This presentation discusses delivering high performance desktops using VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU. It includes a demo and overview of understanding graphics use cases. It discusses using Horizon 6 and GRID vGPU for graphics, NVIDIA GRID and announcing NVIDIA GRID 2.0. It covers achieving the pinnacle of performance and "60 in 60" which is about getting a proof of concept up and running quickly. It also discusses Dell hardware options and includes resources and Q&A. The presentation is aimed at an audience interested in virtual desktop infrastructure and high performance graphics solutions.

1. Deliver High Performance Desktops
with VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU
Pat Lee, VMware, Inc
Luke Wignall, NVIDIA
EUC5404
#EUC5404

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3. Agenda
• Demo
• Understanding Graphics Use Cases
• Using VMware Horizon 6 and NVIDIA GRID vGPU for Graphics
• NVIDIA GRID and Announcing NVIDIA GRID 2.0
• Achieving the Pinnacle of Performance
• “60 in 60” : Getting a True Proof Of Concept Up and Running
• Dell Hardware Options for VMware Horizon with NVIDIA GRID vGPU
• Resources
• Q&A
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4. Demo

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6. Major Marketplace Demand for Cloud-based Workstations
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Large datasets are
harder to share
Data leakage &
corporate security
More distributed
than ever
Contractors need
revocable access

7. SCALABILITY COLLABORATION EFFICIENCY SECURITY
70%
improvement in
workflow cycle time for
an engineering firm’s
remote CATIA users
Imagine the Possibilities…
Early Adopters Share Their Projected Benefits of Deploying
VMware Horizon and vSphere with NVIDIA GRID vGPU
20,000+
engineers accessing
a single, centralized
desktop image for
their virtualized
Siemens NX
workstations
PRODUCTIVITY
14,700
km between an
engineering
firm’s Revit teams
collaborating from
offices in Holland
and Australia
5,000
employees at a global
transportation
company receiving
remote video
training instead of
traveling
$10M+
in product
development savings
for an automaker
through intellectual
property protection
and real-time supplier
negotiations
Over 400 customers have participated in the VMware/NVIDIA
GRID vGPU Early Access Program since VMworld 2014
Get the infographic here:
http://vmw.re/1vEIpAO

8. Using VMware Horizon 6 Features
for High-Performance Graphics

9. Soft 3D
Software 3D
vSGA
Shared Graphics
Acceleration
Heavy Users
Many Applications
Image
Quality
Interactivity
Cost/Seat
2D / 3D
Light Users
Fewer Applications
Delivering a Complete Portfolio, for Every Worker,
Every Use Case
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Aero
Productivity Apps with Graphics
Diagnostics
WebGL
3D Viewers
Lightweight CAD
Oil & Gas
Engineering
Architecture Design
Media & Graphics
GIS
vDGA
Dedicated
Graphics
Acceleration
VDI - NVIDIA GRID VGPU
Mediated Passthrough
Task Worker Knowledge Worker Power User Designer
RDSH with NVIDIA GRID – 3D
Apps & Desktops

10. High Performance Shared Graphics with NVIDIA GRID vGPU
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Support Multiple Graphics Workstations & Applications with NVIDIA GRID
Overview
 Enables shared access to physical GPUs on NVIDIA
GRID GPU hardware for High-performance
Graphics and high performance compute workloads
 Uses native NVIDIA drivers in Windows
 NVIDIA VIB installed on ESX to manage GPU
 ISV certifications available from Autodesk, ESRI,
PTC and Siemens with more to come
Benefits
 Flexibility in delivering High-performance Graphics
graphics for desktop and workstation use cases
 Cost effective with multiple VMs sharing single GPU
resource
 Supports automated pool management with VMware
Horizon
 Enhanced multimedia experience for Knowledge Workers

