Personality Changes - Lenovo 8200 Series Installation Manual

Figure 24 shows the default NPAR function settings.
Figure 24: NPAR Default Function Settings

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Based on your operating environment, you can use your preferred management tool to change or disable
PCI functions on either physical port. Using this feature lets you divide each physical port into up to four
partitions, configured to support one of the following PCI function types: NIC, FCoE, or iSCSI.
Note: Throughout this section, the terms personality and function type are used interchangeably.
Table 6 shows the port identifications and the possible NPAR configurations.
Table 6. NPAR Configuration Options
Function
Function Type
Number
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Only one iSCSI and/or FCoE function per physical port. NIC, iSCSI, and FCoE have fixed function numbers. Functions 2–7 can be independently dis-
abled.
8200 Series Converged Network Adapter and 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapter
Physical Port
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
iSCSI/NIC
iSCSI/NIC
FCoE/NIC
FCoE/NIC
Number
0 Always present. Always NIC. Cannot be dis-
abled.
1
0 NIC or disabled
1
0 iSCSI, NIC, or disabled
1
0 FCoE, NIC, or disabled
1
Notes
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