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authorAlexandru Avadanii <Alexandru.Avadanii@enea.com>2016-04-29 18:23:36 +0200
committerAlexandru Avadanii <Alexandru.Avadanii@enea.com>2016-05-08 21:38:15 +0200
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docs/release-notes.rst: Armband refresh.
Updated release notes document and created JIRA cases for AArch64 newly added features, bug, workarounds etc. Change-Id: I1db230a9fa62e671f4f302c8f7b202cc5c8f48ca Signed-off-by: Alexandru Avadanii <Alexandru.Avadanii@enea.com>
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============================================================================================
-OPNFV Release Note for the Brahmaputra 3.0 release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool
+OPNFV Release Note for the AArch64 Brahmaputra 3.0 release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool
============================================================================================
License
@@ -13,28 +13,37 @@ Abstract
========
This document compiles the release notes for the Brahmaputra 3.0 release of
-OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool.
+OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool, with an AArch64 (only) target
+node pool.
Important notes
===============
-These notes provides release information for the use of Fuel as deployment
-tool for the Brahmaputra 3.0 release of OPNFV.
+These notes provide release information for the use of Fuel as deployment
+tool for the AArch64 Brahmaputra 3.0 release of OPNFV.
The goal of the Brahmaputra release and this Fuel-based deployment process is
to establish a lab ready platform accelerating further development
-of the OPNFV infrastructure.
+of the OPNFV infrastructure on AArch64 architecture.
-Carefully follow the installation-instructions provided in *Reference 13*.
+Due to early docker and nodejs support on AArch64, we will still use an
+x86_64 Fuel Master to build and deploy an AArch64 target pool.
+
+Although not currently supported, mixing x86_64 and AArch64 architectures
+inside the target pool will be possible later.
+
+Carefully follow the installation-instructions provided in *Reference 16*.
Summary
=======
-For Brahmaputra, the typical use of Fuel as an OpenStack installer is
+For AArch64 Brahmaputra, the typical use of Fuel as an OpenStack installer is
supplemented with OPNFV unique components such as:
- `OpenDaylight <http://www.opendaylight.org/software>`_ version "Berylium SR1"
+The following OPNFV plugins are not yet ported for AArch64:
+
- `ONOS <http://onosproject.org/>`_ version "Drake"
- `Service function chaining <https://wiki.opnfv.org/service_function_chaining>`_
@@ -62,7 +71,7 @@ OPNFV CI pipeline including:
- build-instructions
-- The Brahmaputra Fuel installer image (.iso) built by Jenkins
+- The Brahmaputra Fuel installer image for AArch64 (.iso) built by Jenkins
- Automated deployment of Brahmaputra with running on bare metal or a nested hypervisor environment (KVM)
@@ -81,17 +90,14 @@ Release Data
| **Release designation** | Brahmaputra 3.0 follow-up release |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| **Release date** | April 28 2016 |
+| **Release date** | May 6 2016 |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Purpose of the delivery** | Brahmaputra alignment to Released |
| | Fuel 8.0 baseline + Bug-fixes for |
| | the following feaures/scenarios: |
-| | - NFV Hypervisors-KVM |
-| | - Open vSwitch for NFV |
+| | - Added AArch64 target support |
| | - OpenDaylight SR1 |
-| | - SDN distributed routing and VPN |
-| | - Service function chaining |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
@@ -100,27 +106,28 @@ Version change
Module version changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This is a follow-up release to Brahmaputra 1.0. It is based on
+This is the first AArch64 release for Brahmaputra 3.0. It is based on
following upstream versions:
- Fuel 8.0 Base release
- OpenStack Liberty release
+- OPNFV Fuel Brahmaputra 3.0 release
+
- OpenDaylight Beryllium SR1 release
-- ONOS Drake release
Document changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This is a follow-up release to Brahmaputra 1.0. It
+This is based upon a follow-up release to Brahmaputra 1.0. It
comes with the following documentation:
-- Installation instructions - *Reference 13* - **Changed**
+- Installation instructions - *Reference 16* - **Changed**
-- Build instructions - *Reference 14* - **Changed**
+- Build instructions - *Reference 17* - **Changed**
-- Release notes - *Reference 15* - **Changed** (This document)
+- Release notes - *Reference 18* - **Changed** (This document)
Reason for version
------------------
@@ -130,14 +137,16 @@ Feature additions
**JIRA TICKETS:**
--
+`AArch64 new features <https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11129>`_ 'https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11129'
+
+(Also See respective Integrated feature project's bug tracking)
Bug corrections
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**JIRA TICKETS:**
-`Workarounds <https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11121>`_ 'https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11121'
+`AArch64 Workarounds <https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11126>`_ 'https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11126'
(Also See respective Integrated feature project's bug tracking)
@@ -147,16 +156,16 @@ Deliverables
Software deliverables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Fuel-based installer iso file found in *Reference 2*
+Fuel-based installer iso file for AArch64 targets found in *Reference 2*
Documentation deliverables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Installation instructions - *Reference 13*
+- Installation instructions - *Reference 16*
-- Build instructions - *Reference 14*
+- Build instructions - *Reference 17*
-- Release notes - *Reference 15* (This document)
+- Release notes - *Reference 18* (This document)
Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
=========================================
@@ -172,13 +181,17 @@ System Limitations
- **Max number of networks:** 65k
+- **Fuel master arch:** x86_64
+
+- **Target node arch:** aarch64
+
Known issues
------------
**JIRA TICKETS:**
-`Known issues <https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11119>`_ 'https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11119'
+`AArch64 Known issues <https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11127>`_ 'https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11127'
(Also See respective Integrated feature project's bug tracking)
@@ -187,7 +200,7 @@ Workarounds
**JIRA TICKETS:**
-`Workarounds <https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11120>`_ 'https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11120'
+`AArch64 Workarounds <https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11128>`_ 'https://jira.opnfv.org/issues/?filter=11128'
(Also See respective Integrated feature project's bug tracking)
@@ -244,3 +257,9 @@ Fuel in OPNFV
14) `OPNFV Build instruction for the Brahmaputra release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool <http://artifacts.opnfv.org/fuel/brahmaputra/docs/build-instruction.html>`_
15) `OPNFV Release Note for the Brahmaputra release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool <http://artifacts.opnfv.org/fuel/brahmaputra/docs/release-notes.html>`_
+
+16) `OPNFV Installation instruction for the AArch64 Brahmaputra release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool <http://artifacts.opnfv.org/armband/brahmaputra/docs/installation-instruction.html>`_
+
+17) `OPNFV Build instruction for the AArch64 Brahmaputra release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool <http://artifacts.opnfv.org/armband/brahmaputra/docs/build-instruction.html>`_
+
+18) `OPNFV Release Note for the AArch64 Brahmaputra release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool <http://artifacts.opnfv.org/armband/brahmaputra/docs/release-notes.html>`_