11. Comparing vSGA, NVIDIA GRID vGPU, and vDGA
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Attributes vSGA NVIDIA GRID VGPU vDGA
Sharing GPUs shared between users GPUs shared between users GPU dedicated to one user
Consolidation
Good consolidation for low-end
graphics use cases
Good consolidation ratio (up to 8:1) Only one user per GPU (1:1)
Performance
Lightweight rich graphics WITHOUT
video acceleration
Scalable performance from entry level to
high end
High end workstation
performance
App Compatibility Drivers NOT application certified Fully certified application drivers Fully certified application drivers
DirectX APIs DirectX 9 DirectX 9, 10 ,11 DirectX 9, 10 ,11
OpenGL APIs OpenGL 2.1 OpenGL 2.1, 3.x, 4.x OpenGL 2.1, 3.x, 4.x
General Purpose
Compute
Does NOT support compute CUDA,
OpenCL
Compute APIs with CUDA, OpenCL
ONLY with NVIDIA GRID 2.0 8GB profile***
Compute APIs with CUDA,
OpenCL
Automated
Management and
Placement
Yes Yes No
vMotion / DRS Yes No No

12. 3D Applications Certified with VMware Horizon with NVIDIA GRID
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13. 3D for RDSH Applications
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 Enable hardware accelerated 3D support for RDS
applications in Horizon 6 v6.2
 GRID vGPU and vDGA with NVIDIA GRID
 Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 RDS Hosts
Benefits
Overview
 Flexibility to provision 3D enabled RDSH
applications and RDSH sessions in addition to VDI
desktops

14. VMware Horizon 6.2 with NVIDIA GRID vGPU Delivers
Simplified Management and Automation
Configuration
 New NVIDIA GRID profile settings in vCenter
 New Pool Type – NVIDIA GRID vGPU
Provisioning
 Create cluster of vGPU enabled hosts in vCenter
 VMware Horizon automatically provisions 3D Desktops across
GRID vGPU hosts in a cluster
 View Composer single image management
 If host goes down, cold migration to new hosts works seamlessly
Real-time App Delivery
 App lifecycle management via App Volumes
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App
Volumes

15. NVIDIA GRID &
Announcing NVIDIA GRID 2.0

16. How
NVIDIA GRID
Works

17. Rich 3D Desktops with NVIDIA GRID
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Full application compatibility with native experience
Virtualization powered by GRID
(Deliver any application)
VDI Before GRID
(Missing support for essential features)

18. See the Difference with NVIDIA GRID
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Bringing Quadro performance and quality to graphics virtualization
Real View
Fully interactive realism
Full Scene Anti Aliasing (FSAA)
Rich, Sharp images
Ambient Occlusion
Rich shadows
Immersive Design
Performance and realism
Transparency
Performance and accuracy

19. Introducing NVIDIA GRID 2.0
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Award winning Maxwell GPU + Enterprise Software & Support
2XUsers
2XPerformance
2XPlatforms
2XOS

20. M60 M6
GPU Dual High-end Maxwell Single High-end
CUDA Cores 4096 1536
Viewperf 12* 62 x 2 54
Memory Size 16 GB GDDR5 8 GB GDDR5
H.264 1080p30 streams 36 18
GRID vGPU CCU 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 16
Form Factor PCIe 3.0 Dual Slot MXM
Power 240W / 300W (225W opt) 100W (75W opt)
Thermal active / passive bare board
Introducing MAXWELL for NVIDIA GRID 2.0
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21. GRID Hardware Comparison Resources Per GPU
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TESLA M60 TESLA M6 K2 K1
# of GPUs 2 (Maxwell) 1 (Maxwell) 2 (Kepler) 4 (Kepler)
CUDA Cores per
GPU
2048/GPU (x2) 1536 1536/GPU (x2) 192/GPU (x4)
Memory Size per
GPU
8GB GDDR5/GPU (x2) 8GB GDDR5 4GB GDDR5/GPU (x2) 4GB DDR3/GPU (x4)
Frame Buffer per GPU
8GB 1 VM 1 VM N/A N/A
4GB 2 VM 2 VM 1 VM 1 VM
2GB 4 VM 4 VM 2 VM 2 VM
1GB 8 VM 8 VM 4 VM 4 VM
512MB 16 VM 16 VM 8 VM 8 VM

22. GRID 1.0 GRID 2.0
NVIDIA GRID 2.0 — Scalability
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Same performance – twice the number of concurrent users
GRID 1.0 GRID 2.0
Viewperf performance & scalability ESRI ArcGIS Pro Draw Time
32 VMs
16 VMs
32 VMs
16 VMs

