SR-IOV, vNIC, and HNV Information

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SR-IOV, vNIC, and HNV Information 

Mon March 14, 2022 01:22 PM

PowerVM SR-IOV technologies provide sharing of network adapters enabled in SR-IOV shared mode.  This library contains attachments with information on various features of the technologies along with configuration information.  The intent is to update information in this library as the technologies evolves and as more information becomes available.

The information in this library includes updates to the PowerVM SR-IOV FAQs and PowerVM vNIC and vNIC Failover FAQs.  Updates in this version include:

  • SR-IOV support for IBM Power S1012 system
  • SR-IOV support for EN24/EN26 adapter
  • Updates for FW1060 and FW1060.10

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PowerVM SR-IOV FAQs 7-23-2024.pdf   511 KB   1 version
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PowerVM SR-IOV FAQs with updates for Power10 based systems with system firmware FW1050, FW1060, and FW1060.10.
 
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PowerVM vNIC and vNIC Failover FAQs 7-24-2024.pdf   273 KB   1 version
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PowerVM vNIC and vNIC Failover FAQs with updates for Power10 based systems with system firmware FW1060.10.
 
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Chuck Graham
2 days ago

My apologies, I didn't get the new vNIC and vNIC Failover FAQs pushed up until today.

Yes, the EN24/EN26 supports vNIC.

Yes, the hypervisor memory requirement for an EN24/EN26 configured in SR-IOV shared mode is approximately 45GB.  Each port requires a pool of resources.  The increase in number of ports increased the pool resources.

Zvonimir Cerny
3 days ago

Does EN24/EN26 adapter support vNIC ?

Zvonimir Cerny
3 days ago

Page 9 of SR-IOV FAQ says:


Adapters FCs             Hypervisor memory per adapter
EN24, EN26               45GB

Is 45GB error or EN24/26 used that much memory ?

Jose Enrique Rodriguez Aguilar
Thu April 18, 2024 01:01 AM

Excellent contribution. Thanks