Iris Pro Graphics P580 / vSGA / ESXi 6.5

[NRobe3]

We are running ESXi 6.5 P02 (Latest build 7388607) on an HPE m710x server which has an Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 graphics card.

https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/product-catalog/servers/proliant-servers/pip.hpe-proliant-m710x-server-cartridge.1009011712.html https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/product-catalog/servers/proliant-servers/pip.hpe-proliant-m710x-server-cartridge.1009011712.html

We would like to use the Iris Pro P580 for vSGA graphics within our VM's running Horizon View. The graphics card is listed as fully supported in the VMware "Virtual Shared Graphics Acceleration Guide" which was last updated on January 4, 2018 (today!). https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/pdf/vi_vsga_guide.pdf https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/pdf/vi_vsga_guide.pdfHowever, when we load ESXI 6.5 (Build 7388607) we can see the "Iris Pro Graphics P580" listed under Configure - Hardware - Graphics but it shows with 0.00 B of memory and the XORG service does not start.

This would imply that either a VIB is missing (from ESXi or Intel) or maybe the BIOS settings for the server are slightly incorrect. I have VT-d disabled within the BIOS (as I am not looking to pass the card through directly as vDGA) and the GPU Aperture Size has been set to 1024 to allow it to be shared.

What am I missing on an apparently supported configuration?!

[idata]

Hello neilroberts,

Thank you for joining the Graphics Community. I am sorry to hear you are having issues with this matter.

In this case the best answer on this topics should be provided by VMware since from our end the support provided is for Windows® 10 only. Windows® 10 is the fully supported operating system for this graphics controller, you can get more information here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005526/graphics-drivers.html Supported Operating Systems for Intel® Graphics Products. Try the https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere Community: VMware vSphere™ |VMware Communities for more information on this matter.

Regards,

Amy C.