23. NVIDIA GRID 2.0 — Esri ArcGIS Pro 2X Results
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24. NVIDIA GRID 2.0 Software Editions
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NVIDIA GRID
VIRTUAL PC
NVIDIA GRID VIRTUAL
WORKSTATION
NVIDIA GRID VIRTUAL
WORKSTATION EXTENDED
Maximum number of displays 2 4 4
Maximum resolution per display 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA) 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Windows Guest OS   
Linux Guest OS  
NVIDIA® Quadro® software features  
CUDA® supported 1
OpenCL supported 1
GPU Pass-through supported 1
vGPU Profiles supported (frame buffer and maximum number of users per GPU)
512 MB (up to 16 users per GPU)   
1 GB (up to 8 users per GPU)   
2 GB (up to 4 users per GPU)   
4 GB (up to 2 users per GPU) 
8 GB (1 user per GPU) 
1 Only available with 8 GB vGPU profile

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Matching Users to NVIDIA GRID 2.0
GRID Virtual PC
Business users who expect
great user experience
GRID Virtual Workstation
Engineers & designers
with small to medium files and need
Quadro quality and performance
GRID Virtual
Workstation Extended
Engineers & designers who demand
ultimate Quadro graphics performance

26. Sizing Your Virtual Desktop for
High Performance Graphics
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27. High Performance VDI is NOT Your Mother’s VDI
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Density
CPU
Memory
IOPS
Rich Graphics

28. Sizing Virtual Desktops for Rich Graphics Workloads
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Virtual Machine
• Hardware v11
• VMXNET3 NIC
• vGPU
– Configure Profile
• vDGA
– Enable Pass-
through
vCPU
• 2-8 vCPUs:
• Recommend at
least 4 vCPUs for
Power Users
vRAM
• 4GB
– Power User/
Entry Level Eng
• 8GB
– Mid Eng./Video
• 16GB
– Advanced Eng.
• 32GB
– CAD/CAM
• 64GB
– Digital Mock Up
OS
• vGPU
– 64 bit Windows
– 64 bit Linux
• vDGA
– 64 bit Windows
– 64 bit Linux
• Install
– VM Tools
– View Agent
– NVIDIA driver
(vGPU)
VMware OS
Optimization Tool
• MASSIVE 40%
saving!
• Download from
labs.vmware.com

29. Sizing Rich Graphics User: Storage
• Storage will STILL be the CRITICAL factor
in performance
• CAD users can demand more than 1TB of
storage per desktop
• SIZE and PERFORMANCE matter now
• Virtual SAN – SSD based local storage
– Understand local storage capacity
• All Flash based SAN
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30. ESRI ArcGIS Pro - www.nvidia.com/esriappguide
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ESRI Heavy 3D
Workload
10UPH
K240Q Users
4vCPU – 6GB RAM
Medium 3D
Workload
16UPH
K240Q Users
4vCPU – 6GB RAM
NVIDIA GRID K2
Lab host:
CPU: Dual Socket 3.0Ghz / 12 core
RAM: 128GB RAM
GPU: 2 NVIDIA GRID K2 cards
10G Core network
iSCSI SAN: ~25K max IOPS
VMware vSphere 6
VMware Horizon 6.1 w/ vGPU
Tested 2/2015
POWER USERSDESIGNERS

31. Autodesk Revit 2015 - www.nvidia.com/revitappguide
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Revit Large
Peak Workload
12UPH
K240Q Users
6vCPU – 16GB
RAM
Revit Balanced
Workload
24UPH
K220Q Users
4vCPU – 8GB RAM
2x NVIDIA GRID K2
Lab host:
CPU: Dual Socket 3.0Ghz / 12 core
RAM: 256GB RAM
GPU: 2 NVIDIA GRID K2 cards
10G Core network
iSCSI SSD SAN
VMware vSphere 6
VMware Horizon 6.1 w/ vGPU
Tested 3/2015
POWER USERSDESIGNERS

32. “60 in 60” : Getting a True Proof
Of Concept Up and Running

33. “60 in 60” : Getting a True Proof Of Concept Up and Running
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Determine Business
Drivers
1-2+ weeks
Determine Proof of
Concept Scope and
Success Criteria
1-2 weeks
Order GRID enabled
Servers per Scope
2-3 weeks
Work with Infrastructure
team in parallel on
network address and
server infrastructure
2-3 weeks
Rack Servers
1-2 days
Install vSphere 6 and
NVIDIA GRID drivers
4 hours
Install vCenter 6 and
VMware Horizon 6.2
4 hours
Create GRID enabled
vCenter cluster
30 minutes
Create GM images per
scope definition
1 day
Create desktop pools
1 day
Invite Pilot Users to Start
Testing
Run Pilot and Measure
Results
4-8 weeks
Present Results and
Move to Next Phase
2-4 weeks

