Hi,
I have a Dell T20 with the Xeon processor; I'm generally very happy with it but I'm struggling to get SR-IOV working with my Intel 82576 Network cards. As far as I can tell, my system meets the requirements (IOMMU, VT-D, etc.) but on ESXi 6.0U2 I cannot get it to function. The only thing that seems to be "missing" is the global option to enable "SR-IOV" in the BIOS, which seems to be present in the higher-end Poweredge servers.
However, I've found a few references on the internet of customers using SR-IOV on Dell T20 with various flavours of Linux, so I don't think this a problem.
I have tried the Dell ESXi Image and the generic build, but continue to get "unavailable". I am running latest BIOS, Firmware for my NICs (two variants) and have patched ESXi.
I realise what I'm asking is largely unsupported, but wanted to check that there was nothing fundamentally impossible in what I'm attempting.
Thanks in advance!