1. NVIDIA® GRID™ GPU Acceleration for the Cloud Steve Harpster, Solutions Architect North/South America Brad Truman, VP-Sales Whitehat Virtual Technologies, Austin TX

2. Focus on Quality of the End-User Experience
Core Competence in Citrix Technologies
Average 15 years Citrix Experience
Dell Preferred Partner (DVS, server, storage, networking)
Only NVIDIA GRID Partner in Texas

4. Virtualization 101 Guest OS VIRTUAL MACHINE HYPERVISOR Server Client
App
VDA
Guest OS
Software
Virtual Driver
Virtual Driver
Virtual Driver
Virtual Driver
NVIDIA Driver
Client
VIRTUAL MACHINE
Virtualization
vCPU
vMemory
vStorage
vNetwork
GPU
HYPERVISOR
Server
Hardware
CPU
Memory
Storage
Network
GPU

5. GPU Virtualized Datacenter
AEC
Government
Oil and Gas
Energy Exploration
Design &
Manufacturing
Healthcare
e.g. Radiology, MRI
Aerospace
Education
Media &
Entertainment
QUADRO Workstation
GRID
GPU Virtualized Datacenter

6. NVIDIA GRID K2 NVIDIA GRID K1
DESIGNER
NVIDIA GRID K1
POWER USER
GPU
4 Kepler GPUs
2 High End Kepler GPUs
CUDA Cores
768 (192/GPU)
3072 (1536/GPU)
Memory Size
16GB DDR3 (4GB/GPU)
8GB GDDR5 (4GB/GPU)
Max Power
130 W
225 W
Equivalent Quadro with Pass-through
Quadro K600 (entry)
Quadro K5000 (high end)
There are two GRID cards available today
GRID K1: Knowledge Workers + Power Users
4 entry-level Kepler GPUs + 16GB of memory
high user density (more memory => more users) => solution for best user scalability
GRID K2: Designer
2 high-end Kepler GPUs + 8GB of super fast GDDR5 memory
lower user density BUT more performance => solution for most demanding users
Key Features:
GPU horse power: entry level vs. high-end (8x of entry-level GPU)
Memory: 16GB vs. 8GB
User density: vs. 2-64
Power: 130W vs. 225W => that’s what servers are designed for
Watts per User => no graphics processer in the world delivers this efficiency (watts per user); integrated graphics around 10W
Supports latest graphics & compute APIs
OpenGL 4.3
DX 11
CUDA 5
NVIDIA VGX virtualization (to be release mid 2013)
KNOWLEDGE WORKER
1 Number of users depends on software solution, workload, and screen resolution

7. NVIDIA GRID™ Enabled OEM Platforms
Cisco UCS C240 M3
Dell PowerEdge R720
Fujitsu Celsius C620
Fujitsu Celsius R930
HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8
HP ProLiant SL250s Gen8
IBM iDataPlex dx360 M4
IBM Flex System
Need servers to stick them in => server roadmap
Available today
Dell
IBM
Cisco
Asus
Supermicro
Tyan
Sugon
Inspur
Near Future HP
Fujitsu
Hitachi
Quanta
For more information on GRID enabled servers visit

9. VDI SOLUTIONS ROADMAP

10. Graphics Options in Virtualization

11. GRID Enabled Roadmap for Citrix XenDesktop
DESIGNER
POWER USER
KNOWLEDGE WORKER
Virtual Workstation
VDI
Dedicated
GPU
Citrix HDX 3D Pro
XenDesktop 7.0
XenServer 7
GPU Dedicated per user
Today
In Tech Preview NOW!
HARDWARE VIRTUALIZATION +
VGX Hypervisor
XenDesktop 7
Virtualized GPUs for users

12. 2H 2013
XenDT 7
Announcement at Synergy of XenDesktop 7 on next gen XenServer “Clearwater”

