The following table explains about the driver and NIC information for KVM installation in SR-IOV mode.
| Explanation |
Comments |
Drivers and Supported NICs |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual network functions created from physical NIC |
Allows physical NICs to be shared amongst VMs without sacrificing performance, since packets are switched in the hardware. Maximum 32 virtual functions (VFs) can be configured per pNIC. |
ixgbe-vf driver supports these NICs (and bonding): 10Gb NICs 82599, X520, X540, X550, X552. i40e-vf driver supports these NICs (bonding not supported): 10Gb NICs X710, 40Gb NICs XL710. |
