I’ve updated from 6.7.0u2 to 7.0.1
(HPE-ESXi-6.7.0-Update2 to (Updated) HPE-Custom-AddOn_701.0.0.10.6.0-40)
In an attempt to be able to pass through an Nvidia Quadro P400 to Linux guest.
In 6.7.0u2, Linux could see the GPU, but not “correctly” (nividia-smi not reporting card, but shows up with lspci)
I’ve read about the passthrough changes in 7.0 and have created a new ESXi 7.0 U1 virtual machine from scratch.
The GPU is marked as active passthrough in the host hardware
The VM is configured with UEFI bios
I’ve added the GPU as a “Dynamic PCI device”
Although does seem odd at top level to see:
I’ve reserved all the guest OS memory
This GPU only has 2Gb…so nothing fancy there in memory allocations.
This card is max 30 watts and no “extra” power connections.
Since trying this on 7.0.1 I cannot even start the VM as it always fails with:
“Power on failure messages: Module ‘DevicePowerOn’ power on failed.”
I see nothing in the logs that would explain the failure.
2020-10-22T23:13:21.121Z| vmx| I005: DICT pciPassthru0.allowedDevices = “0x10de:0x1cb3,0x10de:0xfb9”
…
2020-10-22T23:13:21.410Z| vmx| I005+ Power on failure messages: Module ‘DevicePowerOn’ power on failed.
2020-10-22T23:13:21.410Z| vmx| I005+ Failed to start the virtual machine.
2020-10-22T23:13:21.410Z| vmx| I005+
2020-10-22T23:13:21.411Z| vmx| I005: Vix: [mainDispatch.c:4200]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: statevar=0, newAppState=1870, success=1 additionalError=0
2020-10-22T23:13:21.411Z| vmx| I005: Transitioned vmx/execState/val to poweredOff
2020-10-22T23:13:21.411Z| vmx| I005: Vix: [mainDispatch.c:4200]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: statevar=0, newAppState=1870, success=0 additionalError=0
2020-10-22T23:13:21.411Z| vmx| I005: Vix: [mainDispatch.c:4238]: Error VIX_E_FAIL in VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished(): Unknown error
2020-10-22T23:13:21.411Z| vmx| I005: Vix: [mainDispatch.c:4200]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: statevar=0, newAppState=1870, success=1 additionalError=0
2020-10-22T23:13:21.411Z| vmx| I005: Transitioned vmx/execState/val to poweredOff
As soon as I remove the GPU from the VM, the VM will power up without issue.
I feel I have to be missing something obvious as this “should work”, but I’m currently at a loss.
I’ve attached the log and vmx files.
TIA for any help.