Merge pull request #2687 from yangnicole-ml/patch-3

Update virtual-machines-n-series-linux-support.md

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/virtual-machines/includes/virtual-machines-n-series-linux-support.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title: include file
 author: jushiman
  ms.service: virtual-machines
  ms.topic: include
- ms.date: 04/22/2025
+ ms.date: 12/01/2025
 ms.author: vikancha
 ms.custom: include file, linux-related-content
 # Customer intent: "As a cloud engineer managing Linux virtual machines, I want to install the appropriate NVIDIA CUDA and GRID drivers, so that I can ensure optimal performance for graphics and compute workloads in my Azure environment."
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ For the latest CUDA drivers and supported operating systems, visit the [NVIDIA](
 > The latest supported CUDA driver for original NC-series SKU VMs is currently 470.82.01. Later driver versions aren't supported on the K80 cards in NC.
 >
 > [!NOTE]
->The Azure NVads A10 v5 VMs only support GRID 14.1(510.73) or higher driver versions. The vGPU driver for the A10 SKU is a unified driver that supports both graphics and compute workloads.
+>The Azure NVads A10 v5 VMs only support GRID 17.x or higher driver versions. The vGPU driver for the A10 SKU is a unified driver that supports both graphics and compute workloads.
 
 > [!CAUTION]
 > Secure Boot and vTPM should be disabled because the process hangs when they're enabled.
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ For the latest CUDA drivers and supported operating systems, visit the [NVIDIA](
 ### NVIDIA GRID drivers
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> [vGPU18](https://download.microsoft.com/download/f5fdb58d-8a8b-4894-9add-6b93a1456f58/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.133.20-grid-azure.run) is available for the NCasT4_v3-series. We will provide an update once vGPU18 becomes available for the NVadsA10_v5-series. 
+> [vGPU18](https://download.microsoft.com/download/f5fdb58d-8a8b-4894-9add-6b93a1456f58/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.133.20-grid-azure.run) is available for the NCasT4_v3-series.
+>
+> [vGPU18 (Windows)](https://download.microsoft.com/download/dcf4d002-3a53-469d-91af-04bddf57a9d7/573.76_grid_win10_win11_server2019_server2022_server2025_dch_64bit_international_azure_swl.exe) and [vGPU18 (Linux)](https://download.microsoft.com/download/0541e1a5-dff2-4b8c-a79c-96a7664b1d49/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.195.03-grid-azure.run) are now available for the NVadsA10_v5-series in **public regions only**. vGPU18 for the NVadsA10_v5-series is **not** supported in the Mooncake and Fairfax regions yet. We'll provide an update once vGPU18 becomes supported for the NVadsA10_v5-series in the Mooncake and Fairfax regions.
 
 Microsoft redistributes NVIDIA GRID driver installers for NV and NVv3-series VMs used as virtual workstations or for virtual applications. Install only these GRID drivers on Azure NV VMs, only on the operating systems listed in the following table. These drivers include licensing for GRID Virtual GPU Software in Azure. You don't need to set up a NVIDIA vGPU software license server.
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ For more information on the specific vGPU and driver branch versions, visit the
 
 |Distribution|Driver|
 |---|--|
-|Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS<br/><br/>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 9.0, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5<br/><br/>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2, 12 SP2,12 SP5<br/><br/>Rocky Linux 8.4| NVIDIA vGPU 17.55, driver branch [R550](https://download.microsoft.com/download/c5319e92-672e-4067-8d85-ab66a7a64db3/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.144.06-grid-azure.run) <br/><br/> NVIDIA vGPU 17.55, driver branch [R550](https://download.microsoft.com/download/c5319e92-672e-4067-8d85-ab66a7a64db3/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.144.06-grid-azure.run)
+|Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS<br/><br/>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 9.0, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5<br/><br/>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2, 12 SP2,12 SP5<br/><br/>Rocky Linux 8.4| NVIDIA vGPU 18.5, driver branch [R570](https://download.microsoft.com/download/0541e1a5-dff2-4b8c-a79c-96a7664b1d49/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.195.03-grid-azure.run) <br/><br/> NVIDIA vGPU 18.5, driver branch [R570](https://download.microsoft.com/download/0541e1a5-dff2-4b8c-a79c-96a7664b1d49/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.195.03-grid-azure.run)
 
 > [!NOTE]
 >For Azure NVads A10 v5 VMs we recommend customers to always be on the latest driver version. The latest NVIDIA major driver branch(n) is only backward compatbile with the previous major branch(n-1). For eg, vGPU 17.x is backward compatible with vGPU 16.x only. Any VMs still runnig n-2 or lower may see driver failures when the latest drive branch is rolled out to Azure hosts.