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authorbillyom <billy.o.mahony@intel.com>2016-09-14 16:37:45 +0100
committerbillyom <billy.o.mahony@intel.com>2016-09-14 16:37:45 +0100
commit9583de2a9d187be21e84f552d51556ae1da701f2 (patch)
tree405dc29e7a1b1418b832cc21f4048bf280da6753
parent3e734f87b920bd8d61c09f3904d7bbdf73cd53bc (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>
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@@ -6,12 +6,19 @@ Installing OVSNFV Fuel Plugin
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* 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.