Personality changes – Lenovo ThinkServer RD540 User Manual

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Figure 24 shows the default NPAR function settings.

Figure 24: NPAR Default Function Settings

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Based on your operating environment, you can use your preferred management tool to change or disable
PCI functions on either physical port. Using this feature lets you divide each physical port into up to four
partitions, configured to support one of the following PCI function types: NIC, FCoE, or iSCSI.

Table 6 shows the port identifications and the possible NPAR configurations.

Note: Throughout this section, the terms personality and function type are used interchangeably.

Table 6. NPAR Configuration Options

Function

Number

Function Type

Physical Port

Number

Notes

0

NIC

0

Always present. Always NIC. Cannot be dis-
abled.

1

NIC

1

2

NIC

0

NIC or disabled

3

NIC

1

4

iSCSI/NIC

0

iSCSI, NIC, or disabled

5

iSCSI/NIC

1

6

FCoE/NIC

0

FCoE, NIC, or disabled

7

FCoE/NIC

1

Only one iSCSI and/or FCoE function per physical port. NIC, iSCSI, and FCoE have fixed function numbers. Functions 2–7 can be independently dis-
abled.

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