13. GRID vGPU = Hardware Virtualization
Hypervisor
Virtual Machine
2H 2013
XenDT 7
GPU Hypervisor
Guest OS
Hypervisor Device Emulation Framework
Apps
Virtual GPU
Manager
Virtual Desktop
Remote Protocol
Resource
Manager
NVIDIA GRID USM (Driver)
Partition GPU memory & allocate to <= 8 VMs
Graphics Commands
State
2nd Step: integration of hypervisor with VM driver (USM-User Selectable Machine) and remote protocol.
For Citrix the Virtual Desktop is XenDesktop remoting via the HDX or ICA protocols.
Unique NVIDIA contribution in the Per-VM Dedicated Channels to improve the VM performance.
Each VDI vendor will choose their own remote protocol to differentiate their solution. E.g. VMware supports PCoIP today running on a UDP network transport. NVIDIA promotes h.264 video formats since so many mobile devices support hardware decompression of h.264 video streams.
NVIDIA GRID GPU
Per-VM Dedicated Channels
GPU MMU
Per-VM
Dedicate Channel
Remote Display
Per-VM
Dedicate Channel
Per-VM
Dedicate Channel
4GB memory per GPU

14. GRID vGPU Profiles Card Physical GPUs Virtual GPU Use Case
Frame Buffer
(MB)
Virtual Display Heads
Maximum Resolution
Maximum vGPUs
per GPU
per Board
GRID K2 2
GRID K260Q
Typical Designer
2048 4
2560x1600
GRID K240Q
Entry-Level Designer
1024 8
GRID K200
Knowledge Wkr
256
1920x1200 16
GRID K1
GRID K140Q
Basic Designer
GRID K100 32

15. GRID vGPU Hardware Virtualization
PARTITION GRID K2 GPU FRAMEBUFFER
1 user XDT VM at 4GB memory (Quadro K5000 memory size)
2 user XDT VMs at 2GB each (Quadro 4000 memory size)
4 user XDT VMs at 1GB each (Quadro 2000 memory size)
8 user XDT VMs at 256MB each (Low-Resolution VDI)
2H 2013
XenDT 7
Virtual GPU or VGX Hypervisor integration into XenServer and XenDesktop allows GPU memory allocation to user VMs. The user’s pixels are stored in this GPU memory partition. The policy that allocates the memory could be compared to traditional Quadro graphics that you have selected today for your engineering & design users.
NVIDIA GRID K2
4GB memory per GPU
4GB memory per GPU

16. GRID Enabled for Citrix XenApp 6.5
App Virtualization
(Sessions)
Virtual Workstation
DESIGNER
Citrix HDX 3D
XenApp 6.5 add-on
Windows Server
GPU sharing for
OpenGL 4.2 & DirectX 11
Citrix
XenApp 5
Windows Server
CPU based software rasterization
Citrix HDX 3D
XenApp 6.5
Windows Server
GPU sharing for
DirectX 9
POWER USER
VDI
KNOWLEDGE WORKER

17. XenApp in a VM VIRTUAL MACHINE 1 VIRTUAL MACHINE 2 HYPERVISOR Server
Windows Server OS
Virtual Driver
NVIDIA Driver
App
XenApp Session
Windows Server OS
Virtual Driver
NVIDIA Driver
App
XenApp Session
Software
VIRTUAL MACHINE 1
vCPU
vMemory
vStorage
vNetwork
VIRTUAL MACHINE 2
vCPU
vMemory
vStorage
vNetwork
GPU #1
GPU #2
Virtualization
HYPERVISOR
Our demo at Citrix Synergy used GRID K2 with each card running 2 XenApp VMs (Virtual Servers)
Server
Hardware
CPU
Memory
Storage
Network
GRID K2

18. GRID Enabled Solutions Roadmap for VMware
Dedicated
GPU
VMware vDGA
View 5.3
ESX 5.1/5.5
Citrix HDX 3D Pro +
VMware Hypervisor
XenDesktop 7
ESX 5.1/5/5
Software Virtualization
VMware vSGA
Virtual Workstation
DESIGNER
POWER USER
Citrix on VMware is tested – see Citrix website
VDI
API-Intercept
KNOWLEDGE WORKER

