Configure a GPU resource pool

Figure-1 GPU resource pool configuration flow chart

 

Table-1 GPU resource pool configuration workflow

Procedure

Remarks

Enable IOMMU for a host

Required.

You must perform this task to enable IOMMU for a host before configuring GPU passthrough on the host. For the configuration to take effect, you must restart the host.

Configure GPU passthrough

Required.

Perform this task to add physical GPUs for GPU passthrough on different hosts in the same cluster to a GPU resource pool and add VMs to use GPU passthrough to a VM group.

The system assigns GPUs to VMs based on the resource usage in the GPU resource pool and the VM priority when the VMs in the VM group start or restart.

Install the GPU driver on the VM

Required.

Perform this task to install the GPU driver on a VM for the VM to identify GPUs.