The NIC Partitioning feature of CNAs allows administrators to organize multiple tasks on each port and intelligently distribute the full capacity of each port’s total bandwidth across the various partitions.
To read more about this feature, see this blog.
To find out which cards support this feature, see the table below.
| The following cards support partitioning for Lifecycle Controller 2 | |
|---|---|
| QLogic | Broadcom |
| QMD8262 bNDC – D90TX | 57810 bNDC – JVFVR |
| QLE8262 NIC – JHD51 | 57810 SFP+ NIC – N20KJ |
| QME8262 Mezz – 9Y65N | 57810 Base-T NIC – W1GCR |
| 57810 Mezz – 55GHP | |
| 57800 rNDC – MT09V | |
How do I tell if my server has one of these cards using Lifecycle Controller? See this blog.
Now that I know I have one of these cards, how do I set it up for partitioning? See this blog.
Related links:
- Lifecycle Controller on Dell TechCenter
- iDRAC on Dell TechCenter
- Intel Network controller card firmware update issue
- Best Practice Guide and scripts