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| author |   billyom <billy.o.mahony@intel.com> | 2016-09-14 16:37:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Billy O'Mahony <billy.o.mahony@intel.com> | 2016-09-15 12:40:44 +0000 |
| commit | 1f47771052455ffb19679cc213c76d8087bcc057 (patch) | |
| tree | 405dc29e7a1b1418b832cc21f4048bf280da6753 | |
| parent | f80fde1d97b1c433df542da630acd56389391d60 (diff) | |
Update config guide
Some useful additional points to watch out for during
installation/configuration.
Change-Id: Ic9435bc0ab06577676b2257d4e99181801dbba90
Signed-off-by: Billy O'Mahony <billy.o.mahony@intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit 9583de2a9d187be21e84f552d51556ae1da701f2)
| -rwxr-xr-x | docs/configguide/featureconfig.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/configguide/featureconfig.rst b/docs/configguide/featureconfig.rst index 6679049..093f236 100755 --- a/docs/configguide/featureconfig.rst +++ b/docs/configguide/featureconfig.rst @@ -6,12 +6,19 @@ Installing OVSNFV Fuel Plugin ============================= * On the Fuel UI, create a new environment. -* On the nodes' interface settings enable DPDK on the interface running the +* Assign nodes as normal. +* In Settings > Compute, ensure KVM is selected which is required to enable DPDK on nodes' interfaces. +* On the compute nodes' interface settings enable DPDK on the interface running the private network. +* *Do not enable DPDK on the control nodes.* * In Settings > Other * Enable "Install Openvswitch with NSH/DPDK" * Enable "Install DPDK" * Disable "Install NSH" +* In Nodes, for each compute node: + * Reserve some memory for DPDK hugepages - typically 128-512MB per NUMA node. + * Reserve some memory for Nova hugepages - typically 70-90% of total memory. + * Pin DPDK cores - typically 2. * Continue with environment configuration and deployment as normal. |