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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VMS Bootcamp
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 23:50:05 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <10elil1$23l8m$1@dont-email.me>,
Mark Berryman  <mark@theberrymans.com> wrote:
>On 11/7/25 6:22 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
>> In article <mmvmu4F1c8iU1@mid.individual.net>,
>> John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt@thereinhardts.org> wrote:
>>> [snip] x86 can do FC but
>>> that requires dedicating a HBA to each VM Guest.  Hardly practical
>>> unless you have a server with a lot of PCIe slots or very few OpenVMS
>>> guests.
>> 
>> One presumes fiber channel HBAs are mostly PCIe devies at this
>> point; given that, what about using SR-IOV to mux guests onto a
>> single (or small set of) HBA(s)?
>
>On ESXi V8 the Qlogic 2692 is listed as not capable of SR-IOV.  I also 
>have 8G HBAs with the same status.  I don't have any 32G HBAs to check.

It seems to be surprisingly rare.  Some of the Emulex 16G HBAs
support it (Gen 5, Gen 6) but most seem to be doing it via a
NIC and FCoE.  :-/

	- Dan C.