diff --git a/api/v1/helper.go b/api/v1/helper.go
index fc7b01ac4b..8a60b2b26b 100644
--- a/api/v1/helper.go
+++ b/api/v1/helper.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
 	netattdefv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/network-attachment-definition-client/pkg/apis/k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
-	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/render"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/render"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/api/v1/sriovoperatorconfig_types.go b/api/v1/sriovoperatorconfig_types.go
index fc4fe4b64d..5a0c483394 100644
--- a/api/v1/sriovoperatorconfig_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/sriovoperatorconfig_types.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ type SriovOperatorConfigSpec struct {
 	// Default mode: daemon
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=daemon;systemd
 	ConfigurationMode ConfigurationModeType `json:"configurationMode,omitempty"`
+	// FeatureGates to enable experimental features
+	FeatureGates map[string]bool `json:"featureGates,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // SriovOperatorConfigStatus defines the observed state of SriovOperatorConfig
diff --git a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index f01d358dda..d97a388617 100644
--- a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -725,6 +725,13 @@ func (in *SriovOperatorConfigSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *SriovOperatorConfigSpec) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.FeatureGates != nil {
+		in, out := &in.FeatureGates, &out.FeatureGates
+		*out = make(map[string]bool, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = val
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new SriovOperatorConfigSpec.
diff --git a/bindata/manifests/daemon/daemonset.yaml b/bindata/manifests/daemon/daemonset.yaml
index 6e1b3ba8d9..2892417c6f 100644
--- a/bindata/manifests/daemon/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/bindata/manifests/daemon/daemonset.yaml
@@ -94,9 +94,12 @@ spec:
           privileged: true
         args:
           - "start"
-        {{- if .UsedSystemdMode}}
+        {{- if .UsedSystemdMode }}
           - --use-systemd-service
         {{- end }}
+        {{ - if .ParallelNicConfig }}
+        - --parallel-nic-config
+        {{ - end }}
         env:
           - name: NODE_NAME
             valueFrom:
diff --git a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/service.go b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/service.go
index bbad726634..01a9edfacd 100644
--- a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/service.go
+++ b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/service.go
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ func runServiceCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			glog.Errorf("sriov-config-service: failed to discover sriov devices on the host: %v", err)
 			return fmt.Errorf("sriov-config-service: failed to discover sriov devices on the host:  %v", err)
 		}
-
+		// TODO(e0ne): read ParallelNicConfig from SriovOperatorConfig CR
 		// Create the generic plugin
-		configPlugin, err = generic.NewGenericPlugin(true, hostManager, storeManager)
+		configPlugin, err = generic.NewGenericPlugin(true, hostManager, storeManager, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("sriov-config-service: failed to create generic plugin %v", err)
 			return fmt.Errorf("sriov-config-service failed to create generic plugin %v", err)
diff --git a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
index 52e4536fa7..8882483d3d 100644
--- a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
+++ b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	startOpts struct {
-		kubeconfig string
-		nodeName   string
-		systemd    bool
+		kubeconfig        string
+		nodeName          string
+		systemd           bool
+		parallelNicConfig bool
 	}
 )
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func init() {
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&startOpts.kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Kubeconfig file to access a remote cluster (testing only)")
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&startOpts.nodeName, "node-name", "", "kubernetes node name daemon is managing")
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&startOpts.systemd, "use-systemd-service", false, "use config daemon in systemd mode")
+	startCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&startOpts.parallelNicConfig, "parallel-nic-config", false, "NICs configuration in a parallel on the same node")
 }
 
