VxRail: GPU Support on VxRail

VxRail provides support for NVIDIA GPU for use with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and workload intensive compute.

The Dell Support process is as follows: 

• Dell Support is responsible for troubleshooting NVIDIA hardware issues or concerns. This includes providing replacement parts as necessary.
• Dell Support should provide best effort support for NVIDIA GRID issues. NVIDIA GRID drivers and firmware can only be obtained through the NVIDIA website. Dell is not authorized to access and publish NVIDIA GRID drivers as such; they are not in the VxRail Life-Cycle Management (LCM). 
• As stated above, to engage NVIDIA support customers must log in with their NVIDIA portal credentials and create a support ticket, later engaging with VxRail Support collaboratively to diagnose the fault and work toward a resolution.

NVIDIA Support Portal
The NVIDIA Support Portal provides customers with the necessary drivers, firmware, and licensing purchased for GPU products. If GPU VIBS and or technical support is required from NVIDIA, the customer must access the NVIDIA Support Portal and create a support ticket. Customers are to add the Dell Support email address to the NVIDIA support ticket for collaboration. 

The NVIDIA Customer Support portal can be found at NVIDIA Virtual GPU Support Services

If needed, support should engage VMware by Broadcom and coordinate communication with NVIDIA where configuration assistance is required. 

Support GPU Models
The following GPU models are supported on 14G VxRail E Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2

The following GPU models are supported on 14G VxRail P for NVMe (N) only Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla M10

The following GPU models are supported on 14G VxRail V Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla M10
1x-6x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x-3x Quadro RTX8000
1x-3x Quadro RTX6000
1x-3x NVIDIA Tesla V100s

The following GPU models are supported on V570 Hybrid and All Flash (AF) 14G VxRail V Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla M10
1x-6x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x-3x NVIDIA Ampere A40
1x-6x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x NVIDIA Ampere A10
1x-3x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A30
1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla M60

The following GPU models are supported on E560N (NVMe) 14G VxRail E Series nodes:

1x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x NVIDIA Ampere A2

 The following GPU models are supported on VxRail E, P, V, and S series nodes (includes E560/F, V570/F, P570/F, and S570 series):

1x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x NVIDIA Tesla V100
1x NVIDIA Tesla M10
1x NVIDIA Tesla M60
1x NVIDIA Tesla P40

The following GPU models are supported on E560 Hybrid and All-Flash (AF) 14G VxRail E Series nodes:

1x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x NVIDIA Tesla M60

The following GPU models are supported on 15G VxRail E Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-2x NVIDIA L4
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere

The following GPU models are supported on 15G VxRail V for Flash (F) only Series nodes:

1x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x NVIDIA Ampere A10
1x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x NVIDIA Ampere A30
1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla T4

The following GPU models are supported on 15G VxRail P for Flash (F) and NVMe (N) only Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x NVIDIA Ampere A30

The following GPU models are supported on P580N (NVMe) 14G Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla M10

The following GPU models are supported on VD-4510c and VD-4520c Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x NVIDIA Ampere A30

The following GPU models are supported on E660 Hybrid and All-Flash (AF) 15G Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x-3x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-3x NVIDIA L4

The following GPU models are supported on E660N (NVMe) 15G VxRail E Series nodes:

1x-3x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-3x NVIDIA L4

The following GPU models are supported on P670N 15G Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A30
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A40
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-2x NVIDIA L40
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A800
1x-2x NVIDIA L4
1x-2x NVIDIA Hopper H100

The following GPU models are supported on V670 15G Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A40
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A10
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A30
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x-4x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere L40
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A800
1x-3x NVIDIA Ampere L4
1x-2x NVIDIA Hopper H100

The following GPU models are supported on VE-660 16G Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-2x NVIDIA L4

The following GPU models are supported on VE-6615 16G Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-2x NVIDIA L4

The following GPU models are supported on P675F (Flash) and P675N (NVMe) 15G Series nodes:

1x-2x NVIDIA Tesla T4
1x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x NVIDIA Ampere A30

The following GPU models are supported on VP-760 16G Series nodes:

1x-6x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-3x NVIDIA L4
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A40
1x-2x NVIDIA Hopper H100
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A30

The following GPU models are supported on VP-7625 16G Series nodes:

1x-6x NVIDIA Ampere A2
1x-6x NVIDIA L4
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A40
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A16
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere A30
1x-2x NVIDIA Ampere L40
1x-2x NVIDIA Hopper H100

Additional resources: 

• If a customer is assessing initial of the GPU on their VxRail solution, follow the NVIDIA documentation found at NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Quick Start Guide
• If the customer is assessing initial of GPU on ESXi 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, follow VMware article 2033434 Installing and configuring the NVIDIA VIB on ESXi  and NVIDIA VGPU DEPLOYMENT GUIDE FOR VMWARE HORIZON 7.5 ON VMWARE VSPHERE 6.7 

Virtual Machines (VMs) configured with NVIDIA vGPU must ONLY be in a VMware DRS cluster with Partially Automated or Manual enabled. A VM with NVIDIA vGPU cannot be a member of a fully automated VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) cluster. See Virtual GPU Software R580 for VMware vSphere Release Notes 

• VxRail Technical FAQ (Pg. 41-42)