The i40e and i40evf software package comes bundled in the Oracle Solaris software. Two device drivers are available for this adapter:
i40e - Physical function (PF) driver
i40evf - Virtual function (VF) driver
You must have at least Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU22 OS installed. For example:
% pkg info entire Name: entire Summary: entire incorporation including Support Repository Update (Oracle Solaris 11.3.22.4.0). ... <output omitted> ... Version: 0.5.22 (Oracle Solaris 11.3.22.4.0)
You can also check the version of the bnxt package:
% pkg info bnxt <Add input from Mamta>
For more information, see Hardware and Software Requirements for more information.
# modload /kernel/drv/arch/i40evf
If the i40evf is not installed, do so now.
# add_drv -i '"pciex8086,154c" "pciex8086,1571"' i40evf
# modload /kernel/drv/arch/i40evf
where arch is amd64 for 64-bit Intel servers or sparcv9 for Oracle SPARC servers.