 func runStartCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ func runStartCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		startOpts.systemd,
 		eventRecorder,
 		devMode,
+		startOpts.parallelNicConfig,
 	).Run(stopCh, exitCh)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to run daemon: %v", err)
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml b/config/crd/bases/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml
index f1666e78e3..f2cc8b5737 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ spec:
                   provision switchdev-configuration.service and enable OpenvSwitch
                   hw-offload on nodes.
                 type: boolean
+              featureGates:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  type: boolean
+                description: FeatureGates to enable experimental features
+                type: object
               logLevel:
                 description: Flag to control the log verbose level of the operator.
                   Set to '0' to show only the basic logs. And set to '2' to show all
diff --git a/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go b/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go
index 7e9c548fbd..9d6850a803 100644
--- a/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/sriovoperatorconfig_controller.go
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ func (r *SriovOperatorConfigReconciler) syncConfigDaemonSet(ctx context.Context,
 	} else {
 		data.Data["UsedSystemdMode"] = false
 	}
+	if parallelConfig, ok := dc.Spec.FeatureGates["parallelNicConfig"]; ok {
+		data.Data["ParallelNicConfig"] = parallelConfig
+	} else {
+		data.Data["ParallelNicConfig"] = false
+	}
 
 	envCniBinPath := os.Getenv("SRIOV_CNI_BIN_PATH")
 	if envCniBinPath == "" {
diff --git a/deployment/sriov-network-operator/crds/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml b/deployment/sriov-network-operator/crds/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml
index f1666e78e3..f2cc8b5737 100644
--- a/deployment/sriov-network-operator/crds/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml
+++ b/deployment/sriov-network-operator/crds/sriovnetwork.openshift.io_sriovoperatorconfigs.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ spec:
                   provision switchdev-configuration.service and enable OpenvSwitch
                   hw-offload on nodes.
                 type: boolean
+              featureGates:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  type: boolean
+                description: FeatureGates to enable experimental features
+                type: object
               logLevel:
                 description: Flag to control the log verbose level of the operator.
                   Set to '0' to show only the basic logs. And set to '2' to show all
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
index 5feb37e12a..346bbe6c3b 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ type Daemon struct {
 
 	useSystemdService bool
 
+	parallelNicConfig bool
+
 	devMode bool
 
 	client snclientset.Interface
@@ -153,11 +155,13 @@ func New(
 	useSystemdService bool,
 	er *EventRecorder,
 	devMode bool,
+	parallelNicConfig bool,
 ) *Daemon {
 	return &Daemon{
 		name:              nodeName,
 		platform:          platformType,
 		useSystemdService: useSystemdService,
+		parallelNicConfig: parallelNicConfig,
 		devMode:           devMode,
 		client:            client,
 		kubeClient:        kubeClient,
@@ -540,7 +544,7 @@ func (dn *Daemon) nodeStateSyncHandler() error {
 
 	// load plugins if it has not loaded
 	if len(dn.enabledPlugins) == 0 {
-		dn.enabledPlugins, err = enablePlugins(dn.platform, dn.useSystemdService, latestState, dn.hostManager, dn.storeManager)
+		dn.enabledPlugins, err = enablePlugins(dn.platform, dn.useSystemdService, latestState, dn.hostManager, dn.storeManager, dn.parallelNicConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("nodeStateSyncHandler(): failed to enable vendor plugins error: %v", err)
 			return err
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go
index 5300a1a653..f12f834175 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon_test.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Config Daemon", func() {
 			false,
 			er,
 			false,
+			false,
 		)
 
 		sut.enabledPlugins = map[string]plugin.VendorPlugin{generic.PluginName: &fake.FakePlugin{}}
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/plugin.go b/pkg/daemon/plugin.go
index ef48b28172..c038a456f1 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/plugin.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 	K8sPlugin         = k8splugin.NewK8sPlugin
 )
 
