How to Enable SRIOV of IBM Servers and Blade Servers BIOS

What is SR-IOV? The short answer is that SR-IOV is a specification that allows a PCIe device to appear to be multiple separate physical PCIe devices. The SR-IOV specification was created and is maintained by the PCI SIG, with the idea that a standard specification will help promote interoperability.

Step 1: Power on the system, and press F1 to enter the Setup utility.
Step 2: Select System Settings and then Network.
Step 3: Under the Network Device List, select the device to be configured and press Enter to see all the Network Device options (Figure 1).

Step 4: Select the device’s description and press Enter to configure the device 
Step 5: From the selection menu, select Advanced Mode and press Enter to change the value.
Step 6: Choose Enable and press Enter.
Step 7: On the same selection menu, select Controller Configuration and press Enter to enter the configuration menu.
Step 8: Select Configure SRIOV and hit Enter.
Step 9: On the Configure SRIOV page, press Enter to toggle the values
Step 10: Select Enable and press Enter
Step 11: Select Save Current Configurations and press Enter.
Step 12: Press Esc to exit the menu. Then, click Save to save the configuration.
Step 13: Reboot the system.