Acquiring A Grid License On Linux - Cisco UCS B200 M5 Installation And Service Note

Acquiring a GRID License on Linux

The Manage License task pane opens and shows the current license edition being used. The GRID software
automatically selects the license edition based on the feature that you are using. The default is Tesla
(unlicensed).
Step 3
If you want to acquire a license for GRID Virtual Workstation, under License Edition, select GRID Virtual
Workstation.
Step 4 In the License Server field, enter the address of your local GRID License Server.
The address can be a domain name or an IP address.
Step 5 In the Port Number field, enter your port number or leave it set to the default used by the server, which is
7070.
Step 6
Select Apply.
The system requests the appropriate license edition from your configured License Server. After a license is
successfully acquired, the features of that license edition are enabled.
Note
Acquiring a GRID License on Linux
To acquire a GRID license on Linux, use the following procedure.
Procedure
Step 1 Edit the configuration file:
sudo vi /etc/nvidia/gridd.conf
Step 2 Edit the
The address can be a domain name or an IP address. See the Sample Configuration File.
Step 3 Append the port number (default 7070) to the end of the address with a colon. See the Sample Configuration
File.
Step 4 Edit the
• GRID vGPU = 1
• GRID Virtual Workstation = 2
Step 5 Restart the nvidia-gridd service:
sudo service nvidia-gridd restart
The service automatically acquires the license edition that you specified in the
confirm this in
Note
Sample Configuration File
# /etc/nvidia/gridd.conf - Configuration file for NVIDIA Grid Daemon
# Description: Set License Server URL
# Data type: string
# Format: "<address>:<port>"
Server URL=10.31.20.45:7070
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After you configure licensing settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel, the settings persist across reboots.
line with the address of your local GRID License Server.
ServerUrl
line with an integer for the license type. See the Sample Configuration File.
FeatureType
.
/var/log/messages
After you configure licensing settings in , the settings persist across reboots.
gridd.conf
NVIDIA Licensing Information
line. You can
FeatureType