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Configuring PVRDMA on VMware vSphere
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3. Assign the uplinks.
Assigning the uplinks
4. Attach the vmkernel adapter vmk1 to vDS port group.
Attach the vmkernel adapter vmk1 to vDS port group.
5. Click Next and then, click Finish.
2.1.3 Updating vSphere settings
With the vSphere Distributed Switch active, the following features can be enabled on vSphere to configure a
VMware ESXi host for PVRDMA:
• Tag a VMKernel adapter that was created earlier for PVRDMA
• Enable the firewall rule for PVRDMA
• Assign the PVRDMA adapter to one or more virtual machines