-func enablePlugins(platform utils.PlatformType, useSystemdService bool, ns *sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkNodeState, hostManager host.HostManagerInterface, storeManager utils.StoreManagerInterface) (map[string]plugin.VendorPlugin, error) {
+func enablePlugins(platform utils.PlatformType, useSystemdService bool, ns *sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkNodeState, hostManager host.HostManagerInterface, storeManager utils.StoreManagerInterface, parallelNicConfig bool) (map[string]plugin.VendorPlugin, error) {
 	glog.Infof("enableVendorPlugins(): enabling plugins")
 	enabledPlugins := map[string]plugin.VendorPlugin{}
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func enablePlugins(platform utils.PlatformType, useSystemdService bool, ns *srio
 			}
 			enabledPlugins[k8sPlugin.Name()] = k8sPlugin
 		}
-		genericPlugin, err := GenericPlugin(false, hostManager, storeManager)
+		genericPlugin, err := GenericPlugin(false, hostManager, storeManager, parallelNicConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("enableVendorPlugins(): failed to load the generic plugin error: %v", err)
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin.go b/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin.go
index 844c5e9716..2976d8efc3 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type GenericPlugin struct {
 	DriverStateMap    DriverStateMapType
 	DesiredKernelArgs map[string]bool
 	RunningOnHost     bool
+	ParallelNicConfig bool
 	HostManager       host.HostManagerInterface
 	StoreManager      utils.StoreManagerInterface
 }
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ type GenericPlugin struct {
 const scriptsPath = "bindata/scripts/enable-kargs.sh"
 
 // Initialize our plugin and set up initial values
-func NewGenericPlugin(runningOnHost bool, hostManager host.HostManagerInterface, storeManager utils.StoreManagerInterface) (plugin.VendorPlugin, error) {
+func NewGenericPlugin(runningOnHost bool, hostManager host.HostManagerInterface, storeManager utils.StoreManagerInterface, parallelNicConfig bool) (plugin.VendorPlugin, error) {
 	driverStateMap := make(map[uint]*DriverState)
 	driverStateMap[Vfio] = &DriverState{
 		DriverName:     vfioPciDriver,
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func NewGenericPlugin(runningOnHost bool, hostManager host.HostManagerInterface,
 		DriverStateMap:    driverStateMap,
 		DesiredKernelArgs: make(map[string]bool),
 		RunningOnHost:     runningOnHost,
+		ParallelNicConfig: parallelNicConfig,
 		HostManager:       hostManager,
 		StoreManager:      storeManager,
 	}, nil
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ func (p *GenericPlugin) Apply() error {
 		defer exit()
 	}
 
-	if err := utils.SyncNodeState(p.DesireState, pfsToSkip); err != nil {
+	if err := utils.SyncNodeState(p.DesireState, pfsToSkip,  p.ParallelNicConfig); err != nil {
 		// Catch the "cannot allocate memory" error and try to use PCI realloc
 		if errors.Is(err, syscall.ENOMEM) {
 			p.addToDesiredKernelArgs(utils.KernelArgPciRealloc)
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin_test.go b/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin_test.go
index e1211b3924..2e3df38dfb 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/generic/generic_plugin_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Generic plugin", func() {
 		ctrl = gomock.NewController(t)
 		mockHost = mock_host.NewMockHostManagerInterface(ctrl)
 		mockStore = mock_utils.NewMockStoreManagerInterface(ctrl)
-		genericPlugin, err = NewGenericPlugin(false, mockHost, mockStore)
+		genericPlugin, err = NewGenericPlugin(false, mockHost, mockStore, false)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	})
 
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index c107abcb75..c1b48c8616 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -197,8 +198,71 @@ func DiscoverSriovDevices(withUnsupported bool, storeManager StoreManagerInterfa
 }
 
