HP ProLiant WS460c HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization - Page 1

Technical white paper HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization Technology overview and implementation guidelines for ProLiant Blade servers Table of contents Purpose of this document ...2 Abbreviations and naming conventions ...2 Hardware accelerated graphics for desktop virtualization concepts and technology 3 Bare Metal OS...3 Pass-through GPU ...4 Software Virtualized GPU ...5 Graphics accelerated desktop sessions and application virtualization 6 Hardware Virtualized GPU-True virtual GPU ...7 Planning considerations for implementing hardware accelerated desktop virtualization technologies 8 Determining the right GPU and platform for your use case 8 Virtualization solution feature comparison and considerations 9 The HP WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade ...12 The HP Multi-GPU Carrier Card ...12 HP WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade Overview, Configuration and Support Guidelines 13 Understanding WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade Core configurations and options 13 HP Graphics Server Supported GPUs, Specification, and Configuration Options 14 WS460c Graphics Server Blade OS, hardware, and firmware guidelines and support 17 Required WS460c BIOS configurations ...21 Platform specific version and configuration recommendations 24 Citrix XenServer Direct Map system configuration recommendations 24 VMware system configuration recommendations...25 Microsoft Hyper-V/RemoteFX system configuration recommendations 26 Complete the solution with HP Thin Clients ...28 Appendix A-Choosing the best graphics hardware and client virtualization solution 29 Appendix B-Alternative remoting protocols and brokers 31 Resources...32 Click here to verify the latest version of this document