Number of processors
per LPAR
Maximum number
of ports
Number of ports which can
be assigned
Hyper-
Threading is
Disable
(Number of
cores)
Hyper-
Threading is
Enable
(Number of
threads)
Dedicated
NIC
(Emulex
10Gb)
1
Shared NIC
Virtual NIC
VF NIC
3 5 to 6 24 - 16
2 16
4 8
6 -
4 7 to 8 32 - 16
2-4 16
6 8
5 or more 9 or more No limitation
Notes:
1. One port uses the CPU resource for four ports.
[Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2]
• Up to eight ports can be assigned per core, but four FC ports use the CPU
resource for one port.
• The relation between the number of processor cores and the maximum
number of card ports which can be assigned is shown below.
Table 10-10 Relation between the number of CPUs and the number of card
ports (in case of Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2)
Number of CPUs/LPAR
Maximum
number of
ports
Number of ports which can be
assigned
Hyper-
Threading is
Disable
(Number of
cores)
Hyper-
Threading is
Enable
(Number of
threads)
Dedicated
NIC
(Emulex
10Gb)
Shared NIC
Virtual NIC
VF NIC
FC
adapter
1
1 1 to 2 7 - 7 4
2 5 4
4 3 4
6 1 4
2 3 to 4 15 - 15 4
2 13 4
Notes
10-17
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