Users Guide

B–Configuration File Examples
NIC Partition Configuration XML Files
Doc No. TD-000971 Rev. 1
January 29, 2021 Page 196 Copyright © 2021 Marvell
Port
j
Read-only port number; do not modify this
value.
Function
j
Read-only physical function (PF) number; do
not modify this value.
a
Extended Partition mode (EP mode) is available only on the 41000 and 45000 Series Adapters.
b
On 578xx Adapters, the EthernetNdis parameter applies to Windows only. On Linux and
VMware, this value is always enabled (that is, the system ignores this setting) even if iSCSI and
FCoE offload are also enabled. On 41000 and 45000 Series Adapters, the first partition of each port
always has Ethernet enabled (on all OSs), while any of the remaining partitions can be disabled
(that is, hidden by not enabling any protocol: Ethernet/RDMA, iSCSI, or FCoE).
c
RoCE (v1/v2) is available on the RDMA-capable 41000 and 45000 Series Adapters and only on
Ethernet-enabled partitions.
d
iWARP is available on the RDMA-capable 41000 and 45000 Series Adapters and only on
Ethernet-enabled partitions.
e
On 578xx Adapters, the iSCSI parameter can be on any partition. However, if you are doing an
iSCSI-offloaded remote boot, this parameter must be enabled on the first partition of the booting
port. On 41000 and 45000 Series Adapters, set this parameter only on the third partition.
f
On 578xx Adapters, the FCoE parameter can be on any partition. However, if you are doing
FCoE-offloaded remote boot, this parameter must be enabled on the first partition of the booting
port. On 41000 and 45000 Series Adapters, set this parameter only on the second partition.
g
RelativeBandwidth must be less than the MaxBandwidth value and collectively must be
less than 100 for all NPAR functions on the same port.
h
DefaultMode_PortConfig is available only on 41000 and 45000 Series Adapters. This
parameter represents the single function mode port configuration. All nodes under this parent node
represent the default mode single function configuration.
i
MF_PortConfig represents the NPAR mode port configuration. All nodes under this parent node
represent the NPAR configuration.
j
When you create the XML file by issuing the cfg multi-function -s "filename" command,
the generated XML file creates this node per the adapter configuration and in the proper format. Do
not modify the Version, Port, or Function values.
Table B-6. NPAR Configuration Parameters (Continued)
Parameter Value Range