
Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
SR
‐
IOV
Virtualization
Using
KVM
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
329
sfboot
‐
Configuration
Options
Adapter
configuration
options
are
set
using
the
sfboot
utility
v4.5.0
or
later
from
the
Solarflare
Linux
Utilities
package
(SF
‐
107601
‐
LS
issue
28
or
later).
The
firmware
variant
must
be
set
to
full
‐
feature
/
Virtualization.
#
sfboot
firmware
‐
variant=full
‐
feature
To
check
the
current
adapter
configuration
run
the
sfboot
command:
#
sfboot
Solarflare
boot
configuration
utility
[
v4.5.0
]
Copyright
Solarflare
Communications
2006
‐
2014,
Level
5
Networks
2002
‐
2005
eth5:
Boot
image
Option
ROM
only
Link
speed
Negotiated
automatically
Link
‐
up
delay
time
5
seconds
Banner
delay
time
2
seconds
Boot
skip
delay
time
5
seconds
Boot
type
Disabled
Physical
Functions
per
port
1
MSI
‐
X
interrupt
limit
32
Number
of
Virtual
Functions
2
VF
MSI
‐
X
interrupt
limit
8
Firmware
variant
full
feature
/
virtualization
Insecure
filters
Disabled
MAC
spoofing
Disabled
VLAN
tags
None
Switch
mode
SRIOV
For
some
configuration
option
changes
using
sfboot,
the
server
must
be
power
cycled
(power
off/power
on)
before
the
changes
are
effective.
sfboot
will
display
a
warning
when
this
is
required.
identifies
sfboot
SR
‐
IOV
configurable
options.
Table
82:
sfboot
‐
SR
‐
IOV
options
Option
Default
Value
Description
pf
‐
count=<n>
1
Number
of
PCIe
PFs
per
physical
port.
MAC
address
assignments
may
change,
after
next
reboot,
following
changes
with
this
option.
pf
‐
vlans
None
A
comma
separated
list
of
VLAN
tags
for
each
PF.
sfboot
pf
‐
vlans=0,100,110,120
The
first
tag
is
assigned
to
the
first
PF,
thereafter
tags
are
assigned
to
PFs
in
(lowest)
MAC
address
order.