HP ProLiant WS460c HP Graphics Server Blade Microsoft RemoteFX vGPU Quick Star - Page 3

Solution Quick Start Guide | HP Graphics Server Blade Microsoft RemoteFX vGPU Quick Start  RemoteFX uses software virtualized GPU API intercept technology, allowing multiple virtual machines to use the recourse of that GPU. The more virtual machines you configure with RFX per host, the lower the potential performance will be  Multiple physical graphics cards enhances performance and scalability as Hyper-V will load balance between cards as virtual machines start up  GPU assignments are not dynamically managed after virtual machine startup for load balancing  GPU is not required for RemoteFX as the 3D components can be rendered in software, but having a GPU will significantly improve performance and offload from CPU  At this time this solution only has minimal support of OpenGL applications (See table 4) Table 4. Graphics virtualization technology feature comparison Tips and Tricks you need to know - Tech Nuggets and Known issues  If Running Server 2008 R2 and/or Windows 7, it is recommended that you update Microsoft RDP with "Windows 8 update for Windows 7sp1" to get the full feature set of RDP 8+. Information on download can be found at following locations: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592687 http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2830477  Windows 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 requires drivers for the NVIDIA cards to be installed on host, but does not support two different types of video cards running at the same time. The Graphics Server Blade has on Embedded MATROX and an add-in GPU). Because of this of this the following modes must be used o Setup mode-for systems install, setup, and NVIDIA driver loading. This allows both cards to be seen for driver loading but the Add in card (NVIDIA) is secondary and disabled o User mode-production RFX mode. This mode the Add On card is enabled and the embedded MATROX card is disabled  In this mode it is not possible to reach iLO console through iLO, OA, or front I/O dongle. You must enable remote RDP console for systems management  If unfamiliar with this system and video modes, please read Appendix A before continuing  On Windows Server 2012 there is a known issue during Windows boot process where it will hang on screen stating "Getting Devices Ready". This issue only happens on 2012 (Not 2012 R2). To work around this, disconnect the GPU and install server fully and patch with all windows updates. Once updates are complete you can reconnect the GPU and continue with installation. Another workaround is to use 2012 R2  On Graphics server blade with NVIDIA K1 or K2 you must ensure you are running system BIOS version 9/20/13 or later. Documentation on this issues can be found at: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c04013756