NVIDIA vGPU Software v 8.0

Hi All

Its time to plan updating your NVIDIA TESLA M6, M10, M60, P4, P6, P40, P100, V100, T4, RTX6000, RTX8000 with NVIDIA vGPU software 8.0

NVIDIA have released new drivers for NVIDIA vGPU 8.0 for April 2019

NVIDIA vGPU 8.0 is a MAJOR release with many new software features + support for the new RTX6000 and RTX8000 GPUs, which are NVIDIA flagship for Real Time Raytracing. The great thing is now they have vGPU capabilities, which is a BIG NEWS.

I have in this article also included which Public Cloud instance is available with NVIDIA GPUs and which license is BYO or provided by the public cloud provider such as Azure, AWS, GCP.

For a list of validated server platforms, refer to NVIDIA GRID Certified Servers.

Important:

Citrix XenServer 7.5 is not supported with vGPU 8.0
Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1 is not supported with NVIDIA Tesla T4
NVIDIA vGPU 8.0 is supported with VMware Horizon 7.8, 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2
NVIDIA vGPU 8.0 is only supported with Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops (aka XenDesktop) 7.15, 7.17, 7.18, 7 1808, 7 1903 in HDX 3D Pro mode
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 is no longer supported with NVIDIA vGPU 8.0
If you are a customer using XenServer 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 its no longer supported with NVIDIA vGPU 8.0 and should plan upgrading to XenServer 7.6 or upcoming Citrix Hypervisor 8.0
Customer using Citrix XenServer 7.2, 7.3 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 6.0 & 6.1
Customer using Citrix XenServer 7.4 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 6.0 & 6.1 & 6.2
Customers using Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1, 7.6 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 8.0
Customers using Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1 isn’t supported with XenMotion with vGPU

This release includes the following software:

NVIDIA vGPU Manager version 418.66 for the Citrix XenServer, VMware vSphere, RHEL KVM, Nutanix AHV
NVIDIA Windows driver version 425.31
NVIDIA Linux driver version 418.70

New in this Release:

Support for the following GPUs:
- Quadro RTX 6000
- Quadro RTX 8000
Support for the following OS releases as a guest OS:
- Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809)
- Windows Server 2019
Support for Windows Server 2019 with Hyper-V role
New -1B4 virtual GPU types (4K resolution/1monitor on 1GB FB)
Support for multiple vGPUs of the following types in a single VM:
- RTX6000-24Q
- RTX8000-48Q
- Above is valid for hypervisor
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM
  - Red Hat Virtualization RHV 4.2
vGPU migration with ESX & XenMotion support on the following GPUs:
- Tesla M6
- Tesla V100 SXM2
- Tesla V100 SXM2 32GB
- Tesla V100 PCIe
- Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB
- Tesla V100 FHHL
- Quadro RTX 6000
- Quadro RTX 8000
Miscellaneous bug fixes
Security updates

Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktop 7 1903 released

Citrix have released a new version of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 1903 which is now available for download.

Citrix Virtual Apps (former name: XenApp) Citrix Virtual Desktop (former name: XenDesktop)

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 & Windows 10 1809 is supported with this release.

Another great thing is that now “infrastructure components for Citrix” can be installed on Microsoft Windows ServerCore, which means a minimum OS and only install what is required, no GUI just raw performance, something which a lot of service providers, customers are going to like. This is important for scalability and automation and having best TCO running a Citrix infrastructure. Citrix director & delivery controller now works and is supported on ServerCore (WS2012r2/WS2016/WS2019).

Citrix raises the bar of for user experience and new product release of following technologies:

Director 1903
Virtual Delivery Agents 1903 for ServerOS and ClientOS
Virtual Delivery Agents 1903 for Desktop OS Core Services
Virtual Delivery Agent 1903 for Linux
Provisioning 1903
Storefront 1903
Session Recording 1903
App Layering 1903
Workspace App 1903 for Windows
Workspace App 1903 for Mac
Workspace App 1903 for Linux
Workspace App 1903 for Chrome
Workspace App 1903.1 for Android
Workspace App 1903 for iOS
Workspace App 1903 for Windows Store

VMware Horizon 7.8

VMware have released a new version of VMware Horizon 7.8, this is a major release and is for now GA 15th March 2019.

