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Connecting an Intel QAT Accelerator to a VM

Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) devices allows the creation of several virtual functions (VFs) to accelerate cryptographic functions and workload compressions by offloading the data to the connected hardware that can support optimization. QAT devices supports this acceleration by using Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV).

  1. Open Virtualization Station.
  2. Go to VM List.
  3. Select a powered off VM.

    The VM Information screen appears.

  4. Next to Intel QAT, click .

    The Connect to Intel® QAT Accelerator window appears.

  5. Specify the number of VF connections.
    Note:

    One physical function (PF) corresponds to 16 VFs.

  6. Click OK.

Virtualization Station saves the settings.