Purpose:
With this feature, user can create multiple virtual NIC ports in OS but using only one x722 physical port.
Prerequisites:
Only tested this feature on FWA-3050 x722 ports, i210 and i350 ports not included.
Target Audience:
FWA-3050 users
Steps:
Step 1. Enable it in bios
Step 2. Enable IOMMU in grub(linux OS)
[root@localhost ~]# nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_iommu=on"
[root@localhost ~]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
[root@localhost ~]# reboot
Step 3. Create VF ports
[root@localhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/class/net/eno3/device/sriov_numvfs
// echo {VF quantity} > /sys/class/net/{lan I/F}/device/sriov_numvfs
Further information please refer Intel officially released reference guide.
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