NVIDIA GRID's license server

[Matteo Capuano]

Hi,

I'm building a VM to be used for computer graphics. I'm trying the NVIDIA Tesla P4 Virtual Workstation on Windows Server 2016 but when I try to set the NVIDIA Control Panel as "Quadro Virtual Workstaion" it asks for the license server's address and port number (see the attachment). I'm paying the premium for the GRID license but I don't know where to find this information, anyone could help me?

Thanks

Matteo

[xchri...@google.com]

I believe your question is referring to a licensed software product that NVIDIA offers. As such, I would recommend bringing this issue up with the NVIDIA support staff. I believe this is a link to their supportal.

[0] https://www.nvidia.com/object/support.html

[Matteo Capuano]

I thought it was covered by the premium Google make me paying for the GRID driver.

Thank you

Matteo

[xchri...@google.com]

By this[0] link, you are correct

[0] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gpus/#gpu-virtual-workstations

[xchri...@google.com]

I’ve done a bit of research. It seems GRID & Quadro Virtual Datacentre Workstation are two different product. This[3] link states “When you select a GPU for a virtual workstation, an NVIDIA GRID license is added to your instance.” Based on that statement & these pages [0][1], it seems they are two different products requiring two distinct licenses.

If the GRID vPC features are already available, it would seem the license is added without user interaction, & that the GRID vPC product is what Google provides.

 

If there would be a license on the machine that would allow you to activate the Quadro Virtual Workstation, this doc [2] provided by NVIDIA will guide you on how to find it. Let us know if you find success.

[0] https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/buy-grid/

[1] https://images.nvidia.com/content/grid/pdf/161207-GRID-Packaging-and-Licensing-Guide.pdf

[2] https://images.nvidia.com/content/grid/pdf/GRID-Licensing-Guide.pdf

[3] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gpus/#gpu-virtual-workstations

[xchri...@google.com]

This[0] video provides a visual tutorial for NVIDIAs licensing setup.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ln1aNaKYiE 

[Matteo Capuano]

Christian, thank you for all the informations you gave me and for the time you spent on my issue.

It seems that you're right: the Quadro Virtual Datacenter feature requires a different GRID license from the one provided by Google.

Cheers

Matteo