System Requirements¶
The Graphics Agent for Linux depends on the following system capacities and capabilities:
Compatible Host Instance Types¶
Environment | Supported instance types |
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VMware ESXi (6.0+) | VMware Hardware Version 11 |
KVM (5.0+) | QEMU/KVM |
Physical machines | Linux physical machine1 |
AWS EC2 |
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Microsoft Azure (Generation 1 VMs) |
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Google Cloud Platform | Any instance with a supported GPU |
Host Instance Requirements¶
Global instance requirements | |
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Operating Systems |
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Remote Host Memory | At least 2GB of RAM is required on the host desktop. The agent should have at least 512MB of available memory. |
Remote Host GPU Memory | At least 1GB per 4K UHD display |
Remote Host CPUs | At least 2 CPUs are required on the host desktop. Processors must support Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) 4.2. To use PCoIP Ultra, processors must support the AVX2 instruction set. |
Network Ports | The following ports must be open on the host desktop:
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Storage | At least 100MB for installation and 100MB for logging are recommended. |
User | Cannot be root. You must create a user account for PCoIP connections. |
Supported GPUs¶
Instance | GPU | Driver | Driver download (Ubuntu) | Driver download (RHEL) |
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VMware ESXi | GPUs as listed in NVIDIA's GRID release notes. | GRID 13.1 (470.82.01)+ | Ubuntu Instructions | RHEL Instructions |
KVM | GPUs as listed in NVIDIA's GRID release notes. | GRID 13.1 (470.82.01)+ | Not supported | RHEL Instructions |
Physical PC |
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Use NVIDIA's recommended driver. | Ubuntu Instructions | RHEL Instructions |
AWS EC2 G3 | NVIDIA M60 | GRID 13.1 (470.82.01)+ | Ubuntu Instructions | RHEL Instructions |
AWS EC2 G4dn | NVIDIA T4 | GRID 13.1 (470.82.01)+ | Ubuntu Instructions | RHEL Instructions |
AWS EC2 G5 | NVIDIA A10G | GRID 13.1 (470.82.01)+ | Ubuntu Instructions | RHEL Instructions |
Microsoft Azure | NVIDIA M60 | GRID 13.1 (470.82.01)+ | Ubuntu Instructions | RHEL Instructions |
Google Cloud Platform | NVIDIA P4, P100, T4 | GRID 13.1 (470.82.01)+ | Ubuntu Instructions | RHEL Instructions |
Info: Display limitations on Microsoft Azure
Graphics Agents running on Microsoft Azure may be limited to a single 2560x1600 display, depending on the state of NVIDIA GRID licensing.
Note: NVIDIA Tesla cards have license limitations
Systems using NVIDIA Tesla-based GPUs, including M60, M10, and M6, are subject to licensing restrictions which may further reduce the available number of monitors or their available resolutions. For systems using Tesla-based GPUs, only licensed displays and resolutions will use GRID functionality. For more information, see NVIDIA’s Grid Licensing User Guide
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Installation on physical machines requires some additional configuration. See the extra installation instructions for Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS. ↩