Configuring Network

The purpose of these steps is to add VLANs to associate SR-IOV VF with. This allows multiple VFs to be run on the PF but using VLANs to limit prune the traffic to each VF.

In vCenter, select the hypervisor host, select Configure, then Virtual Switches and ADD NETWORKING.

Select Virtual Machine Port Group for a Standard Switch:

The switch is not really very important for these settings. You can configure these as you want as only VLANs are important for SR-IOV.

Give the port group a name and a VLAN, and click Finish.

Repeat the process for as many different VLANs (effectively how the SR-IOVs are distinguished on the PF) as required. In this example, two VLANs are needed.

Click EDIT and turn off the vSwitch security settings. These setting are meant for end systems rather than network equipment such as routers and firewalls.