Re: VMware ESXi 6.0 virtual ib_ipoib interfaces

Hi David,

1) Driver version 2.4.0 is an Ethernet driver only so if you have a VPI card, please make sure the port protocol is configured as 2 which is Ethernet.

#/opt/mellanox/bin/mlxconfig -d /dev/mt4099_pciconf0 set LINK_TYPE_P1=2 LINK_TYPE_P2=2

2) Enable SRIOV with the MFT tool (Mellanox FW tool) as follow:

#/opt/mellanox/bin/mlxconfig -d /dev/mt4099_pciconf0 set SRIOV_EN=1 NUM_OF_VFS=16

3) Confirm BIOS setting supports SRIOV and/or virtualization.

4) Set the driver module parameters for VF:

#esxcli system module parameters set -m mlx4_core -p 'num_vfs=<VFs over Port1, VFs over port2, 0> port_type_array=2'

This is all documented in the driver UM.

Thank you,

Sophie.