VMworld 2013: On the Way to GPU Virtualization – 3D Acceleration in Virtual Machine
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The document discusses GPU virtualization and 3D acceleration in virtual machines, highlighting AMD's GPU driver for VMware's vSphere and outlining the benefits of fully GPU virtualization, such as improved graphics rendering and better resource utilization. It covers technical specifications for AMD FirePro graphics cards and outlines the installation and configuration process for using VSGA with AMD GPUs. The document also addresses potential performance limitations and future collaboration between AMD and VMware to enhance graphics experiences for users.
VMworld 2013: On the Way to GPU Virtualization – 3D Acceleration in Virtual Machine
- 1. On the Way to GPU Virtualization – 3D Acceleration in Virtual Machine Sumit Agarwal, AMD Yizhong Zhang, VMware TEX5030 #TEX5030 joint-development with AMD
- 2. 22 Disclaimer This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development. This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these features in any generally available product. Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind. Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery. Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not been determined.
- 3. 33 Agenda • VMware’s GPU virtualization solution • AMD’s GPU driver for vSphere • Demo • Q & A
- 4. 44 GPU Virtualization Background Current limitation • GPU becomes more powerful but low utilization • HW virtualization is the trend. GPU virtualization is the last issue. • Passthrough is not perfect Solution • Fully GPU virtualization Benefit • Remote graphics rendering: VDI, CAD • End user get graphics acceleration on thin client • Better GPU utilization • Save cost • Allocate resource by user requirement. Easy to upgrade
- 5. 55 3D Rendering as a Service 3D workloads remote client 3D acceleration center
- 6. 66 Fully virtualization on ESXi – vSGA SVGA VMware ESXi SVGA Driver 3rd party driver graphics stack SVGA Driver SVGA SW pipeline SVGA SVGA Driver
- 7. 77 Gallium 3D vSGA architecture VMware Guest Driver SVGA3D protocol SVGA Device SVGA State Tracker GL Backend Kernel Driverllvmpipe GPU Guest Host Guest graphics stack 3rd party module Hypervisor module Guest module Virtual device hardware OGL Driver CPU Application Software pipeline path Physical GPU path
- 8. 88 Task Worker Basic data entry/usage is central to work Productivity / Knowledge Worker Standard productivity tools are central to work Desktop Power User Some compute intensive apps, require 3D graphics performance Workstation Users Workstation class performance for compute with dedicated graphics Image Quality Interactivity Cost/Seat 2D / 3D Virtual Desktop User Segmentation DirectX 9 Diagnostics 5MP Screens Oil & Gas OpenGL 2.1 Many-Monitor (3+) Aero 1080p Engineering ++Users per GPU - Heavy Users Many Applications Light Users Fewer Applications vDGA* GPU PCI Passthrough Heavy Users Native Driver vSGA Virtualized 3D Hardware Graphics Resources --VRAM ++ VRAM Soft 3D Software Rendered Accelerated 3D CUDA Note: * vDGA is not available yet
- 9. 99 Partner engagement GPU driver life cycle Upgrade or PatchMaintenance/ Upgrade Bug fix Optimization New feature General Available Download from VMware’s website Certification run test suite on Workbench On board Business value Legal Plan Development Develop tools documents consultation co-debug
- 10. 1010 AMD FIREPRO™ Technology Unparalleled Value For Customers The RELIABILITY you demand Unified Drivers OEM Qualifications ISV Certifications The PERFORMANCE you need Leading Edge Performance at Every Price Point Windows® & Linux® AMD Eyefinity technology supports up to six DisplayPort™ monitors on an enabled graphics card. Supported display quantity, type and resolution vary by model and board design; confirm specifications with manufacturer before purchase. To enable more than two displays, or multiple displays from a single output, additional hardware such as DisplayPort-ready monitors or DisplayPort 1.2 MST-enabled hubs may be required. Maximum two active adapters supported. See www.amd.com/eyefinityfaq for full details. ™ The EDGE you expect 4.2
- 11. 1111 AMD FIREPRO™ SERVER GRAPHICS One Product for Multiple Segments Compute VDI Pro Graphics Co-processing Data intensive Clusters VDI/Remoting Data + pixels Servers Visualization Pixel intensive Desktop/Mobile Price AMD FirePro™
