Braodcom 57810 SRIOV under linux (3.7 older kernel)

Braodcom 57810  SRIOV under linux


1. Enable VT-d & SRIOV function in BIOS setup
2. Boot to Linux OS
3. Update NIC driver bnx2x(Broadcom 57810)
4. #modprobe -r bnx2x    (This is temp,reboot will be disable)
5. #modprobe bnx2x num_vfs=7
6. #lspci   (Check if you can see Ethernet Virtual fuction)

7. Block virtual device in host  (Isolation physical & virtual NIC traffic)
 #vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
add " "to blacklist.conf
8. Add pci device to VM (Not network device)

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1. Enable VT-d & SRIOV function in BIOS setup

2. Boot to Linux OS

3. Update NIC driver bnx2x(Broadcom 57810)

4. # vim /etc/modprobe.d/bnx2x.conf    (This is fix, always enable)
options bnx2x num_vfs=7
#rmmod bnx2x
#modprobe bnx2x

5. #lspci   (Check if you can see Ethernet Virtual fuction)

6. Add pci device to VM (Not network device)