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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start

Solution Quick Start Guide

HP Graphics Server Blade

XenServer GPU Pass-through

Quick Start

Implementation procedure overview on WS460c Graphics Server Blades

Version 1, December 2013

Table of contents

Purpose of this document ................................................................................................................................... 2

Prerequisite Recommend Reading ...................................................................................................................... 2

HP WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade XenServer Pass-Through GPU guidelines .......................................... 2

Citrix XenServer system configuration recommendations ............................................................................. 2

XenServer 6 Considerations ............................................................................................................................ 2

Tips and Tricks you need to know - Tech Nuggets and Known issues ............................................................ 2

Setting up XenServer and HDX 3D Pro for Pass-Through GPU ........................................................................... 3

Configuration steps for XenDesktop 7 / XenServer 6.2 .................................................................................. 3

Configuration steps for XenDesktop 5.6 / XenServer 6.1 ............................................................................... 7

Configure and Connect to Citrix GPU Pass-Through configured VM ............................................................. 10

Appendix A – Graphics Server Blade Video Modes ............................................................................................ 12

Resources .......................................................................................................................................................... 14

Summary of content (14 pages)

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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start Solution Quick Start Guide HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start Implementation procedure overview on WS460c Graphics Server Blades Version 1, December 2013 Table of contents Purpose of this document ................................................................................................................................... 2 Prerequisite Recommend Reading .........................
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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization Purpose of this document Provides an overview of the configuration steps for setting up XenServer GPU Pass-Through technology on HP WS460c Graphics Server Prerequisite Recommend Reading It is recommend that you read “HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization” for a detailed conceptual overview of the overall solution before proceeding. This document can be found at: http://h71028.www7.hp.
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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start   to a session using an end client display configuration that is not supported or that the client cannot configure, the session will look like its doing something for a few seconds and then disappear with nothing happening Known issue - Systems may lose network configuration or console screens may be blank after installing Citrix XenServer 6.1 Hotfix XS61E030 or installing or upgrading to Citrix XenServer 6.
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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization e. Following screen appears f. g. Select on the “Virtual Agent for Windows Desktop OS” box Select “Enable Remote PC Access” h. Select “Yes, install VDA for HDX 3D Pro” i.
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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start j. Choose appropriate method to discover Delivery Controller for your environment and test. If adding manually, once tested, click “Add” button. Select “Next” k.
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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization l. 8. 9. Add Firewall exceptions m. Click Install and Reboot when finished Shut down VM Configure VM for Pass-Through GPU a. From XenCenter, Right click VM and Select properties b. Under properties, select GPU on menu c.
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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start 14. After reboot, when the virtual machine and the NVIDIA card initialize the virtual machine default console in XenCenter will seem to be locked up (See Below). It is not locked up; the video output has been redirected to NVIDIA card. If you need to do maintenance, you need to log in from HDX or RDP remote console or remove the NVIDIA card 15. You are now ready to create XenDesktop group and connect via HDX 3D.
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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization c. Select Advanced d. Select HDX 3D Pro and point to key file e.
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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start f. Enter address for the desktop controller and validate if needed g. h. i. j. k.
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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization to NVIDIA card. If you need to do maintenance, you need to log in from HDX or RDP remote console or remove the NVIDIA card q. You are now ready to create XenDesktop group and connect via HDX 3D. See Citrix documentation for further instructions Configure and Connect to Citrix GPU Pass-Through configured VM 1. 2.
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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start f. Select and configure options i. In the options window select “Session options” ii. 3. Set window size to the default configuration you want the client to connect with 1. Seamless - Attempts to create a session using all displays configured on your endpoint client, up to 4 2. Full Screen – Creates a full screen session on endpoint client primary display 3.
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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization Appendix A – Graphics Server Blade Video Modes Configuring Server Blade video mode The WS460c G6/Gen8 Graphics Server Blade has four distinct graphics modes that may be available. Depending on what OS is installed, different modes are used. In a nutshell, the Graphics Server Blade has an embedded graphics card as well a high end graphics card, depending on configuration, it is necessary to disable one or the other card.
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Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade XenServer GPU Pass-through Quick Start Server mode (WS460c G6 only) • This mode is deprecated and rarely used for troubleshooting only and is not used/supported in production • This mode operates in the same way as Admin mode Procedure to set Remote Console: 1. Using either iLO remote console or the Local I/O Connector, connect to server console 2. When prompted during boot, press the F9 key. The ROM-based Setup Utility appears 3.
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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization Resources To read more about HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade, go to hp.com/go/bladeworkstation To learn more about HP Client Virtualization reference architectures, go to hp.com/go/cv HP and Citrix, hp.com/go/citrix and citrix.com/hp Citrix XenDesktop, citrix.com/xendesktop Citrix XenApp, citrix.com/xenapp Microsoft Hyper-V, microsoft.com/hyper-v HP and VMware View, hp.com/go/vmware and vmware.