RHV: unable to set the number of VFs on NetXtreme ethernet card

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cannot set number of VFs for a NIC on RHV Admin Portal:
2021-05-03 14:34:24,777-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.network.host.UpdateHostNicVfsConfigCommand] (default task-63) [ace23724-7e8b-48dc-aeb1-a874ba70f0c8] Command 'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.network.host.UpdateHostNicVfsConfigCommand' failed: EngineException: UPDATE_NUM_VFS_FAILURE (Failed with error UPDATE_NUM_VFS_FAILURE and code 5500)

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.4.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3
    • kernel-4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3.x86_64
    • nmstate-0.3.4-27.el8_3.noarch
    • systemd-udev-239-41.el8_3.2.x86_64
  • BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA Ethernet Controller (bnxt_en)

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