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Hi I am using mellanox connect-x5 nic card. And i can see number of VF supported is 1K. But in total sriov file i can see 4 only.

Infrastructure & Networking Adapters and Cables

ansar.k February 11, 2020, 4:38pm 1

Can anyone suggest me how i can enable 1000VF

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