# vdpa-dev - vdpa device configuration - man(8) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       vdpa-dev - vdpa device configuration

## SYNOPSIS
       **vdpa dev **[ _OPTIONS_ ]  { _COMMAND_| **help **}


       _OPTIONS_ := { **-V**[_ersion_] }

       **vdpa dev show **[ _DEV_ ]

### vdpa dev help

       **vdpa dev add name _**NAME_ **mgmtdev _**MGMTDEV_ [ mac _MACADDR_ ] [ mtu _MTU_ ] [ max_vqp _MAX_VQ_PAIRS_ ]

       **vdpa dev del _**DEV_

       **vdpa dev config show **[ _DEV_ ]

       **vdpa dev vstats show _**DEV_ **qidx _**QUEUE_INDEX_



## DESCRIPTION
### vdpa dev show - display vdpa device attributes
       _DEV_ - specifies the vdpa device to show.  If this argument is omitted all devices are listed.

           Format is:
             VDPA_DEVICE_NAME


### vdpa dev add - add a new vdpa device.
       **name _**NAME_
              Name of the new vdpa device to add.


       **mgmtdev _**MGMTDEV_
              Name of the management device to use for device addition.


       **mac _**MACADDR_ - specifies the mac address for the new vdpa device.  This is applicable only for
       the network type of vdpa device. This is optional.

       **mtu _**MTU_ - specifies the mtu for the new vdpa device.  This is applicable only for the network
       type of vdpa device. This is optional.


### vdpa dev del - Delete the vdpa device.
       _DEV_ - specifies the vdpa device to delete.


### vdpa dev config show - Show configuration of specific device or all devices.
       _DEV_  -  specifies the vdpa device to show its configuration.  If this argument is omitted all
       devices configuration is listed.

           Format is:
             VDPA_DEVICE_NAME


### vdpa dev vstats show - shows vendor specific statistics for the given device and virtqueue index.
### The information is presented as name-value pairs where name is the  name  of  the  field  and
### value is a numeric value for it.
       **DEV    **- specifies the vdpa device to query


       **qidx _**QUEUE_INDEX_
              - specifies the virtqueue index to query


## EXAMPLES
       vdpa dev show
           Shows the all vdpa devices on the system.

       vdpa dev show foo
           Shows the specified vdpa device.

       vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net
           Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device vdpa_sim_net.

       vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
           Add  the  vdpa device named foo on the management device vdpa_sim_net with mac address of
           00:11:22:33:44:55.

       vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 mtu 9000
           Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device vdpa_sim_net with mac  address  of
           00:11:22:33:44:55 and mtu of 9000 bytes.

       vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 max_vqp 8
           Add  the vdpa device named foo on the management device auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 with mac
           address of 00:11:22:33:44:55 and max 8 virtqueue pairs

       vdpa dev del foo
           Delete the vdpa device named foo which was previously created.

       vdpa dev config show foo
           Shows the vdpa device configuration of device named foo.

       vdpa dev vstats show vdpa0 qidx 1
           Shows vendor specific statistics information for vdpa device vdpa0 and virtqueue index 1


## SEE ALSO
       [**vdpa**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vdpa/8/markdown), [**vdpa-mgmtdev**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vdpa-mgmtdev/8/markdown),


## AUTHOR
       Parav Pandit <<parav@nvidia.com>>

iproute2                                     5 Jan 2021                               [_DEVLINK-DEV_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DEVLINK-DEV/8/markdown)