Users Guide

12–NIC Partitioning and Bandwidth Management
Configuring for NIC Partitioning
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 2016 Server
 Nano Server
 Linux
 RHEL 6.x and later family
 RHEL 7.x and later family
 SLES 11.x and later family
 SLES 12.x and later family
 VMware
 ESX 5.x and later family
 ESX 6.x and later family
Configuring for NIC Partitioning
When NIC partitioning is enabled on an adapter, by default, no offloads are
enabled on any physical function (PF) or virtual NIC (VNIC). The user must
explicitly configure storage offloads on a PF to use FCoE and/or iSCSI offload
functionality on an adapter.
NIC partitioning can be configured using the UEFI HII menu. You can access the
UEFI HII menu by pressing the Dell F2 key during the system boot (UEFI should
be supported by most Dell server BIOSs). For more information on using the UEFI
HII menu, refer to the Dell server documentation.
NIC partitioning can also be configured using QCC GUI, QCS CLI, and the QCC
vSphere GUI plug-in. See the respective user's guides for more information.
To configure a NIC for partitioning using the CCM utility:
1. Select the NIC from Device List.
2. From the Main Menu, select Device Hardware Configuration.
NOTE
32-bit Linux operating systems have a limited amount of memory space
available for Kernel data structures. Therefore, QLogic recommends that
you use only 64-bit Linux to configure NPAR.
Some older OS versions may require an earlier driver release.
NOTE
In NPAR mode, SR-IOV cannot be enabled on any PF (VNIC) on which
storage offload (FCoE or iSCSI) is configured. It does not apply to adapters
in Single Function (SF) mode.