I try to enable ixgbevf, the procedure is here:
1. enabled SR-IOV support in BIOS
2. enable IOMMU support: intel_iommu=on
3. create /etc/modprobe.d/ixgbe.conf, and the content is: options ixgbe max_vfs=32
4. Rebuild the initramfs image to include the file /etc/modprobe.d/ixgbe.conf: sudo lsinitrd /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64.img /etc/modprobe.d/ixgbe.conf
And when I lspci | grep Virtual, it displays like this:
03:13.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:13.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:13.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:13.4 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:13.5 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:13.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:13.7 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:14.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:14.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:14.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:14.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:14.4 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
03:14.5 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)
But the new vNIC from SR-IOV cannot be brought up, after "dmesg | grep ixgbe", it says:
[50764.133959] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1: VF 31 has no MAC address assigned, you may have to assign one manually
[50764.144463] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: MAC address not assigned by administrator.
[50764.144466] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: Assigning random MAC address
[50764.145075] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: irq 201 for MSI/MSI-X
[50764.145085] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: irq 202 for MSI/MSI-X
[50764.145095] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: irq 203 for MSI/MSI-X
[50764.152328] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: d2:d8:eb:3a:3f:6f
[50764.152332] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: MAC: 1
[50764.152335] ixgbevf 0000:03:17.7: Intel(R) 82599 Virtual Function
[50903.592942] ixgbevf: Unable to start - perhaps the PF Driver isn't up yet
[51711.601500] ixgbevf: Unable to start - perhaps the PF Driver isn't up yet
[51996.541689] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1: removed PHC on enp3s0f1
[52003.338050] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1: registered PHC device on enp3s0f1
[52003.500846] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1: detected SFP+: 6
[52007.242533] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX
[52007.342597] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1: NIC Link is Down
[52007.943083] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX
[52008.043112] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1: NIC Link is Down
[52008.343389] ixgbe 0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX
[52011.331147] ixgbevf: Unable to start - perhaps the PF Driver isn't up yet
My NIC is Intel 82599, the driver is ixgbe and ixgbevf, my operation system is centos:7. I'v no idea, does anybody know the problem?
