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  • 1.  Problems with connecting a network card in VM sr-iov mode

    Posted Jul 10, 2019 07:59 AM

    Good day!

    I have a server with a PCI network optical card installed. One cable connects the server to the storage system, another cable to the switch.

    There was one virtual machine on the server with this connection, I added another virtual machine to which I also planned to give the network connection via the optical channel to the switch (two VMs use the same network optical connection).

    The network card is configured in sr -iov mode.

    When I tried to configure the network of the second VM, I received a message that it was impossible to start VM with this type of license. I use the free version of the hypervisor.

    Question: Is it possible in sr - iov mode with a free license to use a PCI network card for only one VM?



  • 2.  RE: Problems with connecting a network card in VM sr-iov mode

    Posted Jul 10, 2019 08:43 AM

    Question: Is it possible in sr - iov mode with a free license to use a PCI network card for only one VM?

    Unfortunately not...  See https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsphere/vmware-vsphere-vsom-pricing-whitepaper.pdf

    /Rubeck



  • 3.  RE: Problems with connecting a network card in VM sr-iov mode

    Posted Jul 10, 2019 09:52 AM

    Good day!

    Rubeck,

    Thanks for your reply. I correctly understand from this manual that in order to use sr -iov I need to buy a license vSPHERE Enterprise Plus, or vSPHERE ACCELERATION KITS Enterprise Plus which is a separate type of license?

    Why was I able to enable sr -iov mode for one virtual machine?