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OPNFV Release Note for the AArch64 Brahmaputra 3.0 release of OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool
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License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License. .. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ..
(c) Jonas Bjurel (Ericsson AB) and others
Abstract
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This document compiles the release notes for the Brahmaputra 3.0 release of
OPNFV when using Fuel as a deployment tool, with an AArch64 (only) target
node pool.
Important notes
===============
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 on AArch64 architecture.
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 13*.
Summary
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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>`_
- `SDN distributed routing and VPN <https://wiki.opnfv.org/sdnvpn>`_
- `NFV Hypervisors-KVM <https://wiki.opnfv.org/nfv-kvm>`_
- `Open vSwitch for NFV <https://wiki.opnfv.org/ovsnfv>`_
- `VSPERF <https://wiki.opnfv.org/characterize_vswitch_performance_for_telco_nfv_use_cases>`_
As well as OPNFV-unique configurations of the Hardware- and Software stack.
This Brahmaputra artifact provides Fuel as the deployment stage tool in the
OPNFV CI pipeline including:
- Documentation built by Jenkins
- overall OPNFV documentation
- this document (release notes)
- installation instructions
- build-instructions
- 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)
- Automated validation of the Brahmaputra deployment
Release Data
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+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Project** | fuel |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Repo/tag** | brahmaputra.3.0 |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Release designation** | Brahmaputra 3.0 follow-up release |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Release date** | May 6 2016 |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Purpose of the delivery** | Brahmaputra alignment to Released |
| | Fuel 8.0 baseline + Bug-fixes for |
| | the following feaures/scenarios: |
| | - Added AArch64 target support |
| | - OpenDaylight SR1 |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
Version change
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Module version changes
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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
Document changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is based upon a follow-up release to Brahmaputra 1.0. It
comes with the following documentation:
- Installation instructions - *Reference 13* - **Changed**
- Build instructions - *Reference 14* - **Changed**
- Release notes - *Reference 15* - **Changed** (This document)
Reason for version
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Feature additions
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**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:**
`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)
Deliverables
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Software deliverables
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Fuel-based installer iso file for AArch64 targets found in *Reference 2*
Documentation deliverables
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- Installation instructions - *Reference 13*
- Build instructions - *Reference 14*
- Release notes - *Reference 15* (This document)
Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
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System Limitations
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- **Max number of blades:** 1 Fuel master, 3 Controllers, 20 Compute blades
- **Min number of blades:** 1 Fuel master, 1 Controller, 1 Compute blade
- **Storage:** Ceph is the only supported storage configuration
- **Max number of networks:** 65k
- **Fuel master arch:** x86_64
- **Target node arch:** aarch64
Known issues
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**JIRA TICKETS:**
`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)
Workarounds
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**JIRA TICKETS:**
`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)
Test results
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The Brahmaputra 3.0 release with the Fuel deployment tool has undergone QA test
runs, see separate test results.
References
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For more information on the OPNFV Brahmaputra release, please see:
OPNFV
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1) `OPNFV Home Page <http://www.opnfv.org>`_
2) `OPNFV documentation- and software downloads <https://www.opnfv.org/software/download>`_
OpenStack
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3) `OpenStack Liberty Release artifacts <http://www.openstack.org/software/liberty>`_
4) `OpenStack documentation <http://docs.openstack.org>`_
OpenDaylight
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5) `OpenDaylight artifacts <http://www.opendaylight.org/software/downloads>`_
Fuel
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6) `The Fuel OpenStack project <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Fuel>`_
7) `Fuel documentation overview <https://docs.fuel-infra.org/openstack/fuel/fuel-8.0/>`_
8) `Fuel planning guide <https://docs.fuel-infra.org/openstack/fuel/fuel-8.0/mos-planning-guide.html>`_
9) `Fuel quick start guide <https://docs.mirantis.com/openstack/fuel/fuel-8.0/quickstart-guide.html>`_
10) `Fuel operations guide <https://docs.mirantis.com/openstack/fuel/fuel-8.0/operations.html>`_
11) `Fuel Plugin Developers Guide <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Fuel/Plugins>`_
12) `(N/A on AArch64) Fuel OpenStack Hardware Compatibility List <https://www.mirantis.com/products/openstack-drivers-and-plugins/hardware-compatibility-list>`_
Fuel in OPNFV
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13) `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>`_
14) `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>`_
15) `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>`_
