Overview
NICE DCV is a high performance remote streaming protocol that enables user to securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs.
NICE DCV offers end users a wide range of client devices, including native clients for Windows, Linux, and MacOS operating systems. Native clients support up to 4 monitors at 4K resolution each and the Windows client also supports USB redirection for 3D mice and USB storage devices. The QUIC/UDP protocol is enabled as well.
NICE DCV Ubuntu 20 Desktop supports high end remote 3D access for e.g. HPC or media pre-/post-processing applications. Includes support for remote USB devices and file transfer. NVIDIA drivers pre-installed for high-end remote 3D experience. On AWS, NICE DCV provides the streaming protocol e.g. used by Amazon Appstream 2.0, AWS RoboMaker and AWS Nimble Studio.
Supports latest nVidia driver and CUDA Toolkit.
This AMI supports g4dn, g5, g3 and p3 instance-families.
Highlights
- Remote Performance: Responsive and secure streaming experience allowing customers to run graphics intensive applications remotely removing the need for expensive dedicated workstations or transferring large amounts of data. Based on the latest NICE DCV version from AWS.
- Secure TLS encrypted leading-edge 3D remote desktop connection on high-end AMD based cloud GPUs. Includes remote USB support and file transfer.
- Ubuntu 20 desktop with full superuser access to add and manage own applications.
Details
Typical total price
$0.792/hour
Pricing
Free trial
Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
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p3.2xlarge | $0.28 | $3.06 | $3.34 |
p3.8xlarge | $1.18 | $12.24 | $13.42 |
p3.16xlarge | $2.38 | $24.48 | $26.86 |
p3dn.24xlarge | $2.95 | $31.212 | $34.162 |
g3.4xlarge | $0.09 | $1.14 | $1.23 |
g3.8xlarge | $0.19 | $2.28 | $2.47 |
g3.16xlarge | $0.29 | $4.56 | $4.85 |
g3s.xlarge | $0.06 | $0.75 | $0.81 |
g4dn.xlarge | $0.03 | $0.526 | $0.556 |
g4dn.2xlarge Recommended | $0.04 | $0.752 | $0.792 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
No refund
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Version release notes
Updated NVIDIA driver to 560.35.03 and CUDA 12.6.1. Includes NICE DCV 2023.1-16388 with support for redirection of in-session WebAuthN and other new features and patches. More information can be found here: https://www.ni-sp.com/9-11-2023-nice-releases-dcv-2023-1-including-new-features/ .
Additional details
Usage instructions
Make sure the instance security groups allow inbound traffic to TCP and UDP port 8443 and 22.
To connect you have different options:
Connect with the native NICE DCV Client for best performance
- Download the NICE DCV client from: https://download.nice-dcv.com/ (includes Windows portable client)
- In the DCV client connection field enter the instance public IP to connect.
- Sign in using the following credentials: User: ubuntu. Password: last 6 digits of the instance ID.
Connect with NICE DCV Web Client for convenience
- Connect with the following URL: https://IP_OR_FQDN:8443/, e.g. https://3.70.184.235:8443/
- Sign in using the following credentials: User: ubuntu. Password: last 6 digits of the instance ID.
Set your own password and connect
- Connect to your remote machine with ssh -i <your-pem-key> ubuntu@<public-dns>
- Set the password for the user "ubuntu" with sudo passwd ubuntu. This is the password you will use to log in to DCV
- Connect to your remote machine with the NICE DCV native client or web client as described above
- Enter your credentials and you are ready to rock
With DCV 2021 and later QUIC/UDP will be used automatically together with the DCV client. In the DCV client connection settings you can select TCP as well. Please do not perform an update to a new kernel or higher releases as it might disable the GPU driver.
Support
Vendor support
Technical documentation (https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/dcv/ ) and NI SP Tips and Tricks (https://www.ni-sp.com/nice-dcv-tips-and-tricks/ ). Free support is available through forums (https://forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?forumID=366 )
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.