Qlogic 3200 Series User Manual - Setting Up Nic Partitioning
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Setting Up NIC Partitioning
(NPAR) Using Interactive
Commands
This chapter outlines the steps for setting up NIC partitioning (NPAR) using
QConvergeConsole CLI in interactive mode. The displayed commands apply to
both Linux and Windows operating systems.
For an overview of NPAR, refer to
NIC Partitioning (NPAR) Overview
.
NPAR is supported by the QLogic 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapters and
8200 Series Converged Network Adapters.
For information about non-interactive mode NPAR commands, refer to
Chapter
8 NIC Partitioning (NPAR) Noninteractive Commands
.
Setting Up NIC Partitions
Follow the steps in this procedure to set up NPAR using the interactive command
mode of QConvergeConsole CLI.
NOTE
SR-IOV and NPAR cannot be enabled at the same time. If SR-IOV is
enabled on the host, all NPAR-related commands are disabled.