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Operating System

Windows Server 2012

Product/Feature

Hyper-V

Severity

Category

Note: The following sections provide details about the specific issue. Italics indicates UI text that appears in the Best Practices Analyzer tool for the specific issue.

Issue

There are not enough virtual functions available for the number of running virtual machines configured for single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV).

Impact

Networking performance might not be optimal on the following virtual machines: \n{0}

Resolution

Consider disabling SR-IOV on one or more virtual machines that do not require an SR-IOV virtual function.

Additional references