I can't find any setting in R720 BIOS configuration interface about PCI or GPU card.The esxi 6.5 can identified that but GPU memory is displayed as 0MB

esxi 6.5 does not support m2090? Or I missing something?

[TheBobkin]

Hello,

Apologies I do not have lab access at the moment but it would go something like:

-Have VT-d enabled in your bios and make sure all of your hardware supports it

-Select VM > Configuration > Advanced Settings > DirectPath I/O Configuration

-Set-up the VM using Edit Settings > Add Hardware > PCI/PCIe Device

I am unaware of what differences in these steps may be involved in 6.5.

Here is an example guide of configuring a GPU for passthrough to a VM:

https://calebcoffie.com/amd-r-x-gpu-passthrough-on-vmware-esxi/

Bob

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[TheBobkin · Accepted solution]

From further reading it appears code 10 is mainly due to driver &/or issues so maybe try some different drivers &/or check the compatibility of the BIOS with the driver & BIOS settings on the Windows machine before adding the card.

Also some additional steps resources that might be of assistance:

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/troubleshooting-gpu-passthrough-esxi-6-5.12631/

From the above thread it seems a lot of people require to add this also when using Nvidia devices:

Righ-click VM > Edit Settings > VM Options > Advanced > Edit Configuration > Add Parameter:

hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE"

Bob

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[terencechuen]

awesome! Thank you TheBobkin​

I sure has been enabled VT-d because in R720 there is no independent setting for VT-d,only need to open the CPU virtualization technology.

And last I try add this configuration:"hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE"" in Advanced,it work!

thanks again.