User Manual

Rev 4.70

Mellanox Technologies

Figure 14: Adding a VMNIC to a Mellanox V-switch

Step 3. Start and connect to the Virtual Machine:

Select the newly created Virtual Machine and go to: Actions panel-> Connect.

In the virtual machine window go to: Actions-> Start

Step 4. Assign IP address to the Mellanox VMNIC.

1. To go to Network Connections, enter the following command in the command

prompt:

2. Right-click the Hyper-V adapter and choose properties.

3. Mark the “Use the following IP address” checkbox.

4. Enter the IP address.

Step 5. Copy the WinOF driver package to the VM using Mellanox VMNIC IP address.

Step 6. Install WinOF driver package on the VM.

Step 7. Reboot the VM at the end of installation.

Step 8. Enable the SR-IOV for Mellanox VMNIC.

1. Open VM settings Wizard.

2. Right-click the Network Adapter and choose Hardware Acceleration Settings.

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