Users Guide

5–Adapter Preboot Configuration
Configuring Partitions
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4. When prompted, click Yes to save the changes. Changes take effect after a
system reset.
To configure partitions:
1. To examine a specific partition configuration, on the NIC Partitioning
Configuration page (Figure 5-15 on page 61), select Partition n
Configuration. If NParEP is not enabled, only four partitions exist per port.
2. To configure the first partition, select Partition 1 Configuration to open the
Partition 1 Configuration page (Figure 5-17), which shows the following
parameters:
 NIC Mode (always enabled)
 PCI Device ID
 PCI (bus) Address
 MAC Address
 Virtual MAC Address
If NParEP is not enabled, only four partitions per port are available. On
non-offload-capable adapters, the FCoE Mode and iSCSI Mode options
and information are not displayed.
Figure 5-17. Partition 1 Configuration
3. To configure the second partition, select Partition 2 Configuration to open
the Partition 2 Configuration page. If FCoE Offload is present, the Partition 2
Configuration (Figure 5-18) shows the following parameters:
 NIC Mode enables or disables the L2 Ethernet NIC personality on
Partitions 2 and greater. To disable any of the remaining partitions, set
the NIC Mode to Disabled. To disable offload-capable partitions,
disable both the NIC Mode and respective offload mode.
 FCoE Mode enables or disables the FCoE-Offload personality on the
second partition. If you enable this mode on the second partition, you
should disable NIC Mode. Because only one offload is available per
port, if FCoE-Offload is enabled on the port’s second partition,
iSCSI-Offload cannot be enabled on the third partition of that same
NPAR mode port. Not all adapters support FCoE Mode.