SonicOS 7 NSv Getting Started Guide for ESXi

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Support for SR-IOV

SonicWall NSv instances on VMware ESXi and on Linux KVM support Single-Root Input/Output Virtualization (SR-IOV). This feature allows a single PCI Express bus resource such as an SSD or NIC to be shared in a virtual environment. For details on configuration, see Configuring SR-IOV.