To set up SR-IOV, do the following:
Install the mstflint tools.
# yum install mstflint
Check the device’s PCI.
# lspci | grep Mellanox
Example:
00:06.0 Infiniband controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro]
Check if SR-IOV is enabled in the firmware.
mstconfig -d <device pci> q
Example:
# mstconfig -d 00:06.0 q Device #1: Device type: ConnectX3Pro PCI device: 00:06.0 Configurations: Current SRIOV_EN True(1) NUM_OF_VFS 8 LINK_TYPE_P1 ETH(2) LINK_TYPE_P2 IB(1) LOG_BAR_SIZE 3 BOOT_PKEY_P1 0 BOOT_PKEY_P2 0 BOOT_OPTION_ROM_EN_P1 True(1) BOOT_VLAN_EN_P1 False(0) BOOT_RETRY_CNT_P1 0 LEGACY_BOOT_PROTOCOL_P1 PXE(1) BOOT_VLAN_P1 1 BOOT_OPTION_ROM_EN_P2 True(1) BOOT_VLAN_EN_P2 False(0) BOOT_RETRY_CNT_P2 0 LEGACY_BOOT_PROTOCOL_P2 PXE(1) BOOT_VLAN_P2 1 IP_VER_P1 IPv4(0) IP_VER_P2 IPv4(0)
Enable SR-IOV:
mstconfig –d <device pci> s SRIOV_EN=<False|True>
Configure the needed number of VFs
mstconfig –d <device pci> s NUM_OF_VFS=<NUM>
This file will be generated only if IOMMU is set in the grub.conf file (by adding “intel_iommu=on” to /boot/grub/grub.conf file).
[mlx4 devices only] Create/Edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/mlx4.conf:
options mlx4_core num_vfs=[needed num of VFs] port_type_array=[1/2 for IB/ETH],[ 1/2 for IB/ETH]
Example:
options mlx4_core num_vfs=8 port_type_array=1,1
[mlx5 devices only] Write to the sysfs file the number of needed
echo [num_vfs] > sys/class/net/ib2/device/sriov_numvfs
Example:
# echo 8 > /sys/class/net/ib2/device/sriov_numvfs
- Reboot the driver.
Load the driver and verify that the VFs were created.
# lspci | grep mellanox
Example:
00:06.0 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3 Pro] 00:06.1 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function] 00:06.2 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function] 00:06.3 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function] 00:06.4 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function] 00:06.5 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function] 00:06.6 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function] 00:06.7 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function] 00:06.0 Network controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family [ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3 Pro Virtual Function]
For further information, refer to section "Setting Up SR-IOV" in the MLNX_OFED User Manual.
