You obtain the licenses that are served by the GRID License Server from NVIDIA’s Licensing Portal as
downloadable license files, which you install into the GRID License Server via its management interface.
Figure 56: NVIDIA GRID Licensing Architecture
There are three editions of GRID licenses, which enable three different classes of GRID features. The GRID
software automatically selects the license edition based on the features that you are using.
GRID FeatureGRID License Edition
Virtual GPUs for business desktop computingGRID Virtual GPU (vGPU)
Virtual GPUs for midrange workstation computingGRID Virtual Workstation
Virtual GPUs for high-end workstation computing
Workstation graphics on GPU pass-through
GRID Virtual Workstation – Extended
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