Enabling and disabling sr-iov on nic ports – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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OneCommand™ Manager Application

P010066-01A Rev. A

8. Managing Adapters and Ports

NIC

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Max Configurable PGs – The maximum number of Priority Groups that can

be configured.

Configure DCB Dialog Box Buttons

Defaults – Click to return to the factory settings.

Configuration Rules – Click to display the NIC Priority window that lists the

rules for configuring NIC priorities.
You must observe the following rules when configuring priority groups for

NIC-Only adapter ports:
1. Only one PFC priority can be configured.
2. The PFC Priority must be assigned to a priority group which has no other

priorities.

3. Bandwidths of all the priority groups must add up to 100%.

OK – Click to apply and save your changes.

Cancel – Click to discard any changes you made.

Enabling and Disabling SR-IOV on NIC Ports

Note: This section only applies when running the OneCommand Manager application

on supported SR-IOV adapters and operating system platforms.

Note: SR-IOV is not supported with UMC.

When SR-IOV is available, the NIC Port Information tab (Figure 8-46) allows you to

enable SR-IOV on NIC adapter ports. When SR-IOV is enabled, multiple VFs can be

created on a NIC PF for an adapter port. These VF's are assigned by virtual operating

systems such as Microsoft Hyper-V and Linux KVM to virtual machines (VMs). Each

VM can be assigned one or more VFs by the guest operating system running on the

VM. To the guest operating system, the VF is an independent NIC function with its

own MAC address and is available for network I/O.
The discovery-tree displays the VFs running on the discovered PFs. It also shows the

selected VFs MAC Address, VLAN ID, Link Status and Transmit Rate.
To enable or disable SR-IOV:
1. Select Host view.
2. Select a NIC port in the discovery-tree.
3. Select the Port Information tab.
4. Check or uncheck Enable SR-IOV.

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