Notes On Using Sr-Iov - Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual

Notes on using SR-IOV

This section contains notes about using SR-IOV.
Prerequisite Server blade
configuration
EFI firmware version
BMC firmware version
LPAR manager firmware version
Switch module
NIC
NIC firmware version
NIC driver version
1,2, 3, 4, 5
OS
Settings with NIC SR-IOV settings
SR-IOV
LPAR manager operating mode
NIC scheduling mode
NIC functions Performance
(Recommendable)
Item
6
7
Maximum
throughput
Load on physical
processors
Checksum
1403
Support specifications
Standard server blades:
X55R3/X55S3/X55R4
High-performance server blade:
X57A2
09-61/10-61 or later: Standard
server blades (X55R3/X55S3)
11-46/12-46 or later: Standard
server blades (X55R4)
07-68/08-68 or later:
High-performance server blade
(X57A2)
07-14 or later: Standard server
blades
08-09 or higher:
High-performance server blade
59-70 or higher: Standard
server blades (X55R3/X55S3)
59-72 or higher: Standard
server blades (X55R4)
79-70 or higher:
High-performance server blade
(X57A2)
Connection only to10 Gb switch
module is supported.
Emulex 10 Gb NIC
4.6.348.0: Standard server
blades (X55R3/X55S3)
10.2.340.10: Standard server
blades (X55R4)
4.6.348.0: High-performance
server blade (X57A2)
When Emulex NIC firmware
version is 4.6.x.x: 4.6.352.0
When Emulex NIC firmware
version is 10.2.x.x: 10.2.340.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
Enabled
LPAR manager expansion
mode
Shared mode
about 7 Gbps
Low
Send: on