Users Guide
5–Adapter Preboot Configuration
Configuring Partitions
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 PCI Device ID 
 PCI Address 
Figure 5-19. Partition 3 Configuration: iSCSI Offload
5. To configure the remaining Ethernet partitions, including the previous (if not 
offload-enabled), open the page for a partition 2 or greater partition (see 
Figure 5-20).
 NIC Mode (Enabled or Disabled). When disabled, the partition is 
hidden such that it does not appear to the OS if fewer than the 
maximum quantity of partitions (or PCI PFs) are detected.
 PCI Device ID 
 PCI Address 
 MAC Address 
 Virtual MAC Address 
Figure 5-20. Partition 4 Configuration
Partitioning for VMware ESXi 6.5 and ESXi 6.7
If the following conditions exist on a system running either VMware ESXi 6.5 or 
ESXi 6.7, you must uninstall and reinstall the drivers:
 The adapter is configured to enable NPAR with all NIC partitions.
 The adapter is in Single Function mode.
 The configuration is saved and the system is rebooted.










