Question VMM 10Gbe LAN

[rolandrat]

Is there a way to pass through the 10Gbe LAN or should I say get a Windows 10 VM to recognise the network as 10Gbe and have speeds available to it?

 

[Rusty]

Is there a way to pass through the 10Gbe LAN or should I say get a Windows 10 VM to recognise the network as 10Gbe and have speeds available to it?

Adding that VM to a 10G VMM network should give it that speed.

Are you not getting 10G speed?

 

[rolandrat]

Indeed, my thought exactly, and the 10Gbe is the only network thats plugged in, but the Windows 10 VM shows the network as 1Gbe only, and I cant get it to do anything else.

 

[Rusty]

Indeed, my thought exactly, and the 10Gbe is the only network thats plugged in, but the Windows 10 VM shows the network as 1Gbe only, and I cant get it to do anything else.

Well e1000 virtual driver that VMM used is based on the real e1000 card that is indeed only 1G capable. Considering that all network throuput in a VMM in done in memory it will not make a difference what the card is registering but still this driver will then not likly get more then 1G.

The only other driver that vmm uses is rtl8139 and that one is 100Mbit.

 

[rolandrat]

VirtIO adapter is the answer, dont know why I hadnt noticed it before. Changed one of the VM's to that and it shows a 10G in windows now. Now to test performance!!

 

[Rusty]

VirtIO adapter is the answer, dont know why I hadnt noticed it before. Changed one of the VM's to that and it shows a 10G in windows now. Now to test performance!!

Excellent!

 

[rolandrat]

Approx 1.6Gb write and 2.6Gb read, not as good as a dedicated Win10 machine, but not bad, better than 1Gbe anyway.