C–Feature Constraints
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For the HII mapping specification, the
Virtualization Mode
field supports
only the values
None
,
NPAR
, and
SR-IOV
. The value
NPARSRIOV
is not
currently supported.
RoCE and iWARP Configuration Is Not Supported if NPAR Is Already
Configured
If NPAR is already configured on the adapter, you cannot configure RoCE or
iWARP. Currently, RDMA can be enabled on all PFs and the RDMA transport type
(RoCE or iWARP) can be configured on a per-port basis. The per-port
configuration is reflected in the per-PF settings by HII and QLogic management
tools.
RDMANICModeOnPort
can be enabled and disabled. However,
RDMANICModeOnPartition
is currently set to disabled and cannot be enabled.
NIC and SAN Boot to Base Is Supported Only on Select PFs
Ethernet and PXE boot are currently supported only on PF0 and PF1. In NPAR
configuration, other PFs do not support Ethernet and PXE boot.
When the
Virtualization Mode
is set to
NPAR
, non-offloaded FCoE boot is
supported on Partition 2 (PF2 and PF3) and iSCSI boot is supported on
Partition 3 (PF4 and PF5). iSCSI and FCoE boot is limited to a single target
per boot session. iSCSI boot target LUN support is limited to LUN ID 0 only.
When the
Virtualization Mode
is set to
None
or
SR-IOV
, boot from SAN is
not supported.
NOTE
The 41000 Series Adapters will support the NPAR+SR-IOV combination in a
future software release.
NOTE
The 41000 Series Adapters will support RDMA (RoCE and iWARP) in a
future software release.