19. Src: GTC2013 presentation “S3544 3D Apps Vmware Horizon View”

20. GRID Enabled Solutions Roadmap for Microsoft
Available Now
Virtual Workstation
DESIGNER
Software Virtualization
Microsoft RemoteFX
Server 2008 R2
DirectX 9
Server 2012
DirectX 9, 10, 11
POWER USER
VDI
KNOWLEDGE WORKER

21. Linux Application Desktops
Red Hat KVM with GPU Pass-Through announced at SuperComputing’13 in November
Beta in Fedora core 20
Production RHEL 7

22. Linux in a VM HYPERVISOR RHEL Ubuntu CentOS … HP RGS NICE DCV
Linux OS
NVIDIA Driver
App
Linux OS
Virtual Driver
NVIDIA Driver
App
Remote VDA Session
Remote VDA Session
Software
HP RGS
NICE DCV
VIRTUAL MACHINE 1
vCPU
vMemory
vStorage
vNetwork
VIRTUAL MACHINE 2
vCPU
vMemory
vStorage
vNetwork
GPU #1
GPU #2
Virtualization
HYPERVISOR
Our demo at Citrix Synergy used GRID K2 with each card running 2 XenApp VMs (Virtual Servers)
Red Hat KVM
XenServer
VMware ESXi
Server
Hardware
CPU
Memory
Storage
Network
GRID K2

23. Status June 2013 OGL 4.3 DX 9, 10, 11 NVIDIA CUDA OGL 4.3 DX 9, 10, 11
HDX 3D Pro
XenDesktop
XenServer
DESIGNER
(CATIA, CS6, Inventor)
OGL 4.3
DX 9, 10, 11
NVIDIA CUDA
HDX 3D
XDT AE/XenApp
XenServer
POWER USER
(PLM, Med. Image, Showcase)
OGL 4.3
DX 9, 10, 11
NVIDIA CUDA
vDGA
View
vSphere
KNOWLEDGE WORKER
(MS Office, Photoshop)
vSGA
View
vSphere
OGL 2.1; DX 9
There are 3 Virtualized Graphics architectures to support the user classes today.
Direct GPU assignment to one user ( GPU Pass-Through )
Software Virtualization with API intercept ( shared graphics from GPU )
CPU-only graphics in software with no hardware acceleration ( traditional VDI )
RemoteFX
TASK WORKER
(Call Center Apps)
Server 2012 Hyper-V
OGL 1.1, DX 9, 10, 11

24. Big graphics ISVs ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION (AEC)
MFG & PRODUCT DESIGN
CIVIL ENGINEERING
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
Revit, AutoCAD
CATIA, SolidWorks
Micro Station
ArcGIS Explorer
Inventor, AutoCAD
SmartPlant
SolidEdge, Teamcenter
Creo, Pro/E

25. GRID Reference Architecture
User
NVIDIA GRID
Hypervisor
Virtual Desktop Agent
Recommended Configuration
Designer K2
4 Users
2 GRID K2 boards
Dual socket server
64 GB system memory
Power User K1
8 Users
2 GRID K1 boards
96 GB system memory
Knowledge Worker
8-32+ Users
Minimum 128 GB system memory
XenServer 7
XenDesktop 7
(with HDX 3D Pro) or or
XenDesktop71
(with HDX 3D Pro)
View 5.3 or
ESXi 5.1/5.3 with vDGA or
XenServer 7
XenDesktop 7
(with HDX 3D Pro) or or
XenDesktop 7
(with HDX 3D Pro)
View 5.3 or
ESXi 5.1/5.5 with vDGA or
XenServer 7
XenDesktop 7
(with HDX 3D Pro) or or
ESXi 5.1/5.5 with vSGA
View 5.X or or
Windows Server 2012
With Hyper-V
Remote FX