Nvidia Multi-Monitor Virtual Machine Enablement for K1 (Dell PN R8RGR) and K2 (Dell PN JW9YC and 98RCK) cards

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Nvidia Multi-Monitor Virtual Machine Enablement for K1 and K2
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Fixes & Enhancements

Initial Release
Adds Multi-Monitor support for Nvidia K1 (Dell PN R8RGR) and K2 (Dell PN JW9YC and 98RCK) cards in Virtual machine configurations

To enable multi-monitor support the video BIOS (VBIOS) needs to be updated to the following versions via the provided self-run executable. This is in addition to upgrading the NVIDIA Display Driver to Version R320.86 or later.
80.07.BE.00.02/03/04/05 (NVIDIA GRID K1 P2401-502)
80.04.D4.00.07/08 (NVIDIA GRID K2 P2055-550)
80.04.D4.00.09/0A (NVIDIA GRID K2 P2055-552)
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Version

80.07.BE.00.XX_80.04.D4.00.XX, A00-00

Release date

21 Apr 2014

Download Type

Firmware

Category

Video

Importance

Optional
Dell Technologies recommends reviewing this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.
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File Format: A gnu zip file for software installation
File Name: VBIOS_NVIDIA_LINUX_FNN4X_A00_x86_64gridpro_update_R1.0.gz
File Size: 3.03 MB
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MD5:
5778513c9566ef47f7e986a426188f88
SHA1:
37a4dec6924d085d6e1ad39f3ec284ed039f2087
SHA-256:
07a154d34d8e7506811530f65f3bc38a3e1c789dcdde894504e5611d5fbe8b4d

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This an update for early K1 and K2 cards. Cards received after January 2014 will already have this Update.
Novell SuSE Linux ES 11
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat® Ent Linux 6.4
K1
K2
NVIDIA GRID K2 Active
Download
Review RN-07046-001_V01.pdf for installation methods.

Install
Typical installation is accomplished on a local installation of RHEL 6.4 or SLES 11.3 with Nvidia K1 or K2's installed.

1. Copy GRID-E_Field_Update_093013_v01.zip to local disk.

2. run gunzip GRID-E_Field_Update_093013_v01.zip

3. cd into GRID-E_Field_Update_093013_v01

4. Two .run files are available gridpro-update-auto_R1.0.run for unattended deployment (no user prompts) and gridpro-update_R1.0.run for attended use.

5. Run "./gridpro-update-auto_R1.0.run" or "./gridpro-update-auto_R1.0.run" and follow prompts

6. Do NOT power off system until process completes.

7. Reboot system.

8. Questions may be directed to GPU_BUG_REPORT@dell.com

Reboot will be required

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