Number of
processors/
LPAR
Maximum
number of
ports
SMP
SMT
enabled
disabled
17
33-34
38
18
35-36
40
19
37-38
42
20
39-40
44
21
41-42
46
22
43-44
48
23
45-46
50
24
47-48
52
25
49-50
54
26 -
51-
56
Example of I/O assignment combination
Dedicated NIC
Dedicated
(Intel 1 Gb;
NIC (Intel 10
Broadcom 1 Gb)
Gb): 3-port
resources
Shared NIC/
used for 1
Virtual NIC (NIC2)
port
12
20
32
14
22
32
16
24
32
18
26
32
20
28
32
22
30
32
24
32
32
26
32
32
28
32
32
30
32
32
32
32
1399
Dedicated
NIC (Emulex
10 Gb):
4-port
resources
used for 1
port
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
4