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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization Hardware accelerated graphics for desktop virtualization concepts and technology In this section, we will provide a conceptual overview of the technologies behind hardware accelerated graphics for desktop virtualization. We will at a high level discuss the differences between the technologies as well as how the major desktop virtualization providers implement these technologies into their products. Bare Metal OS This method is the classic Workstation and PC blade remoting architecture (see figure 1). The client OS is installed directly on the blade/server hardware and no virtualization is used. End users connect to the workstation via remote protocols such as HP RGS, Microsoft RDP, and Citrix HDX 3D Pro via client hardware. This method is still used today by users that demand the power and the performance of dedicated hardware. Figure 1. Bare Metal GPU model (example) 3

Section	Page
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
XenServer Multi-GPU pass-through considerations	10
Citrix XenServer NVIDIA GRID vGPU considerations	10
Hyper-V RemoteFX Considerations	11
VMware vDGA density considerations	11
VMware vSGA VM density considerations	11
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
HP Multi-GPU Carrier Card Options and Configurations	14
HP Graphics Sever Blade supported GRID cards	15
HP Graphics Sever Blade supported Quadro full size cards	16
HP Graphics Sever Blade supported MXM cards	16
HP Graphics Sever Blade supported Teradici APEX cards	17
WS460c Graphics Server Blade OS, hardware, and firmware guidelines and support	17
Required WS460c BIOS configurations	21
Configuring Server Blade video mode	21
Setting the Graphics Server Blade to Static High Performance	22
Configuring the Graphics Server Blade PCIe mode	23
Turn off PCIe Gen3 support	23
Platform specific version and configuration recommendations	24
Citrix XenServer Direct Map system configuration recommendations	24
XenServer pass-through 6 important notes	24
Configure Citrix VM and HDX 3D Pro for best performance	24
VMware system configuration recommendations	25
VMware important notes	25
Configure VMware VM and PCoIP for best performance	25
Microsoft Hyper-V/RemoteFX system configuration recommendations	26
Hyper-V RemoteFX considerations	26
Microsoft RemoteFX important notes	26
Configure RemoteFX for best performance	27
Complete the solution with HP Thin Clients	28
Appendix A—Choosing the best graphics hardware and client virtualization solution	29
Pass-through GPU:	29
Shared GPU:	29
Hardware Virtualized GPU—True virtual GPU	29
Citrix GPU pass-through for 4 Displays	30
Shared GPU:	30
Hardware Virtualized GPU—True virtual GPU	30
Microsoft RemoteFX	30
Appendix B—Alternative remoting protocols and brokers	31
Leostream—Connection Broker	31
HP Remote Graphics Software—remoting protocol	32
Resources	32

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Technical white paper | HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Desktop Virtualization

Hardware accelerated graphics for desktop virtualization concepts

and technology

In this section, we will provide a conceptual overview of the technologies behind hardware accelerated graphics for

desktop virtualization. We will at a high level discuss the differences between the technologies as well as how the major

desktop virtualization providers implement these technologies into their products.

Bare Metal OS

This method is the classic Workstation and PC blade remoting architecture (see figure 1). The client OS is installed directly

on the blade/server hardware and no virtualization is used. End users connect to the workstation via remote protocols

such as HP RGS, Microsoft RDP, and Citrix HDX 3D Pro via client hardware. This method is still used today by users that

demand the power and the performance of dedicated hardware.

Figure 1.

Bare Metal GPU model (example)