34. Dell Hardware Options for
VMware Horizon with NVIDIA
GRID vGPU

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Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon 6 with vGPU
Virtualized Graphics for All
Highlights
Use Cases
• Validated and certified reference architectures on PowerEdge
R730, C4130 and Precision R7910 platforms and NVIDIA GRID
K1/K2 GPUs
• High performance, high density virtualized graphics for all users
• Reference architectures include best practices, sizing guidance
and density expectations for all configurations
• Improved end user virtualized desktops with enhanced graphics to
ensure successful VDI adoption
• Implement virtualized mainstream and high performance
application and resources with high performance virtualized
graphics capabilities
• C4130 – Ideal for customers requiring high density virtualized
graphics – 4 doublewide GPU sleds in a 1U form factor server
• Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon 6
• Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon 6 with vGPU
• www.Dell.com/Wyse

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Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse Workstation Grade
Virtualized Graphics
Highlights
Use Cases
• 2U pre-configured appliance with simplified installation; built on
top of the Dell Precision Rack 7910
• Supports up to 3 users per appliance in dedicated GPU mode,
and 4 or 8 users per appliance in GRID vGPU mode
• Leverages Teradici PCoIP technology for the best remote user
experience
• Certified by key ISVs such as Siemens, PTC and more coming
• Improve workforce collaboration, data security, workspace
management and user mobility
• Deliver high-performance user workspaces while benefiting from
cost advantages that virtualization offers
• Build out a virtual workstation environment quickly with limited
virtualization expertise and IT staff
• Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse
• Wyse Datacenter for Virtual Workstations
• www.Dell.com/Wyse

37. Wrap Up

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Streamlined end
user access and
supplier
connectivity
Real-time
collaboration for
engineers in
29 offices across
7 countries
Being able to scale
up or down across
locations allows us
to be much more
agile and deliver
ideas faster and on
any device.
33%
productivity
gain, access to
radiology images
on a variety of
endpoints
We are confident
that it is now finally
economically viable
for CH2MHILL to
provide a VDI farm
for graphically
demanding
workloads across
the globe. This
could truly
transform the way
we do business.
– Pete Whitcomb,
Populous' Head of IT
– Craig Fletcher
CTO
CH2M
“
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“
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39. Resources

40. VMware & NVIDIA GRID Test Drive
Try out a virtual workstation with leading graphics applications
• Instant access to NVIDIA GRID
vGPU with VMware Horizon 6
• Experience workstation applications
like AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS,
Siemens NX, ArcGIS Pro in a remote
desktop
• Prove to yourself in less than an
hour virtual workstations are here
today
• www.nvidia.com/vmware-trygrid
www.nvidia.com/vmware-trygrid

41. Welcome to the NVIDIA VMware Community
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A community dedicated to NVIDIA and VMware solutions
• Web portal with discussions, solution
updates and basic sales support
• Interact with peers, learn tips / tricks and
accelerate NVIDIA GRID vGPU deployment
on VMware
• Available to any customer who completes a
brief questionnaire
• Join us today www.nvidia.com/nvc

42. Resources
• NVIDIA GRID & VMware Horizon Deployment Guide
– http://www.nvidia.com/object/grid-vgpu-deployment-guide.html
• VMware Horizon 6 3D Engineering Workloads Reference Architecture
– http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmware-horizon-6-view-virtual-desktop-3d-graphics-
reference-architecture.pdf
• VMware Horizon with View on Virtual SAN Reference Architecture
– http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vmware-horizon-view-virtual-san-reference-architecture.pdf
• NVIDIA GRID Certified Servers
– http://www.nvidia.com/object/enterprise-virtualization-where-to-buy.htmlv
• ESRI ArcGIS Pro App Guide with VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU
– http://www.nvidia.com/esriappguide
• Autodesk Revit App Guide with VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU
– http://www.nvidia.com/revitappguide
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CONFIDENTIAL

46. Deliver High Performance Desktops
with VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU
Pat Lee, VMware, Inc
Luke Wignall, NVIDIA
EUC5404
#EUC5404