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https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/maximize-your-vm-s-performance-with-accelerated-networking-now-generally-available-for-both-windows-and-linux/

Enable Azure Accelerated Networking

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               az vm deallocate --resource-group <rg of the VM> -- name <name of VM>

4. Issue the following CLI command

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 The name is marked in the image below.

5. Once the operation completes start the SoftNAS VM.

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1. Establish an SSH connection to the SoftNAS VM.
2. Issue the ‘lspci’ command and ensure that Mellanox Ethernet controller is listed.

3. Verify packets are going over the correct interface by issuing the following: ‘ethtool -S eth0 | grep vf_’. Counters should show values.

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