
Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
SR
‐
IOV
Virtualization
Using
ESXi
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
366
Assign
a
VF
as
a
SR
‐
IOV
Passthrough
adapter
to
the
VM
1
In
the
vSphere
Web
Client,
navigate
to
the
VM.
2
Power
OFF
the
VM.
3
Select
the
Manage
tab
>
Settings
>
VM
Hardware
,
then
click
the
Edit
button
to
display
the
VM
‐
Edit
Settings
window.
4
To
add
a
VF,
select
Network
from
the
New
device
drop
down
list
and
click
the
Add
button.
5
Expand
the
New
Network
section:
6
Connect
the
VM
to
a
port
group
identifying
the
network
the
VF
is
to
connect
to.
If
there
is
no
uplink
associated
with
the
portgroup,
VFs
attached
to
the
same
portgroup
can
sent
between
themselves,
but
not
to
any
network.