{"id":43,"date":"2022-07-24T12:22:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T12:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2024-09-09T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T11:33:39","slug":"enable-sriov-in-bios-and-vmnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/24\/enable-sriov-in-bios-and-vmnic\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable SRIOV in BIOS and vmnic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello, Today I’ll discuss one of the prerequisite for TestNF tool & how to set it on Dell server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TestNF is a tool which provides efficient way to test & validate VMware Telco Platform.
Before onboarding\/instantiating TestNF, TCA environment needs to meet few of the prerequisites and one of it for Virtual Infrastructure is ESXi version should be 7.0u3+ and SRIOV enabled in both BIOS & vmnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my lab I have Dell PowerEdge R640 servers. I’ll be covering steps to enable SRIOV in BIOS & vmnic for the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially for the host, ‘SRIOV Status’ for a vmnic is seen as ‘Not supported’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And in Edit settings of that vmnic only \u2018Configure speed\u2019 parameter can be set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To enable SRIOV:
Put the server into Maintenance Mode.
Login to the iDRAC for the server.
Launch Virtual Console.
Restart the server.
After DellEMC blue screen, Press F2 to enter System Setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In \u2018System Setup\u2019 Main Menu > Select \u2018System BIOS\u2019.
In \u2018System BIOS Settings\u2019 > Select \u2018Integrated Devices\u2019.
Set \u2018SR-IOV Global Enable\u2019 parameter to \u2018Enabled\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In \u2018System Setup\u2019 Main Menu > Select \u2018Device Settings\u2019.
From the list select the NIC Slot for which you want to enable the SRIOV. In my case the NIC is in Slot 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In \u2018Main Configuration Page\u2019 for the NIC > Select \u2018Device Level Configuration\u2019.
Set \u2018Virtualization Mode\u2019 parameter to \u2018SR-IOV\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Save the changes & exit the System setup.
Server will continue & complete the reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After reboot is complete, \u2018Exit Maintenance Mode\u2019 for the host.
Notice that for the host \u2018SRIOV Status\u2019 for a vmnic is seen as \u2018Disabled\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edit settings for the vmnic will now show the option of SRIOV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click on the \u2018Status\u2019 dropdown & change to \u2018Enabled\u2019.
Set the value for \u2018Number of virtual functions\u2019 & Click Ok.
Note that maximum value of this field can be defined in the \u2018PCI Virtual Functions Advertised\u2019 field in Device settings.(Refer ‘Device Level Configuration’ screen print above)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SRIOV is enabled for the vmnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Repeat these steps on other servers & the vmnics as per your design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoping this will be useful in your lab activities. Cheers \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, Today I’ll discuss one of the prerequisite for TestNF tool & how to set it on Dell server. TestNF is a tool which provides efficient way to test & validate VMware Telco Platform.Before onboarding\/instantiating TestNF, TCA environment needs to meet few of the prerequisites and one of it for Virtual Infrastructure is ESXi version […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labassist"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneboxinthecloud.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}