VMware have made some huge improvements in this release, which customers/partners are going to benefit from. I highly recommend you read my big overview so you can read why you should upgrade to latest release.

What is new in VMware Horizon 7.8

VMware Horizon 7.8 provides the following new features and enhancements

Horizon Connection Server
Horizon Agent for Linux
Horizon Agent for Windows
Horizon GPO Bundle
Horizon 7 Cloud Connector
VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware User Environment Manager 9.7
VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.5
VMware AppVolume 2.16
Horizon Clients for Android, Chrome, Linux, iOS, Mac, Windows, UWP

NVIDIA vGPU Software v 7.2

Hi All

Its time to plan updating your NVIDIA TESLA M6, M10, M60, P4, P6, P40, P100, V100, T4 with NVIDIA vGPU software 7.2

NVIDIA have released new drivers for NVIDIA vGPU 7.2 for March 2019

I have in this article also included which Public Cloud instance is available with NVIDIA GPUs and which license is BYO or provided by the public cloud provider such as Azure, AWS, GCP.

NVIDIA is now matching their vGPU Manager version with Linux driver version, last NVIDIA did this was from vGPU 6.1 and backwards to see previously versions please read more information here

For a list of validated server platforms, refer to NVIDIA GRID Certified Servers.

Important:

Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1, 7.5 is not supported with NVIDIA Tesla T4
NVIDIA vGPU 7.2 is supported with VMware Horizon 7.8, 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2
NVIDIA vGPU 7.2 is only supported with Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops (aka XenDesktop) 7.15, 7.17, 7.18, 7 1808, 7 1903 in HDX 3D Pro mode
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 is no longer supported with NVIDIA vGPU 7.2
If you are a customer using XenServer 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 its no longer supported with NVIDIA vGPU 7.2 and should plan upgrading to XenServer 7.5 or 7.6.
Customer using Citrix XenServer 7.2, 7.3 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 6.0 & 6.1
Customer using Citrix XenServer 7.4 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 6.0 & 6.1 & 6.2
Customers using Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 7.2
Customers using Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1 isn’t supported with XenMotion with vGPU

This release includes the following software:

NVIDIA vGPU Manager version 410.107 for the Citrix XenServer, VMware vSphere, RHEL KVM, Nutanix AHV
NVIDIA Windows driver version 412.31
NVIDIA Linux driver version 410.107

New in this Release:

Support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop version 7 1903
Support for VMware Horizon 7.8
Support for Nutanix AHV 5.10.1,
- AHV 5.10.1 supports now NVIDIA Tesla P4, V100 PCIe 32GB
Miscellaneous bug fixes
Security updates

NVIDIA vGPU software v 7.1

Hi All

Its time to plan updating your NVIDIA TESLA M6, M10, M60, P4, P6, P40, P100, V100, T4 with NVIDIA vGPU software 7.1

NVIDIA have released new drivers for NVIDIA vGPU 7.1 for December 2018

Important:

Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1, 7.5 is not supported with NVIDIA Tesla T4
NVIDIA vGPU 7.1 is supported with VMware Horizon 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2
NVIDIA vGPU 7.1 is only supported with Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops (aka XenDesktop) 7.15, 7.18, 7 1808, 7 1811 in HDX 3D Pro mode
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 is no longer supported with NVIDIA vGPU 7.1
If you are a customer using XenServer 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 its no longer supported with NVIDIA vGPU 7.1 and should plan upgrading to XenServer 7.5 or 7.6.
Customer using Citrix XenServer 7.2, 7.3 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 6.0 & 6.1
Customer using Citrix XenServer 7.4 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 6.0 & 6.1 & 6.2
Customers using Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6 is supported with NVIDIA vGPU 7.1
Customers using Citrix XenServer 7.0, 7.1 isn’t supported with XenMotion with vGPU

This release includes the following software:

NVIDIA vGPU Manager version 410.68 for the Citrix XenServer, VMware vSphere, RHEL KVM, Nutanix AHV
NVIDIA Windows driver version 411.81
NVIDIA Linux driver version 410.71