Why virtual functions are not appearing under "ip link show ethx" output in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ?
Issue
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System not showing virtual functions for SR-IOV interface.
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On faulty host virtual functions
ip link showoutput is not showing virtual functions. - Example :
# ip link show p2p1
10: p2p1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
link/ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
#ip link show p3p1
p3p1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
link/ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
vf 0 MAC 1a:b1:b1:b1:b1:b1, vlan 30
vf 1 MAC 1a:b1:b2:b2:b2:b2, vlan 30
vf 2 MAC 1a:b1:b3:b3:b3:b3, vlan 30
vf 3 MAC 1a:b1:b4:b4:b4:b4, vlan 30
vf 4 MAC 1a:b1:b5:b5:b5:b5, vlan 30
vf 5 MAC 1a:b1:b6:b6:b6:b6, vlan 30
vf 6 MAC 1a:b1:b7:b7:b7:b7, vlan 30
vf 7 MAC 1a:b1:b8:b8:b8:b8, vlan 30
vf 8 MAC 1a:b1:b9:b9:b9:b9, vlan 30
vf 9 MAC 1a:b1:b0:b0:b0:b0, vlan 30
vf 10 MAC 5a:58:ef:76:19:7c, vlan 32
vf 11 MAC 3a:b8:95:43:1c:2f, vlan 30
vf 12 MAC c2:d8:0f:c3:42:bc, vlan 30
vf 13 MAC fe:ff:f4:2f:69:69, vlan 30
vf 14 MAC a2:94:55:5a:45:df, vlan 30
vf 15 MAC 26:ce:53:ec:bf:d2, vlan 30
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
- SR-IOV
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