Document link:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/configuring_and_managing_virtualization/managing-virtual-devices_configuring-and-managing-virtualization#managing-sr-iov-devices_managing-virtual-devices

Section number and name:
Managing SR-IOV devices

Describe the issue:
There is no mention in this section of how to setup a permanent MAC Address and stable network configuration for the VM using an SR-IOV Virtual Function (VF), which may cause some customers' confusion.

We can see such kind of note in the early RHEL documentation., like:
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/virtualization_host_configuration_and_guest_installation_guide/sect-virtualization_host_configuration_and_guest_installation_guide-sr_iov-how_sr_iov_libvirt_works#sect-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-SR_IOV-How_SR_IOV_Libvirt_Works

Please consider if we need to add such note into different RHEL release documentation, including RHEL9, RHEL8 and RHEL7.

Impact of this issue:
This request comes from customers' case.
See RHEL-68677 for details.

Suggestions for improvement:
We can add a note to provide the way to setup a permanent MAC Address and stable network configuration for the VM using an SR-IOV Virtual Function (VF).

For example, we can explicitly specifying a VM MAC Address in the VM's XML file, like this:

<interface type='hostdev'>
...
<mac address='52:54:00:00:01:01'/>
...
</interface>