Poor performance with GPU Passthrough and virtual machine hardware 11
Article ID: 337988
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
After enabling GPU pass-through using either a supported Nvidia or AMD GPU, performance on a virtual machine becomes degraded with high CPU usage.
After enabling GPU pass-through using either a supported Nvidia or AMD GPU, performance on a virtual machine becomes degraded with high CPU usage.
Environment
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
Cause
This issue occurs when pciHole settings are added to the vmx file for VMs with hardware version 11 or later.
Resolution
pciHole settings are no longer required for vSphere 6.0+/HW 11+ VMs. These settings can be removed from the VMX files and any primary image. For more information see VMware vSphere VMDirectPath I/O: Requirements for Platforms and Devices (2142307).
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