Hi Thompsoa,
I also confused with this issue. In the following link "VMware vCloud NFV 2.1 Release Notes ",
it mentioned "vCloud Director component is now capable of launching and managing VMs that rely on SR-IOV interface for networking."
it also mentioned a bug "Importing an OVA or OVF with an SR-IOV vNIC to a vApp fails "
so it seems that vCD 9.1 really support deploy SR-IOV VM directly.
but in release notes and user guide of vCD 9.1, they both describe that VM need to be imported from vCenter.
so what's the real situation?
Thank you!
BR.