SR-IOV Troubleshooting

  1. Please make sure that SR-IOV is enabled in BIOS.

  2. Verify SRIOV_EN is true and NUM_OF_VFS bigger than 1. Run:

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    # mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt41686_pciconf0 -e q |grep -i "SRIOV_EN\|num_of_vf" Configurations: Default Current Next Boot * NUM_OF_VFS 16 16 16 * SRIOV_EN True(1) True(1) True(1)

  1. Please verify creation of representors for VFs inside the Bluefield DPU. Run:

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    # /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/rdma link |grep -i up ... link mlx5_0/2 state ACTIVE physical_state LINK_UP netdev pf0vf0 ...

  2. Make sure the representors of the VFs are added to the bridge. Run:

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    # ovs-vsctl add-port <bridage_name> pf0vf0

  3. Verify VF configuration. Run:

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    $ ovs-vsctl show bb993992-7930-4dd2-bc14-73514854b024 Bridge ovsbr1 Port pf0vf0 Interface pf0vf0 type: internal Port pf0hpf Interface pf0hpf Port pf0sf0 Interface pf0sf0 Port p0 Interface p0 Bridge ovsbr2 Port ovsbr2 Interface ovsbr2 type: internal Port pf1sf0 Interface pf1sf0 Port p1 Interface p1 Port pf1hpf Interface pf1hpf ovs_version: "2.14.1"

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