GeForce RTX™ 5090 as vGPU

[UK SPEED]

Hello guys

I need to use VGP to allocate resources from GPU to each VM. now I have GeForce RTX™ 5090 to do so, what do I need as licences and configuration to do that, please?

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[VictorSTS]

AFAIK, you need a different, non-gaming, card to use Nvidia vGPU feature:

https://docs.nvidia.com/vgpu/gpus-supported-by-vgpu.html

 

[UK SPEED]

Thanks @VictorSTS

what about NVIDIA Tesla L40S GPU 48GB GDDR6 , do I need other licenses from NVIDIA to start with VGPU

 

[czechsys]

Thread 'NVIDIA vGPU Software 18 Support for Proxmox VE'

Mar 4, 2025

Proxmox VE is the newest addition to the NVIDIA vGPU supported hypervisors, beginning with NVIDIA vGPU Software v18.0, released today.

NVIDIA vGPU software enables multiple virtual machines to share a single supported physical GPU, learn more at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/virtual-solutions/.

A comprehensive guide how to configure NVIDIA's Virtual GPU (vGPU) technology within Proxmox VE is available from Proxmox at https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/NVIDIA_vGPU_on_Proxmox_VE.

Enterprise support for NVIDIA vGPU software on Proxmox VE is available requiring...

• t.lamprecht
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• Forum: Proxmox VE: Installation and configuration

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[VictorSTS]

L40S seems to be supported by current driver version 18, so it should work. You can use it without licenses, i.e. to try if it works for you, but performance will be limited by the driver unless a Nvidia license is activated [1]

[1] https://docs.nvidia.com/vgpu/latest...ndex.html#software-enforcement-grid-licensing