Hello there,
this topic is not directly a PVE thing but rather a Linux one.
I recently migrated from PVE ethernet bridging to SR-IOV via my ethernet adapter to see if there are any differences like performance bonus.
So far it works with PCIe passthrough the VF of my NICs but as I have several different VLAN/adapter it would be a nice-to-have to have a possiblity to add a comment or a name next to VF to remember which VF is added to which VM.
Currently it looks like
What I imagine would be:
this topic is not directly a PVE thing but rather a Linux one.
I recently migrated from PVE ethernet bridging to SR-IOV via my ethernet adapter to see if there are any differences like performance bonus.
So far it works with PCIe passthrough the VF of my NICs but as I have several different VLAN/adapter it would be a nice-to-have to have a possiblity to add a comment or a name next to VF to remember which VF is added to which VM.
Currently it looks like
Code:
3: eno2np1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:ec:ef:73:c7:73 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
vf 0 link/ether 3a:9f:21:d5:a6:33 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 20, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off
vf 1 link/ether fa:c2:b0:d9:53:0a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 20, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off
vf 2 link/ether aa:66:06:b2:ef:d7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 20, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off
vf 3 link/ether 96:d9:7a:56:0f:e1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 10, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off
vf 4 link/ether 72:64:ae:06:31:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 12, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off
vf 5 link/ether 2e:27:94:0b:53:89 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off
vf 6 link/ether 5e:46:fe:2d:71:1d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off
vf 7 link/ether ce:fe:51:34:33:82 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust offWhat I imagine would be:
Code:
3: eno2np1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 3c:ec:ef:73:c7:73 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
vf 0 link/ether 3a:9f:21:d5:a6:33 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 20, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, name=WindowsServerVM
vf 1 link/ether fa:c2:b0:d9:53:0a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 20, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, name=Firewall
vf 2 link/ether aa:66:06:b2:ef:d7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, vlan 20, spoof checking off, link-state auto, trust off, name=VM109
....