 // SyncNodeState Attempt to update the node state to match the desired state
-func SyncNodeState(newState *sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkNodeState, pfsToConfig map[string]bool) error {
-	return ConfigSriovInterfaces(newState.Spec.Interfaces, newState.Status.Interfaces, pfsToConfig)
+func SyncNodeState(newState *sriovnetworkv1.SriovNetworkNodeState, pfsToConfig map[string]bool, parallelNicConfig bool) error {
+	if !parallelNicConfig {
+		return ConfigSriovInterfaces(newState.Spec.Interfaces, newState.Status.Interfaces, pfsToConfig)
+	}
+	return ConfigSriovInterfacesInParallel(newState.Spec.Interfaces, newState.Status.Interfaces, pfsToConfig)
+}
+
+func ConfigSriovInterfacesInParallel(interfaces []sriovnetworkv1.Interface, ifaceStatuses []sriovnetworkv1.InterfaceExt, pfsToConfig map[string]bool) error {
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ConfigSriovInterfacesInParallel(): start sriov configuration")
+	if IsKernelLockdownMode(true) && hasMellanoxInterfacesInSpec(ifaceStatuses, interfaces) {
+		glog.Warningf("cannot use mellanox devices when in kernel lockdown mode")
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot use mellanox devices when in kernel lockdown mode")
+	}
+	// TODO(e0ne): store all errors in SriovNetworkNodeState
+	var result error
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	for _, ifaceStatus := range ifaceStatuses {
+		configured := false
+		for _, iface := range interfaces {
+			if iface.PciAddress == ifaceStatus.PciAddress {
+				configured = true
+
+				if skip := pfsToConfig[iface.PciAddress]; skip {
+					break
+				}
+
+				if !NeedUpdate(&iface, &ifaceStatus) {
+					glog.V(2).Infof("syncNodeState(): no need update interface %s", iface.PciAddress)
+					break
+				}
+
+				wg.Add(1)
+				go func(iface *sriovnetworkv1.Interface, ifaceStatus *sriovnetworkv1.InterfaceExt) {
+					if err := configSriovDevice(iface, ifaceStatus); err != nil {
+						glog.Errorf("ConfigSriovInterfacesInParallel(): fail to configure sriov interface %s: %v. resetting interface.", iface.PciAddress, err)
+						result = err
+						if resetErr := resetSriovDevice(*ifaceStatus); resetErr != nil {
+							glog.Errorf("SyncNodeState(): fail to reset on error SR-IOV interface: %s", resetErr)
+							result = resetErr
+						}
+					}
+					wg.Done()
+				}(&iface, &ifaceStatus)
+
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !configured && ifaceStatus.NumVfs > 0 {
+			if skip := pfsToConfig[ifaceStatus.PciAddress]; skip {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if err := resetSriovDevice(ifaceStatus); err != nil {
+				glog.V(2).Infof("ConfigSriovInterfacesInParallel(): reset failed %v", ifaceStatus.PciAddress)
+				result = err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	if result != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("ConfigSriovInterfacesInParallel(): fail to configure sriov interface: %v", result)
+		return result
+	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("ConfigSriovInterfacesInParallel(): sriov configuration finished")
+	return nil
 }
 
 func ConfigSriovInterfaces(interfaces []sriovnetworkv1.Interface, ifaceStatuses []sriovnetworkv1.InterfaceExt, pfsToConfig map[string]bool) error {
@@ -235,6 +299,7 @@ func ConfigSriovInterfaces(interfaces []sriovnetworkv1.Interface, ifaceStatuses
 
 					break
 				}
+
 				if err = configSriovDevice(&iface, &ifaceStatus); err != nil {
 					glog.Errorf("SyncNodeState(): fail to configure sriov interface %s: %v. resetting interface.", iface.PciAddress, err)
 					if iface.ExternallyManaged {
@@ -540,6 +605,7 @@ func configSriovDevice(iface *sriovnetworkv1.Interface, ifaceStatus *sriovnetwor
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("configSriovDevice(): config interface %s completed", ifaceStatus.PciAddress)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -584,6 +650,7 @@ func setNetdevMTU(pciAddr string, mtu int) error {
 		glog.Warningf("setNetdevMTU(): fail to write mtu file after retrying: %v", err)
 		return err
 	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("setNetdevMTU(): set MTU for device %s to %d completed", pciAddr, mtu)
 	return nil
 }