Users Guide

12–NIC Partitioning and Bandwidth Management
Configuring for NIC Partitioning
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Table 12-2 describes the functions available from the PF# X window.
Configuring equal Bandwidth Weight values for all functions has different effects
depending on the actual values used for configuration. For example, when all
functions are configured as “0” or “25”, offloads configured on these functions
exhibit different bandwidth settings even though, logically, they would be expected
to have the same effect.
Table 12-2. Function Description
Function Description Option
Ethernet Protocol Enables and disables the Ethernet protocol.
 Enable
 Disable
iSCSI Offload Protocol Enables and disables the iSCSI protocol.
 Enable
 Disable
FCoE Offload protocol Enables and disables the FCoE protocol.
 Enable
 Disable
Bandwidth Weight Configures the weight or importance of a specific
function. For the four functions per port, the weight
is used to arbitrate between the functions in case of
congestion.
The sum of all weights
for the four functions
are either 0 or 100.
Maximum Bandwidth Configures the maximum bandwidth (in percent-
age) of the physical port link.
—
Network MAC Address
a
a
Ensure that the Network MAC Address and the iSCSI MAC Address are not the same.
Displays the network MAC address. —
iSCSI MAC Address
a
Displays the iSCSI MAC address. —
FCoE FIP MAC
Address
Displays the FCoE MAC address. —
FCoE WWPN Displays the FCoE world wide port name. —
FCoE WWNN Displays the FCoE world wide node name. —
NOTE
For Linux, Citrix XenServer, and VMware ESXi OSs, the Ethernet protocol
for all partitions is always enabled, even if you disable the Ethernet
personality using the QLogic Comprehensive Configuration Management
(CCM) tool.