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SR-IOV vs nPAR

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Hi,

 

For a XEN environment I have doubts if SR-IOV will provide the required features compared to nPAR.

Servers will be Dell M620 with either Intel X520 or Broadcom 57711, running Linux kernel 3.8, XEN 4.2 and openvswitch 1.7

 

I need separate networks on the hypervisor:

- Management

- Storage

- Openvswitch

- Passthrough for VMs

 

So my questions are:

- Can I use the PF's on the hypervisor?

- Can I use 4 VFs on the hypervisor and the rest for VM passthrough?

- Can I bond VFs with LACP?

- Can I use a VF as a iSCSI HBA?

- Is DCB supported in above configuration?

- Can I guarantee 1 VF 50% and let the rest use the default round robin fairness?

 

Hope someone is able to help me with answers or documentation, as I have had difficulties finding it.

 

Thanks.

 

Regards

Kristoffer


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