Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual page 1082

Network interface card (NIC)
LPAR manager supports the following four virtual NIC functions. See
Functions for details.
Mode NIC type
Dedicated Dedicated - Stable performance: not affected by other LPARs
NIC
- High-speed data transmission
Shared VF NIC - SR-IOV, a physical NIC function, is used. Supported physical
NIC, server blade, and OS are limited.
- High-speed data transmission equivalent to Dedicated NIC
- Lighter load on physical processors than Shared and Virtual
NIC
- Transmission bandwidth can be limited by the 100 Mbps.
Shared - A physical NIC can be shared by multiple LPARs.
NIC
- Performance depends on the number of LPARs and traffic
volume.
- Less restrictions on NIC functions than VF NIC.
Dedicated Virtual
- Available only for inter-LPAR transmission
and NIC
- No physical NIC is required.
Shared
Fibre Channel (FC)
LPAR manager supports the following two Fibre Channel functions. See
Functions for details.
Mode FC type
Dedicated Dedicated - Stable performance: not affected by other LPARs
FC
- High-speed data transmission
Shared Shared - A port of FC adapter can be shared by multiple LPARs.
FC
- Performance depends on the number of LPARs and traffic
volume.
Feature
Feature
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Virtual NIC
Shared FC