The service automatically acquires the license edition that you specified in the FeatureType line. You can confirm this
in /var/log/messages.
After you configure licensing settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel, the settings persist across reboots.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>"
ServerUrl=10.31.20.45:7070
# Description: Set Feature to be enabled
# Data type: integer
# Possible values:
# 1 => for GRID vGPU
# 2 => for GRID Virtual Workstation
FeatureType=2
Using gpumodeswitch
The command line utility gpumodeswitch can be run in the following environments:
•
Windows 64-bit command prompt (requires administrator permissions)
•
Linux 32/64-bit shell (including Citrix XenServer dom0) (requires root permissions)
Consult NVIDIA product release notes for the latest information on compatibility with compute and
graphic modes.
Note
The gpumodeswitch utility supports the following commands:
•
--listgpumodes
Writes information to a log file named listgpumodes.txt in the current working directory.
•
--gpumode graphics
Switches to graphics mode. Switches mode of all supported GPUs in the server unless you specify
otherwise when prompted.
•
--gpumode compute
Switches to compute mode. Switches mode of all supported GPUs in the server unless you specify
otherwise when prompted.
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