Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 231)

OneCommand™ Manager Application P010066-01A Rev. A
8. Managing Adapters and Ports
OCe14000-Series Adapters
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SR-IOV is not supported with RoCE configurations.
When NPar is enabled, the Adapter Configuration tab looks like the following:
Figure 8-84 Adapter Configuration Tab with NPar Enabled (NParEP Mode Disabled)
For adapters that support sixteen functions, on two port adapters you can configure up
to eight partitions per port. Four port adapters allow up to four partitions per port. The
“None” setting can be configured on any but the 1st partition.
Note: When NPar is enabled, RoCE cannot be configured on any partition.
Dell NPar and NParEP Mode Enabled
Note:
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On Linux and VMware systems, SR-IOV must be enabled on the system BIOS
when NParEP is used. See the documentation that accompanied your Dell
server for more information.
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NParEP support is available only on Dell 13G or newer systems.
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SR-IOV is not supported with RoCE configurations.
NPar adapters have an NParEP mode setting that changes the total number of
partitions displayed and configured (between eight and sixteen) by the OneCommand
Manager application. When NParEP Mode is enabled, you can view and configure
sixteen partitions per adapter.