Users Guide

16–SR-IOV
Enabling SR-IOV
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If using pre-boot CCM:
a. During power up, press CTRL+S at the prompt to enter CCM.
b. Select the SR-IOV-capable adapter from the Device List. On the Main
Menu, select Device Hardware Configuration, and then select
SR-IOV Enabled.
c. To configure the quantity of VFs that the adapter can support:
 If Multi-Function Mode to is set to SF (Single Function), the
Number of VFs per PF box appears, which you can set from 0 to
64 in increments of 8 (default is 16).
 If Multi-Function Mode is set to NPAR, display the Main Menu
and select NIC Partition Configuration. Then, select the NPAR
Function to configure and enter the appropriate value in the
Number of VFs per PF box.
2. Using either the Windows Device Manager or QLogic Control Suite, enable
SR-IOV in the advanced properties of the Windows driver.
3. In Virtual Switch Manager, create a virtual NIC using the appropriate
procedure for either Windows or ESX.
In Windows:
a. Select Allow Management operating system to share the network
adapter if the host will use this vSwitch to connect to the associated
VMs.
b. Create a vSwitch and select the Enable Single root I/O Virtualization
option.
c. In Virtual Switch Manager, select the virtual adapter and select
Hardware Acceleration in the navigation pane. In the Single-root I/O
virtualization section, select Enable SR-IOV. SR-IOV must be done
now and cannot be enabled after the vSwitch is created.
In ESX:
a. Install the bnx2x driver.
b. Ensure that the lspci command output on ESXi lists the Broadcom
10GNetXtreme NIC.