I'm using ESXi version - VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-10302608 and server HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 machine. Loaded with this 10Gig card (QLogic Inc. QLogic 57810 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter) which uses native driver =qfle3.
| vmnic4 0000:11:00.0 qfle3 Up | Up | 10000 Full | d8:9d:67:20:ed:d8 1500 QLogic Inc. QLogic 57810 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter |
I've set the SR-IOV enable from HP BIOS and enable the host with DRSS,RSS,rxqueue/txqueue.
[root@localhost:~] esxcfg-module -g qfle3
qfle3 enabled = 1 options = 'DRSS=4,4 RSS=1,1 rxqueue_nr=8,8 txqueue_nr=8,8'
Unfortunately, I did not enable SR-IOV from vCenter/vSphere Client, hence the SR-IOV was not enabled due to the native driver qfle3.
1. Using the host client http://ip_address/ui doesn't have the ability to enable SR-IOV under physical adapter. Is there another way of doing it?
or
2. Install a software vib with bnx2x driver to force the SR-IOV settings from ESXi host level using "max_vfs" command. Where can i find it?