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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi<br>
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We were using DPDK 19 and upgraded to DPDK 21 with XL710 card on ESXi. The VF driver changed from “i40evf” to “iavf”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are seeing a drop of around 75% in throughput.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ESXi Version:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">[root@localhost:~] esxcli system version get</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Product: VMware ESXi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Version: 7.0.1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Build: Releasebuild-17551050</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Update: 1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Patch: 30</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I40en Version:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Driver Info:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Bus Info: 0000:d8:00:0</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Driver: i40en</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Firmware Version: 6.80 0x800042e3 0.385.97</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="s1">Version: 1.8.1.123</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Is there any minimum required version for ESXi and i40en for DPDK 21.11 (iavf) to work?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Also, IAVF per queue stats are not showing up, is this expected?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Saadique<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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