For the info on E-Switch, here's from Mellanox:
Basically I want to be able to have my WiFi AP (with VLANs) connected to NIC port 1 talk to a passive switch connected to port 2 and all the SR-IOV virtual functions on either of these ports. Is this doable?
I know I can achieve the same using just a regular switch, but that's something I currently do (ConnectX LX 4, 10Gbit DAC, 10Gbit active switch) and want to scale it down to cut on power usage. The devices connected to switch would be low-traffic ones with no VLAN, so being able to leverage a switch built into the NIC itself would be a perfect solution for my needs.
Basically I want to be able to have my WiFi AP (with VLANs) connected to NIC port 1 talk to a passive switch connected to port 2 and all the SR-IOV virtual functions on either of these ports. Is this doable?
I know I can achieve the same using just a regular switch, but that's something I currently do (ConnectX LX 4, 10Gbit DAC, 10Gbit active switch) and want to scale it down to cut on power usage. The devices connected to switch would be low-traffic ones with no VLAN, so being able to leverage a switch built into the NIC itself would be a perfect solution for my needs.