Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual
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Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for Linux User Manual
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3. Configuration
Ethernet Driver Configuration
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MAC Address Configuration
The OneConnect adapter or LightPulse CFA in FCoE+NIC mode is shipped with
factory-configured MAC addresses for the network interfaces corresponding to the PFs.
The driver generates random MAC addresses for the network interfaces corresponding
to the VFs based on the factory-configured MAC address. Other MAC addresses can be
assigned for the interfaces corresponding to the VF using IP utility commands in the
hypervisor.
To configure the MAC address for the virtual function, run the following command in
the hypervisor:
# ip link set eth
where:
eth
are configuring the MAC address.
For example, to configure the MAC address for eth0 for VF number 0, run the following
command in the hypervisor:
# ip link set eth0 vf 0 mac 00:16:88:AA:BB:AA
If the VM is already running and the VF driver is loaded, the VF MAC address can be
directly modified using the ifconfig command (without having to run the IP link set
command in Hypervisor):
# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:16:88:AA:BB:AA
where “eth0” is the interface corresponding to the VF in the hypervisor.
VLAN Configuration
This section includes examples for transparent tagging and virtual guest tagging (VGT)
When transparent tagging is configured for a VF, the NIC transparently tags all
non-VLAN traffic from the VF with the configured transparent VLAN ID. The VM is
not aware of the VLAN tag.
To assign a transparent VLAN ID to the VF, run the following IP command in the
hypervisor:
# ip link set eth
where:
eth
configuring the VLAN.
Example:
# ip link set eth0 vf 0 vlan 5