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Using Xeon Phi Co-processor in an ESXi host

MARK_A_Intel1 — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:58:56 GMT

Hello,

I am just wondering, has anyone tired using Xeon Phi with an ESXi host?

It seems ESXi (5.1) OS/Hypervisor does not seem to recognize the MIC.

Hi Mark,

Sumedh_N_Intel — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:09:10 GMT

Hi Mark,

VMWare doesn’t support ESXi with Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. The only virtualization options available right now are Xen and ScaleMP.

– listed here: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-and-third-party-tools-and-libraries-available-with-support-for-intelr-xeon-phitm

Hi,

Jayson_S_ — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:50:47 GMT

Hi,

Thats too bad :) is there any plans from Intel/VMWare for ESX support with use of Phi ? or is that even known, if so any indication on timeframe?

Bertrand and Jayson,

TaylorIoTKidd — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:26:04 GMT

Bertrand and Jayson,

There are efforts here at Intel. I'm trying to get you a more definitive answer.

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Taylor

Any news abt that?

Massimo_B_ — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:33:51 GMT

Any news abt that?

implementing Xeon Phi on ESXi will be a great choice!

I'll get back to you soon. I

TaylorIoTKidd — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:43:45 GMT

I'll get back to you soon. I have some answers but need to put them together.

Regards
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Taylor

Take a look at the article

TaylorIoTKidd — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:54:45 GMT

Take a look at the article http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/getting-xen-working-for-intelr-xeon-phitm-coprocessor.

I'm trying to find if there are further updates.

Regards
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Taylor

Hi Massimo,

BelindaLiviero — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:25:00 GMT

Hi Massimo,

please contact VMWare to find out their product and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor support plans. If you are interested in trying other VMM solutions that are freely available, we can discuss what we know works (looks like Taylor sent you a link on Xen). From what I understand, some folks have gotten KVM to work as well; depending on the level of interest we can document it...

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Volker_G_ — Wed, 07 May 2014 09:34:49 GMT

BELINDA L. (Intel) wrote:

If you are interested in trying other VMM solutions that are freely available, we can discuss what we know works. From what I understand, some folks have gotten KVM to work as well; depending on the level of interest we can document it...

Hi Belinda,

Apart from the VMM solutions listed in the following link: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-and-third-party-tools-and-libraries-available-with-support-for-intelr-xeon-phitm , what are other possible options to use a Phi card within a guest OS? Is there support for KVM-QEMU environments?

we are probably just a few

BelindaLiviero — Wed, 07 May 2014 15:22:35 GMT

we are probably just a few days (less than a week) away from publishing a complete recipe for enabling KVM that we checked against multiple RedHat Linux releases -- I will ask my colleague Loc to insert the link here as soon as it's published.

This is great news. I will be

Volker_G_ — Wed, 07 May 2014 19:16:05 GMT

This is great news. I will be checking this thread and the Phi-related sections in the developer zone for updates.

-V.

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Volker_G_ — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:21:06 GMT

BELINDA L. (Intel) wrote:

we are probably just a few days (less than a week) away from publishing a complete recipe for enabling KVM that we checked against multiple RedHat Linux releases -- I will ask my colleague Loc to insert the link here as soon as it's published.

Hi, is there any progress on this?

Volker,

TaylorIoTKidd — Tue, 27 May 2014 16:36:22 GMT

Volker,

Thanks for the ping. There has been an unexpected hitch in the review of the document.

I'm finding out the expected publication date.

Regards
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Taylor

We've thrown it over the wall

TaylorIoTKidd — Tue, 27 May 2014 19:24:19 GMT

We've thrown it over the wall (an Americanism meaning that we've passed it to the people who are responsible for posting our articles). It should be available later this week or, at the latest, early next week..

Regards
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Taylor

Volker,

TaylorIoTKidd — Thu, 29 May 2014 17:37:38 GMT

Volker,

We just published it: "Getting Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) to Work with Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessors" by Loc Nguyen.

(https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/getting-kernel-based-virtual-machine-kvm-to-work-with-intel-xeon-phi-coprocessors)

Regards
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Taylor

Taylor, thank you very much

Volker_G_ — Thu, 29 May 2014 19:29:14 GMT

Taylor, thank you very much for your prompt response!