Hardware Virtualized I/O

You can view and change the settings of hardware virtualized I/O adapters, such as single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) port adapters for a partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

To view the hardware virtualized I/O adapters for the selected partition by using the HMC, complete the following steps:
  1. In the navigation area, click Resources, and then select All Partitions.
  2. Select the partition for which you want to manage serviceability tasks and click Actions > View Partition Properties.
  3. In the menu pod, expand Virtual I/O and then click Hardware Virtualized I/O.
  4. You can add an SR-IOV logical port to the partition or change the settings of the SR-IOV logical ports. In the SR-IOV logical port table, you can also view the information about the logical ports that can be migrated and the information about the backing device that is configured for the logical ports.
    Notes:
    • With HMC Version 9.1.930, or later, the HMC also supports the RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) adapter.
    • If you are using HMC Version 9.1.940, with firmware at level FW940, or later, you can create logical partitions that have an SR-IOV logical port that can be migrated. You can migrate a logical partition with SR-IOV logical ports when the Migratable option is used to create a backup virtual device when creating a logical port. The backup device can be either a virtual Ethernet or a virtual Network Interface Controller (NIC) adapter. When the HMC is at Version 9.1.940.x, and when the firmware is at level FW940, the Migratable option for the Hybrid Network Virtualization capability is available as a Technology Preview only and is not intended for production deployments. However, when the HMC is at Version 9.1.941.0, or later, and when the firmware is at level FW940.10, or later, the Migratable option for the Hybrid Network Virtualization capability is supported.

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