- 12. 1212 AMD GPUs Reference Features FirePro S7000 FirePro W7000 FirePro S9000 FirePro W9000 FirePro S10000 Stream Processors 1280@950Mhz 1280@950Mhz 1792@900Mhz 2048@975Mhz 3584@850Mhz Memory 4GB GDDR5 4GB GDDR5 6GB GDDR5 6GB GDDR5 6GB GDDR5 Memory B/W 154GB/s 154GB/s 264GB/s 264GB/s 480GB/s Bus Interface PCIe3.0 x16 PCIe3.0 x16 PCIe3.0 x16 PCIe3.0 x16 PCIe3.0 x16 Form Factor 1 slot FH/FL 1 slot FH/FL 2 slots FH/FL 2 slots FH/FL 2 slots FH/FL Max Power 150W 150W 225W 274W 375W ECC No No Yes Yes Yes API Support DirectX 11.1, OGL 4.2, OCL 1.2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Performance Single Precision 2.4 TFLOPS 2.4 TFLOPS 3.23 TFLOPS 4 .0 TFLOPS 5.91 TFLOPS Performance Double Precision 152 GFLOPS 152 GLOPS 806 GFLOPS 1.0 TFLOPS 1.48 TFLOPS B/W: Bandwidth; FH = Full Height; FL: Full Length; TFLOPS: Tera Floating Point Operations; GFLOPS: Giga Floating Point Operations
- 13. 1313 Supported Features - vSGA Features FirePro S7000 FirePro W7000 FirePro S9000 FirePro W9000 FirePro S10000 vSGA vMotion OpenGL 2.1 , DirectX 9.0c, GLX Min. ESXi version ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.5 Min. VMware View agent version 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 Min. VMware View Client version 5.3* 5.3* 5.3* 5.3* 5.3* Min. AMD Driver Version 12.10.3 12.10.3 12.10.3 12.10.3 12.10.3 * - To be released; version number may change
- 14. 1414 Packaging, Installation and Support ESXi AMD graphics driver is developed, qualified and supported by AMD and certified by VMware User needs to download AMD graphics driver and updates from AMD website Graphics driver issues are reported to VMware and addressed by AMD Steps to install AMD graphics driver in vSGA on ESXi host: • Download AMD graphics driver package from AMD website • Run commands to install the driver on ESXi host: • esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable=true • esxcli software vib install -v “<location of the driver>” • esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable=false • Reboot the system
- 15. 1515 Steps to Use vSGA with AMD GPUs Prepare the ESXi host with AMD graphics driver Setup the VM with 3D support • Expand the Video card and enable 3D support and select Hardware from the drop down menu • Update the Total video memory eg. 512MB* • Can also update the information by editing the vm.vmx file • mks.enable3d = “TRUE” • mks.use3dRenderer = “hardware” • Install VM tools On ESXi host, run gpuvm to validate whether VM is using graphics card * VM version 9 or above required for 512MB memory support
- 16. 1616 OpenGL Stack with X and GLX, and EGL Graphics Application OpenGL Loader (LibGL and LibEGL) VMware Host SVGA device and Graphics transport layer VMware SVGA driver for Guest Client Side OpenGL AMD Renderer AMD GPU CPU ESX Host User Space Guest VM H/W Guest VM OS and Runtime libraries AMD User and Kernel driver interface VMware VMKernel AMD Kernel driver AMD VMKernel Shim Xorg and supporting libraries AMD GLX Module AMD X server driver (DDX) XServer X Extension libraries Software Rendering ESX Host Kernel Space
- 17. 1717 Performance and scalability Limits Number of GPUs supported Number of VMs per GPU Performance Consideration vSGA 4* Variable** • VM and System configuration • GPU performance • Number of VMs running on single GPU • GPU memory assigned to each VM Soft Rendering versus hardware accelerated rendering Dedicated graphics versus shared graphics Workload and applications optimization for vSGA solutions • *- Number of GPUs limit qualified by AMD; no hard limit imposed by VMware • **- Depends on type of GPU and GPU memory allocated to VMs
- 18. 1818 Looking Forward Work with VMware in bringing the best graphics experience to end users Support forthcoming AMD GPUs and APUs with vSGA
- 19. 1919 AMD FIREPRO™ Technology Unparalleled Value For Customers The RELIABILITY you demand Unified Drivers OEM Qualifications ISV Certifications The PERFORMANCE you need Leading Edge Performance at Every Price Point Windows® & Linux® AMD Eyefinity technology supports up to six DisplayPort™ monitors on an enabled graphics card. Supported display quantity, type and resolution vary by model and board design; confirm specifications with manufacturer before purchase. To enable more than two displays, or multiple displays from a single output, additional hardware such as DisplayPort-ready monitors or DisplayPort 1.2 MST-enabled hubs may be required. Maximum two active adapters supported. See www.amd.com/eyefinityfaq for full details. ™ The EDGE you expect 4.2
- 20. 2020 vSGA Demo with AMD graphics card SW configuration • ESX5.5 + vSphere client 5.5 HW configuration • DELL T7600 Workstation - Intel Xeon E5-2630 6c *2；128G Memory（16*8GB DDR3 1600)； 1T 7200rpm HDD; • GPU: W9000
- 22. 2222 Q & A
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- 27. On the Way to GPU Virtualization – 3D Acceleration in Virtual Machine Sumit Agarwal, AMD yizhong zhang, VMware TEX5030 #TEX5030 joint-development with AMD