Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1246)

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6. Managing Adapters and Ports
NIC Port
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To select a network boot configuration on the selected port, click the desired option
from the Network Boot section:
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iBFT – to boot from an iSCSI SAN using the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT)
format.
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PXE – to boot from a network interface using a preboot execution environment
(PXE).
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None – to disable the network boot functions.
Enabling SR-IOV
To enable SR-IOV, check Enable SR–IOV. To disable SR-IOV, clear the Enable SR-OV
checkbox.
If the Enable SR-IOV checkbox is disabled, the operating system or port does not
support SR–IOV.
Notes
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A system reboot is required to change the SR-IOV state.
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SR-IOV must be enabled at the system BIOS level.
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SR-IOV is not supported with UMC channel management. If you are using
SR-IOV, then you must disable channel management. See “Managing Port
Channels Using Channel Management” on page 113 for more information.
Enabling and Disabling VEPA
VEPA allows the network traffic at the VFs to bypass the hypervisor's virtual switch,
and allow the PFs to transmit the traffic to the external switch. This relieves the CPU of
the switching burden, and puts the traffic on the physical network, where you can
monitor it using familiar techniques.
To enable VEPA, check Enable VEPA. To disable VEPA, clear the Enable VEPA
checkbox.
Notes
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SR-IOV must be enabled to enable VEPA.
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VEPA is only available on the OCe14100–series adapters.