10–SR-IOV Configuration
Configuring SR-IOV on VMware
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8.
Save the configuration settings and reboot the system.
9.
To enable the quantity of VFs per port as
n
or 16, issue the following
command:
"esxcfg-module -s "max_vfs=16,16" qedentv"
10. Reboot the host.
11.
To verify that the changes are complete at the module level, issue the
following command:
"esxcfg-module -g qedentv"
[root@localhost:~] esxcfg-module -g qedentv
qedentv enabled = 1 options = 'max_vfs=16,16'
12. To verify if actual VFs were created, issue the
lspci
command as follows:
[root@localhost:~]
lspci | grep -i QLogic | grep -i 'ethernet\|network' | more
0000:05:00.0 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx 10/25
GbE Ethernet Adapter [vmnic6]
0000:05:00.1 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx 10/25
GbE Ethernet Adapter [vmnic7]
0000:05:02.0 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.0_VF_0]
0000:05:02.1 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.0_VF_1]
0000:05:02.2 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.0_VF_2]
0000:05:02.3 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.0_VF_3]
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0000:05:03.7 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.0_VF_15]
0000:05:0e.0 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.1_VF_0]
0000:05:0e.1 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.1_VF_1]
0000:05:0e.2 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.1_VF_2]
0000:05:0e.3 Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic FastLinQ QL41xxx Series
10/25 GbE Controller (SR-IOV VF) [PF_0.5.1_VF_3]
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