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VMware ESXi Administration Guide

VM start and startup

VM start and startup

You can now restart the FortiGate-VM instance.

It may be of interest to show that the VFs are now owned and active:

root@esxi-tiger-14-7:~] esxcli network sriovnic vf list -n vmnic4
VF ID  Active  PCI Address     Owner World ID
-----  ------  --------------  --------------
    0    true  00000:059:02.0  2106346
    1    true  00000:059:02.1  2106346
    2   false  00000:059:02.2   -
    3   false  00000:059:02.3   -
    4   false  00000:059:02.4   -
    5   false  00000:059:02.5   -
    6   false  00000:059:02.6   -
    7   false  00000:059:02.7   -

With the 1G hugepage setting, autostarting the FortiGate-VM instance automatically and first is advisable.

VM start and startup

VM start and startup

You can now restart the FortiGate-VM instance.

It may be of interest to show that the VFs are now owned and active:

root@esxi-tiger-14-7:~] esxcli network sriovnic vf list -n vmnic4
VF ID  Active  PCI Address     Owner World ID
-----  ------  --------------  --------------
    0    true  00000:059:02.0  2106346
    1    true  00000:059:02.1  2106346
    2   false  00000:059:02.2   -
    3   false  00000:059:02.3   -
    4   false  00000:059:02.4   -
    5   false  00000:059:02.5   -
    6   false  00000:059:02.6   -
    7   false  00000:059:02.7   -

With the 1G hugepage setting, autostarting the FortiGate-VM instance automatically and first is advisable.