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2–Configuring NIC
NIC Partitioning (NPAR)
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The VLAN and teaming solutions on partitioned NIC functions have the following
restrictions:
A failsafe team cannot be created using NIC functions that belong to the
same physical port. For example, physical function 2 (PF2) cannot be a
backup for PF0 because both functions are partitions of the same physical
port.
802.3ad link aggregation teams are not allowed on partitioned NIC
functions.
Figure 2-22 shows the default NPAR function settings.
Figure 2-22. NPAR Default Function Settings
Personality Changes
Based on your operating environment, you can use your preferred management
tool to change or disable PCI functions on either physical port. Using this feature
lets you divide each physical port into up to four partitions, configured to support
one of the following PCI function types: NIC, FCoE, or iSCSI.
NOTE:
Throughout this section, the terms personality and function type are used
interchangeably.