8–Using QLogic Control Suite
Managing Ethernet Controller (Port)
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Viewing NIC Partitioning Information
The NIC partitioning feature is available on QLogic 8400/3400 Series adapters
only.
The NIC Partitioning section of the
Information tab
displays information about the
partitions for the selected network adapter.
To view NIC Partitioning for any installed network adapter, click the name of the
adapter listed in the Explorer View pane, then click the Information tab.
NIC partitioning divides a QLogic 8400/3400 Series 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC into
multiple virtual NICs by having multiple PCI physical functions per port. Each PCI
function is associated with a different virtual NIC. To the OS and the network, each
physical function appears as a separate NIC port. For more information about NIC
partitioning, see
.
Number of Partitions
The number of partitions for the port. Each port can have
from one to four partitions with each partition behaving as if it is an independent
NIC port.
Network MAC Address
The MAC address of the port.
iSCSI MAC Address
If an iSCSI adapter is loaded onto the system, the iSCSI
MAC address will appear.
Flow Control
The flow control setting of the port.
Physical Link Speed
The physical link speed of the port, either 1G or 10G.
Relative Bandwidth Weight (%)
The relative bandwidth setting represents a weight or importance of a
particular function. There are up to four functions per port. The weight is
used to arbitrate between the functions in the event of congestion.
The sum of all weights for the functions on a single port is either
0
or
100
.
A value of
0
for all functions means that each function will be able to transmit
at 25% of the physical link speed, not to exceed the
Maximum Bandwidth
setting.
A value for a function between 1 and 100 represent a percentage of the
physical link speed and is used by an internal arbitration logic as a input
value (weight). A higher value will cause this function to transmit relatively
more data, compared to a function (on the same port) that has defined a
lower value.
NOTE
Some information may not be available for all QLogic network adapters.
