NIC Partitioning: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide
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NOTE: In NPAR mode, SR-IOV cannot be enabled on any PF on which storage offload (FCoE or iSCSI) is configured. This
does not apply to adapters in Single Function (SF) mode.
To configure a NIC for partitioning using the CCM utility
1. Select the NIC from
Device List
.
2. From the
Main Menu
, select
Device Hardware Configuration
.
3. Change the
Multi-Function Mode
to
NPAR
.
4. Configure the NIC parameters for your configuration based on the options shown in
Table 1
.
Table 1
lists the configuration parameters available from the
NIC Partitioning Configuration
screen.
Table 1: Configuration Options
Parameter
Description
Options
Flow Control
Configures the Flow Control mode for this port.
Auto
TX Flow Control
RX Flow Control
TX/RX Flow Control
None
PF#0, PF#2, PF#4,
PF#6
Displays the physical function (PF) information regarding the partition(s)
on port 0. Select to configure.
See
Table 2
for
configuration options.
PF#1, PF#3, PF#5,
PF#7
Displays the physical function (PF) information regarding the partition(s)
on port 1. Select to configure.
See
Table 2
for
configuration options.
Reset Configuration
to Default
Resets the NIC partition configuration to the factory default settings.
Table 2
describes the functions available from the
PF# X
screen.
Table 2: Function Description
Function Description
Option
Ethernet
Protocol
Enables/disables Ethernet protocol.
Enable
Disable
iSCSI
Offload
Protocol
Enables/disables iSCSI protocol.
Enable
Disable
FCoE
Offload
protocol
Enables/disables FCoE protocol.
Enable
Disable
Bandwidth
Weight
Configures the weight or importance of a particular function. There are four
functions per port and the weight is used to arbitrate between the functions in
case of congestion.
The sum of all weights for the
four functions are either 0 or
100.
Maximum
Bandwidth Configures the maximum bandwidth (in percentage) of the physical port link.
Network
MAC
Address
Displays the network MAC address.
iSCSI
MAC
Address
Displays the iSCSI MAC address.
FCoE FIP
MAC
Address
Displays the FCoE MAC address.
