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Dell Technologies PowerEdge MX Platform: Advanced NPAR
Wed, 03 May 2023 15:47:10 -0000
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Advanced Network Partitioning (NPAR) is now available in both SmartFabric and Full switch modes with the release of OME-M 2.10.00.
- The main advantage that separates Adv NPAR from standard NPAR is that it provides users with the ability to assign VLANs to each partition.
- The Adv NPAR feature is only supported on the 25 GbE-based IOMs in the MX chassis.
- The Adv NPAR feature is only supported on Broadcom 57504 NIC and VMware ESXi 7.0.U3 and above as the server host operating system.
The following diagram shows how the MX9116n ethernet internal port to the Broadcom 57504 25GbE quad port NIC is split into eight partitions:
Figure 1. Advanced NPAR NIC Port Partitions
The BCOM 57504 quad port mezzanine card is used in this example and can only support Adv NPAR. The following combinations are supported:
The Advanced NPAR setting and the configuration workflow are shown in the following image:
For more information, see the latest Dell Technologies PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide. It has information on the following:
- Topology and port information
- Hardware and software requirements
- Restrictions and limitations
- Adv NPAR deployment in SmartFabric and in Full Switch modes.
- Configuration validation CLI outputs
See also this blog post:
Dell Technologies PowerEdge MX Platform: Network Interface Card Partitioning