From 1f47771052455ffb19679cc213c76d8087bcc057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: billyom Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:37:45 +0100 Subject: Update config guide Some useful additional points to watch out for during installation/configuration. Change-Id: Ic9435bc0ab06577676b2257d4e99181801dbba90 Signed-off-by: Billy O'Mahony (cherry picked from commit 9583de2a9d187be21e84f552d51556ae1da701f2) --- docs/configguide/featureconfig.rst | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg