Create and Apply a Host Profile

Create a Host Profile with Passthrough enabled on PF0 and SR-IOV enabled on other Physical Functions (PFs) of the STS card. After creating the host profile, apply it to a cell site group and add the ESXi host with the STS card to the cell site group.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Infrastructure Automation > Configuration > Host Profile in the TCA Manager.
2. Add a host profile, and configure the host profile as follows:
   1. Add a PCI device of the PASSTHROUGH type to enable Passthrough on PF0 of the STS card.
      
      
      
   2. Add PCI devices of the SR-IOV type to enable SR-IOV on the remaining PFs of the STS card.

      Note: The maximum number of PFs is 8 for STS2 and 12 for STS4. Specify only the PFs you want to use while creating a Host Profile and leave some of the PFs unused.

      In this example, an STS4 card with a total of 12 PFs is used. Out of 12 PFs, 8 PFs are used in the Host Profile (1 Passthrough and 7 SRIOV).

      
      
      
   3. Create a PCI Group for PF0.
      
      
      
   4. Create PCI Groups for the remaining PFs. In this example, the PCI group ‘ptp4’ is created for PF ‘vmnic9’.
      
      
      

   Example: Sample JSON of a Host Profile with a total of 8 PFs

   {
   	"name": "hp-sts-ptp",
   	"pciDevices": [
   		{
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"alias": "vmnic13"
   				},
   				{
   					"alias": "vmnic12"
   				},
   				{
   					"alias": "vmnic11"
   				},
   				{
   					"alias": "vmnic10"
   				},
   				{
   					"alias": "vmnic9"
   				},
   				{
   					"alias": "vmnic8"
   				},
   				{
   					"alias": "vmnic7"
   				}
   			],
   			"actions": [
   				{
   					"type": "SRIOV",
   					"maxVfs": 8
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"vendorId": "0x8086",
   					"deviceIds": [
   						"0x1591"
   					],
   					"indices": [
   						0
   					]
   				}
   			],
   			"actions": [
   				{
   					"type": "PASSTHROUGH",
   					"passthroughEnabled": true
   				}
   			]
   		}
   	],
   	"pciGroups": [
   		{
   			"name": "ptp8",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"sriovEnabled": true,
   					"alias": "vmnic13"
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"name": "ptp7",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"sriovEnabled": true,
   					"alias": "vmnic12"
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"name": "ptp6",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"sriovEnabled": true,
   					"alias": "vmnic11"
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"name": "ptp5",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"sriovEnabled": true,
   					"alias": "vmnic10"
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"name": "ptp1",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"deviceIds": [
   						"0x1591"
   					],
   					"vendorId": "0x8086",
   					"indices": [
   						0
   					]
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"name": "ptp4",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"sriovEnabled": true,
   					"alias": "vmnic9"
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"name": "ptp3",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"sriovEnabled": true,
   					"alias": "vmnic8"
   				}
   			]
   		},
   		{
   			"name": "ptp2",
   			"filters": [
   				{
   					"sriovEnabled": true,
   					"alias": "vmnic7"
   				}
   			]
   		}
   	],
   	"reservation": {
   		"reservedCoresPerNumaNode": 1,
   		"reservedMemoryPerNumaNode": 512,
   		"minCoresForCPUReservationPerNumaNode": 3
   	},
   	"apiVersion": "telco.vmware.com/v1alpha1"
   }
   

3. Navigate to Infrastructure Automation > Domains.
4. Create a cell site group using the host profile.
5. Under Cell Site Groups, select the newly created cell site group and add the ESXi host with the STS card to the cell site group.