Assign Pci Devices To Lpars - Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual

Assign PCI devices to LPARs

For Linux OS, the number of NIC ports to assign to an LPAR is
limited. See Maximum Number of NIC Ports to Assign on
Linux for details.
For Windows OS, the number of NIC ports to assign to an
LPAR is limited. See
on Windows.
Use the PCI Device Assignment screen to change the PCI device scheduling mode or to
assign the PCI device to an LPAR.
The PCI Device Assignment screen displays information on the PCI devices

installed in the server blade of the specified physical partition and inserted into the
PCI Slot.
PCI devices in the shared mode shown as "-" whose assignment cannot be

changed on this screen. See
information about how to assign the shared NIC, and See
LPARs for information about how to assign the shared FC.
Onboard USB ports assigned to an LPAR dedicatedly can be changed to another

LPAR without stopping the LPAR. This switching is available only for the USB port
of the primary server blade.
 Changing the scheduling mode of the PCI device
Use the procedure shown below to change the scheduling mode of the PCI device.
Note that all LPARs must be deactivated when you change the scheduling mode.
Maximum Number of NIC Ports to Assign
Assign VNICs (Virtual NICs) to LPARs
1074
for
Assign shared FCs to