sysop-gwg Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I have a GPU that is dedicated to a VM. My motherboard doesn’t have a GPU on board. Can I simply add another GPU to support a console monitor. Back story, I has having issues with the server and couldn’t connect over the network. So, I am “blind” w/o a console. Quote Link to comment
jonp Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Yes, you can add a GPU and it will output graphics for the console. Quote Link to comment
sysop-gwg Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Thank you. Can do this without it affecting previously created VMs? Quote Link to comment
jonp Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 After adding the GPU, you may need to edit any VM that has a PCI device assigned to it. PCI device IDs can change when new devices are added, so you'll simply need to verify that before starting the VMs after adding the new device. 1 Quote Link to comment
sysop-gwg Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Do I need to configure the new card to be the console output? Or, will that happen on reboot? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, sysop-gwg said: Do I need to configure the new card to be the console output? Or, will that happen on reboot? The boot video card is typically determined in the BIOS. Hopefully your BIOS will let you assign the correct card, if not, you may need to switch slots. 1 Quote Link to comment
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