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Configuring traffic interfaces

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Configuring traffic interfaces

In vCenter, select the FortiGate-VM guest, and from Summary, select EDIT from the VM Hardware section.

Use ADD NEW DEVICE to add as many network adapters as needed. In this example, there are four physical interfaces, running two VFs on each.

For each network adapter added, select the network (in reality the VLAN), that it is SR-IOV, the PF, and allow the guest to make MTU changes. You can leave the MAC address as Auto, but a manual MAC makes identifying the interface in the FortiGate-VM guest later easier. In the example, the last part of the MAC address represents the NIC number followed by the network adapter instance.

Once this is done, the hypervisor vSwitch configuration shows the relationship between the VLAN, the VF, and the PF.

The following screenshot shows why using a manual MAC address is useful. In the screenshot, the order is not as expected.

A diagram, such as the following, may be useful to ensure that your SR-IOV interfaces are as expected. Configuration order makes a difference.

Configuring traffic interfaces

In vCenter, select the FortiGate-VM guest, and from Summary, select EDIT from the VM Hardware section.

Use ADD NEW DEVICE to add as many network adapters as needed. In this example, there are four physical interfaces, running two VFs on each.

For each network adapter added, select the network (in reality the VLAN), that it is SR-IOV, the PF, and allow the guest to make MTU changes. You can leave the MAC address as Auto, but a manual MAC makes identifying the interface in the FortiGate-VM guest later easier. In the example, the last part of the MAC address represents the NIC number followed by the network adapter instance.

Once this is done, the hypervisor vSwitch configuration shows the relationship between the VLAN, the VF, and the PF.

The following screenshot shows why using a manual MAC address is useful. In the screenshot, the order is not as expected.

A diagram, such as the following, may be useful to ensure that your SR-IOV interfaces are as expected. Configuration order makes a difference.