OCI: Change Instance Networking Launch Types
Applies to:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Goal:
This document will outline the steps required to change the Network Launch Type from Hardware-assisted (SR-IOV) networking to Paravirtualized networking.
From the OCI Console “General Information” page for an instance, the NIC attachment type is currently: VFIO (Hardware-assisted (SR-IOV)) as highlighted here:
While logged into the instance, the driver is “bnxt_en” as seen from the output to the “ethtool” command:
# ethtool -i ens3 driver: bnxt_en <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< version: 1.10.0 firmware-version: 20.8.187.0/pkg 20.8.29.0 expansion-rom-version: bus-info: 0000:00:03.0 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: no supports-eeprom-access: no supports-register-dump: no supports-priv-flags: no
Solution:
Before you begin:
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