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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Narsimha R. Challa, Hyderabad, IN;
Charles S. Graham, Rochester, MN (US);
Swaroop Jayanthi, Bangalore, IN;
Sailaja R. Keshireddy, Hyderabad, IN;
Adam T. Stallman, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing dynamic adjustment of Input/Output bandwidth for Virtual Machines of a Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SRIOV) adapter. The SRIOV adapter includes a plurality of virtual functions (VFs). Each individual virtual function (VF) is enabled to be explicitly assigned to a Virtual Machine (VM); and each of a plurality of VF teams is created with one or more VFs and is assigned to a VM. Each VF team is enabled to be dynamically resizable for dynamic adjustment of Input/Output bandwidth.