Appendix D
GPU Card Installation
Managing GRID Licenses
Features that require GRID licensing run at reduced capability until a GRID license is acquired.
Acquiring a GRID License on Windows
To acquire a GRID license on Windows, use the following procedure.
Open the NVIDIA Control Panel using one of the following methods:
Step 1
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Step 2
In the NVIDIA Control Panel left-pane under Licensing, select Manage License.
The Manage License task pane opens and shows the current license edition being used. The GRID
software automatically selects the license edition based on the features that you are using. The default
is Tesla (unlicensed).
If you want to acquire a license for GRID Virtual Workstation, under License Edition, select GRID
Step 3
Virtual Workstation.
In the License Server field, enter the address of your local GRID License Server.
Step 4
The address can be a domain name or an IP address.
Step 5
In the Port Number field, enter your port number of leave it set to the default used by the server, which
is 7070.
Select Apply.
Step 6
The system requests the appropriate license edition from your configured License Server. After a license
is successfully acquired, the features of that license edition are enabled.
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Right-click on the Windows desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel from the menu.
Open Windows Control Panel and double-click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon.
After you configure licensing settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel, the settings persist across
reboots.
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