Port Multiple Assignment - Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series User Manual

If your LPAR manager firmware does not support SR-IOV, update it to
one that supports SR-IOV. For details about updating LPAR manager
firmware, see the Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Management Module
Setup Guide.
Update NIC firmware
If your NIC firmware does not support SR-IOV, update it to one that
supports SR-IOV. For details about updating NIC firmware, see the Server
Blade 10Gb CNA/LAN Product Firmware Update Guide. Note that in LP
mode you cannot update NIC firmware. Change to Basic mode before
updating NIC firmware.
Set up SR-IOV
For details about setting up SR-IOV, see the Hitachi Compute Blade
Emulex Adapter User's Guide for Hardware. Note that in LP mode you
cannot set up SR-IOV. Change to Basic mode before setting up SR-IOV.
Set shared mode
On the PCI Device Assignment screen for LPAR manager, set the NIC
scheduling mode to shared mode. For details, see
on page
Set up VF NICs
On the Virtual NIC (VNIC) Assignment screen for LPAR manager, set the
following items. For details, see
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Update the NIC driver
If your NIC driver does not support SR-IOV, update it to one that
supports SR-IOV. For details about updating the NIC driver, see the
Hitachi Compute Blade Emulex Adapter User's Guide for Driver.

Port Multiple Assignment

Logical NIC supports the Port Multiple Assignment function. Port Multiple
Assignment can be set on the Virtual NIC Assignment screen.
This function makes it possible to assign multiple ports of physical NIC the
target LPAR.
The function is efficient especially when small number of NIC cards are
installed, because the number of segments more than the number of physical
NICs can be assigned.
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Logical partitioning manager User's Guide
7-37.
VF NIC (such as 1av) assignment (required)
VLAN setting (optional)
Transmission bandwidth limitation setting (optional)
LPAR manager Functions
PCI Device Assignment
Virtual NIC Assignment on page 7-42.
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