Manually Installing a GRID Driver on a GPU-accelerated ECS

Scenarios

• A graphics-accelerated (G series) ECS created using a public image has had a GRID driver of a specified version installed by default, but the GRID license must be configured separately.
• If a GPU-accelerated ECS is created using a private image, install a GRID driver and separately configure a GRID license.

Process of installing a GRID driver:

1. Configuring a GRID License
2. Downloading GRID Driver and Software License Packages
3. Deploying and Configuring the License Server
4. Installing the GRID Driver and Configuring the License

Configuring a GRID License

• Configure an official license.

  To obtain an official license, contact NVIDIA or their NVIDIA agent in your local country or region.

• Apply for a trial license.

  Log in at the official NVIDIA website and enter desired information.

  For details about how to sign up for an account and apply for a trial license, see official NVIDIA help page.

  Note

  The method of using a trial license is the same as that of using an official license. You can use an official license to activate an account with a trial license to prevent repetitive registration. The trial license has a validity period of 90 days. After the trial license expires, it cannot be used anymore. Configure an official license then.

  Figure 1 Applying for a trial license

  
  

Downloading GRID Driver and Software License Packages

1. Obtain the driver installation package required for an OS. For details, see Table 1.

   For more information about the GRID driver, see NVIDIA vGPU Software Documentation.

   Note

   For a GPU passthrough ECS, select a GRID driver version as required.

   For a GPU virtualization ECS, select a driver version based on the following table.

   Table 1 GRID driver versions supported by GPU-accelerated ECSs

   ECS Type	GPU Attachment	OS	Driver Version	CPU Architecture
   P2s	GPU passthrough	Windows Server 2016 Standard 64bit	Select a version as needed.	x86_64

2. After the registration, log in at the official NVIDIA website and enter the account.
3. Check whether NVIDIA is used for the first time.
   1. If yes, go to step 4.
   2. If no, go to step 6.
4. Refer to Figure 2 to obtain the Product Activation Key (PAK) from the email indicating successful registration with NVIDIA.

   Figure 2 PAK

   
   
5. Enter the PAK obtained in step 4 on the Redeem Product Activation Keys page and click Redeem.

   Figure 3 Redeem Product Activation Keys

   
   
6. Specify Username and Password and click LOGIN.

   Figure 4 Logging in to the official NVIDIA website

   
   
7. Log in at the official NVIDIA website as prompted and select SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS.

   Figure 5 SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS page

   
   
8. Download the GRID driver of the required version. For details, see Table 1.
9. Decompress the GRID driver installation package and install the driver that matches your ECS OS.
10. On the SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS page, click ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE to download the license software package.

    Figure 6 ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE

    
    

Deploying and Configuring the License Server

1. Configure the network.
   • If the license server is to be accessed using the VPC, ensure that the license server and the GPU-accelerated ECS with the GRID driver installed are in the same VPC subnet.
   • If the license server is to be accessed using a public IP address, configure the security group which the license server belongs to and add inbound rules for TCP 7070 and TCP 8080.

2. Install the license server.
   1. Run the following command to decompress the installation package. The Installer.zip in the command indicates the name of the software package obtained in step 10.

      unzip Installer.zip

   2. Run the following command to assign execution permissions to the installer:

      chmod +x setup.bin

   3. Run the installer as user root:

      sudo ./setup.bin -i console

   4. In the Introduction section, press Enter to continue.

      

   5. In the License Agreement section, press Enter to turn to last pages and accept the license agreement.

      Enter Y and press Enter.

      

   6. In the Choose Install Folder section, press Enter to retain the default path for installing the License Server software.
   7. In the Choose Local Tomcat Server Path section, enter the Tomcat's local path in the "/var/lib/Tomcat version" format, for example, /var/lib/tomcat8.
   8. In the Choose Firewall Options section, confirm the port to be enabled in the firewall and press Enter.

      

   9. In the Pre-Installation Summary section, confirm the information and press Enter to start the installation.

      

   10. In the Install Complete section, press Enter to end the installation.

       

3. Obtain the license file.
   1. Log in to the NVIDIA website on a new tab and select LICENSE SERVERS.

      Figure 7 LICENSE SERVERS

      
      
   2. Click CREATE SERVER.
   3. On the displayed Create License Server page, configure parameters.

      Figure 8 Create License Server

      
      

      Table 2 Parameters for creating a license server

      Parameter	Description
      Server Name	License server name, which can be customized.
      Description	License description information.
      MAC Address	MAC address of the ECS where the license server is deployed. You can log in to the ECS and run ipconfig -a to query the MAC address.
      Feature	Select a feature, enter the number of required licenses in the Licenses text box, and click ADD. In active/standby deployment, enter the name of the standby server in Failover License Server and enter the MAC address in Failover MAC Address.

   4. Click CREATE LICENSE SERVER.
   5. Download the license file.

      Figure 9 Downloading the license file

      
      
4. In the web browser, access the homepage of the license server management page using the link configured during the installation.

   Default URL: http://IP address of the EIP:8080/licserver

5. In the navigation pane on the left, click License Server > License Management.
6. Select the .bin license file to be uploaded and click Upload.

   Figure 10 Uploading a license file

   
   

Installing the GRID Driver and Configuring the License

1. Install the GRID driver of a desired version, for example, on a GPU-accelerated Windows ECS.
   Note

   Microsoft remote login protocols do not support GPU 3D hardware acceleration. To use this function, install third-party desktop protocol-compliant software, such as VNC, PCoIP, or NICE DCV, and access the ECS through the client.

2. Open the NVIDIA control panel on the Windows control panel.
3. Enter the IP address and port number of the deployed license server in the level-1 license server, and then click Apply. If the message indicating that you have obtained a GRID license is displayed, the installation is successful. Additionally, the MAC address of the GPU-accelerated ECS with the GRID driver installed is displayed on the Licensed Clients page of the license server management console.

   Figure 11 License server management console