I was trying to enable the SR-IOV support on my Intel i350 dualport NIC built into my X10DRi motherboard but wasn't having much luck.
SR-IOV is supported on the Motherboard i350 NIC, as I checked with Supermicro.
Just a warning that as of this writing it's not supported in ESXi 5.5 up to the patch released on Dec 1, 2014.
The older method to use VMDq doesn't work on ESXi 5.5:
This was in the vmkernel.log:
It's not currently supported in ESXi 5.5U2:
VMware KB: SR-IOV support status FAQ
Also, checking the SR-IOV supported cards here doesn't list the i350:
VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search
Thought I would give this as a head's up to avoid other people trying to get it working when it's not currently supported.
Although you could check the IO-SRV search above just in case it is supported later on..
SR-IOV is supported on the Motherboard i350 NIC, as I checked with Supermicro.
Just a warning that as of this writing it's not supported in ESXi 5.5 up to the patch released on Dec 1, 2014.
The older method to use VMDq doesn't work on ESXi 5.5:
Code:
# esxcfg-module -s "VMDQ=0,8" igb
Code:
PCI: driver igb claimed device 0000:04:00.0
<6>igb: : igb_validate_option: VMDQ - VMDq multiqueue queue count set to 8
<6>igb: : igb_check_options: [b]VMDq not supported on ESX-5.5[/B]
<6>igb 0000:04:00.1: Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Connection
<6>igb 0000:04:00.1: eth0: (PCIe:5.0GT/s:Width x4) <6>igb 0000:04:00.1: eth0: MAC: 00:25:90:fc:a5:f5
<6>igb 0000:04:00.1: eth0: PBA No: 070B00-000
<6>igb 0000:04:00.1: Using MSI-X interrupts. 1 rx queue(s), 1 tx queue(s)
VMware KB: SR-IOV support status FAQ
Also, checking the SR-IOV supported cards here doesn't list the i350:
VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search
Thought I would give this as a head's up to avoid other people trying to get it working when it's not currently supported.
Although you could check the IO-SRV search above just in case it is supported later on..