26. IONIC Driver

The ionic driver provides support for Pensando server adapters. It currently supports the below models:

• Naples DSC-25
• Naples DSC-100

Please visit https://pensando.io for more information.

26.1. Identifying the Adapter

To find if one or more Pensando PCI Ethernet devices are installed on the host, check for the PCI devices:

lspci -d 1dd8:
b5:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002
b6:00.0 Ethernet controller: Device 1dd8:1002

26.2. Pre-Installation Configuration

The following options can be modified in the config file.

• CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IONIC_PMD (default y)

  Toggle compilation of ionic PMD.

26.3. Building DPDK

The ionic PMD driver supports UIO and VFIO, please refer to the DPDK documentation that comes with the DPDK suite for instructions on how to build DPDK.