Changing SR-IOV logical ports

You can change the settings of single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) logical ports on a partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon .
2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
3. In the work pane, select the partition for which you want to view or change the properties and capabilities and click Actions > View Partition Properties. The Properties page is displayed. You can view and change the properties that are listed under the Properties area.
4. In the Properties pane, click Virtual I/O > Hardware Virtualized I/O. The Hardware Virtualized I/O page opens.
5. Click the SR-IOV tab. A list of SR-IOV logical ports that are configured for the selected partition is displayed.
6. Right click an SR-IOV logical port that you want to change and select Modify Logical Port. The Modify SR-IOV Logical Port page opens.
   Note: Diagnostic mode can be set only if other logical ports are not associated with the physical port.
7. Select the Diagnostic Mode check box to enable or disable the setting.
8. If the OS MAC Address Restrictions option indicates Allow Specified, you can add MAC addresses to the Specify allowed MAC Addresses list.
9. If the VLAN ID Restrictions option indicates Allow Specified, you can add VLAN IDs to the Specified VLAN IDs or range list.
10. In the Port VLAN ID field, enter a value to change the existing value. The valid range is 2 - 4094.
    Note: The default value of Port VLAN ID is 0. If you enter a non-zero value in the Port VLAN ID field, the 802.1Q Priority field becomes available.
11. In the 802.1Q Priority field, enter any value from 0 - 7, where 0 indicates the lowest priority and 7 indicates the highest priority value.
12. Click OK to save the changes that you made for the SR-IOV logical port settings.