Problem configuring nvidia grid k2

[OleWeel]

Hi,

We are setting up a system with vDGA using nvidia grid k2, but have some issues.

We have one host (Fujitsu Primergy RX2540 M1) with that card, and that esxi host ir unning the following version

View 6.0.1 build-2088845

This information is displayed within vCenter

ESXi 5.5.0 2143827

If i connecto to the ESXi "web" site it says the following version:

You are running Fujitsu Customized Image v320-1 (based on ESXi 5.5 Update 2 VMKernel Release Build 2068190)

We have checked the bios that VT-d is enabled, and if we do a "lspci" on the esxi host we get

0000:04:00.0 Display controller: nVidia Corporation GK104GL [GRID K2]

0000:05:00.0 Display controller: nVidia Corporation GK104GL [GRID K2]

We do not have a module called "vtddmar", im not sure if this is a problem ?

Since we are going to use this as vDGA we dont need to install the nvidia driver for ESXi i guess.

When i check under ESXi host>Manage>PCI Devices I have enabled both GPUs and restarted the host, the status is then "This device is available for VMs to use"

Have added the following to the vm vmx file: pciHole.start = "2048" since the VM has more than 2GB of memory, have added this to the bottom of the vmx file.

When we now try to start the VM we get the error message as seen in the image below, so my question is am i doing something wrong? Or is my hardware and ESXi versions not compatible ?

[Linjo]

What hardware version is the vm?

// Linjo

[OleWeel]

Hi Linjo

I noticed that it was version 8 right after i posted this problem, I then upgraded to version 10, but the same error occurs.

[Linjo]

Could you post the VMX-file? That would be helpful to figure this one out.

// Linjo

[Gaurav_Baghla]

I had the exact problem

From horizon View admin Page choose manage using Vsphere client

and  let vCenter manage the settings in the View pool settings.

[OleWeel]

Not quite sure if this is correct configured, but it works

In vCenter I have configured the following on the VM

Within View pool i have configured this

Is this right ? When it comes to memory i have only been playing around. But why can i select memory in both cventer and view, what take precense ?

I have checked with dxdiag that the Grid K2 card is display, so i guess that its working but i think the performance is not good. The optimazie the performance i have followed the pdf document

from VMware "Graphics Acceleration in View Desktops",  Optimized to 120fps, I have enabled "Disabled built-to-lossless", the vm has 8GB memory and 2 sockets 2 cores each.

Is there anything else I should look into ? For information the vms are on SSD.

Im not sure how to test this, i have only downloaded some 1080p samples, is there any simple programs (free) to check performance and with good guides ?

[OleWeel · Accepted solution]

Not sure what the problem was, but created a new vm and then it worked fine, so i guess the vm was corrupt or something.