Configuration Of Pci Device - Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series User Manual

Configuration of PCI Device

Note:
• When using the Windows, there are restrictions in the numbers of NIC
ports which can be assigned to one LPAR.
See
page 10-13
Configure Scheduling Mode and details of PCI Devices on PCI Device
Assignment screen.
See PCI Device Assignment on page 10-7
• Scheduling mode of PCI Devices cannot be changed when scheduling
mode of target device is Shared mode. For Configuration of shared NIC,
see
configuration of shared FC, see
5-27.
• The scheduling mode can be changed in PCI devices with "+" on the right
of "Schd". For a PCI device without "+", the scheduling mode cannot be
changed.
• Onboard USB ports assigned to an LPAR in Exclusive Shared Mode can be
changed to another LPAR without stopping the LPAR. This switching is
available only for the USB port of the primary server blade.
Setting the Scheduling Mode to Shared Mode
1 On the [PCI Device Assignment] screen, place the cursor at Schd of the
.
PCI device whose scheduling mode is to be changed and press [Enter].
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Logical partitioning manager User's Guide
Restrictions of the numbers of NIC ports assignment for Windows on
for details.
Assign VNICs (Virtual NICs) to LPARs on page
Setup of LPAR manager
for note.
5-26. And for
Assign Shared FCs to LPARs on page
5-17