2–Configuring NICNIC Partition (NPAR)SN0054671-00 A 2-37Configuring NPAR in the BIOSRefer to the Type section for information.Configuring NPAR in QCC GUIRefer to the QConvergeConsole Help System: Partitioning NIC Ports forinformation.Configuring NPAR in QCC Interactive CLIRefer to the QConvergeConsole CLI User’s Guide for information.Configuring NPAR in QCC Non-Interactive CLIRefer to the QConvergeConsole CLI User’s Guide, “NIC NoninteractiveCommands” section for information.Configuring NPAR in the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-inThe QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in provides the QLogic Adapter tab. Use thistab to manage the 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters in the VMware ESX/ESXienvironment.With the QLogic Adapter tab, you can: Enable/Disable NPAR Enable/Disable functions Configure function personalities Configure the relative bandwidth of NIC functions Configure eSwitch View the eSwitch StatisticsThe default configuration of the 8200 Series Adapters is a NIC function, iSCSIfunction, and FCoE function. There is an additional NIC function that is defaultedas disabled, but is presented to the user to be optionally enabled.NOTE:The 8200 and 3200 Series Adapters have eSwitches. Because all of theinterfaces are assigned to the hypervisor, eSwitch operation is transparent,and the system administrator is not required to perform any additionalconfiguration.
