Hi,
I installed vmware esxi 4.0 on HP proliant ML115 G5 system
that has AMD DUal core 4450B processor. Inserted a Intel 82576 dual
port gigabit NIC card and installed vmware version of the latest igb
driver - ver. 1.3.19 (I think this is the latest version) on the
hypervisor. I could see on the vSphere client interface that the got is
detected. I have two questions here:
1. How can I
create virtual functions (VFs) on the intel card so that I can assign a
VF to a guest OS. I tried looking at the source code of the above
driver, but looks like the max_vfs module parameter is removed
altogether. Does this mean creating VFs is not supported on vmware or
is there a different way to configure the VFs?
2. I
want to configure the VFs in pass-through mode and assign to guest
OSes. I know this needs VT-d support and I also know that my hardware
doesn't have that support. I think assigning VFs to a guest OS needs
VT-d support in the hardware, but creation of the VFs, I thought,
should be possible in the first place independent of the hardware. Does
creation of VFs (point 1) depends on the VT-d support? If this gets
confirmed, I can buy VT-d supported hardware and assign them to guest
OSes.
Thanks in advance,
PurnaChandar M
