Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual page 79

Chapter III. Virtual Function Network (vNIC)
[root@host~]# chelsio_adapter_config.py
Chelsio adapter detected
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| Choose Chelsio card:
| 1. T580_SO_CR
| 2. T6225_SO
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Select card: 2
Card T6225_SO(4:0.0) selected
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| Choose option
| 1. Change to Default settings
| 2. Change Adapter Config settings
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Select option: 2
Changing Adapter Config settings
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| Possible Chelsio adapter settings: |
| 1: 248 VFs mode
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248 VF setting selected
iii. Instantiate virtual functions:
[root@host~]# modprobe cxgb4
[root@host~]# echo n >
/sys/class/net/ethX/device/driver/<bus_id>/sriov_numvfs
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124 virtual functions can be instantiated on T5 adapter, with 31 virtual functions per
physical function{pf 0..3}.
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248 virtual functions can be instantiated on T6 adapter, with 62 virtual functions per
physical function{pf 0..3}.
iv. Unload the vNIC driver on the host (if loaded):
[root@host~]# rmmod cxgb4vf
v. The virtual functions can now be assigned to virtual machines (guests).
vi. For each PF on which VFs are instantiated, 1 management interface (mgmtpfX,Y) will be
created. You can see them using ip link show command:
Chelsio Unified Wire for Linux
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