Assigning a single root I/O virtualization logical port to a logical partition

You can assign a single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) logical port to a logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

1. In the Create LPAR wizard page, click SR-IOV Logical Ports.
2. Click Actions > Create Logical Port > Ethernet Logical port.
3. In the Add Ethernet Logical Port page, select the physical port for the logical port.
4. Click OK.
5. Click the General tab of the Logical port Properties page.
   1. You can specify a value for the Capacity field. The sum of the capacity values for all the configured logical ports on a physical port must be less than or equal to 100%. To minimize the configuration effort when you add more logical ports, you can reserve some capacity for the additional logical ports.
   2. In the Permissions area of the General tab, you can enable the Diagnostic and Promiscuous options by selecting the appropriate check box. The Diagnostic mode is used only for adapter diagnostics. The Promiscuous option is disabled unless the logical port is used as the physical device for bridging virtual Ethernet adapters on client partitions.
6. Click the Advanced tab.
   1. If the Port VLAN ID field is displayed in the VLANs area, you can specify a value for the Port VLAN ID field. Specify a value of zero to not use a Port VLAN ID.
   2. In the VLAN Restrictions area, you can enable Allow all VLAN IDs, or Deny VLAN-Tagged Frames, or Specify Allowable VLAN IDs option by selecting the appropriate check box.
      Note: If you select Promiscuous option in the Permissions area of the General tab, the Deny VLAN-Tagged Frames and Specify Allowable VLAN IDs options are not available
   3. If the Port Vlan ID (PVID) Priority field is displayed in the Properties area, you can specify a value for the Port Vlan ID (PVID) Priority field. You can specify a value 0 - 7.
   4. In the Configuration ID field, you can specify a value. It is recommended to use the default value that was selected by the HMC.
   5. In the MAC Address area, you can specify a MAC address by selecting the Override check box.
   6. In the MAC Address Restrictions area, you can enable either the Allow all O/S Defined MAC Addresses, Deny all O/S Defined MAC Addresses, or Specify Allowable O/S Defined MAC Addresses option by selecting the appropriate check box.
7. Click OK.