From 3412a645cdea8c4eb28e8406ed161e8140011d0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas F Herbert Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:28:59 -0400 Subject: Add and update apex sdn and ovs scenarios to Danube 1.0 Include two odl_l3 scenarios and the no-sdn l2 ha scenario. Change-Id: I6a3d447b42a2d69ce3e50e007a66e22668a1383c Signed-off-by: Thomas F Herbert --- docs/release/NEWS.rst | 5 ++ docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst | 60 +++++++++---- docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/index.rst | 20 +++++ docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png | Bin 0 -> 49053 bytes .../os-nosdn-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst | 93 +++++++++++++++++++ .../os-nosdn-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst | 28 ++---- .../os-nosdn-ovs/scenario.description.rst | 2 +- docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/index.rst | 20 +++++ .../release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png | Bin 0 -> 49053 bytes .../os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++ .../release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/index.rst | 20 +++++ .../scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/ovs4nfv.png | Bin 0 -> 49053 bytes .../os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++ 13 files changed, 403 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/index.rst create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/index.rst create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/index.rst create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/ovs4nfv.png create mode 100644 docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst diff --git a/docs/release/NEWS.rst b/docs/release/NEWS.rst index ac5773f..691ffe7 100755 --- a/docs/release/NEWS.rst +++ b/docs/release/NEWS.rst @@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ September 2016 - Colorado Release of the OVSNFV RPM for Apex. +March 2017 +============ + +- Danube Release of the OVSNFV RPM for Apex. + diff --git a/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst b/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst index 683ce06..40e59d2 100644 --- a/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst +++ b/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ============================================================= -OPNFV Release Notes for the Colorado release of OVS for OPNFV +OPNFV Release Notes for the Danube release of OVS for OPNFV ============================================================= @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ OPNFV Release Notes for the Colorado release of OVS for OPNFV Abstract ======== -This document provides the release notes for Colorado release of +This document provides the release notes for Danube release of OVS for OPNFV. Version history @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Version history Summary ======= -The Colorado release of OVSNFV will provide RPMs for DPDK and OVS with DPDK. -Also for the Colorado release an RPM of an interim release of OVS and the +The Danube release of OVSNFV will provide RPMs for DPDK and OVS with DPDK. +Also for the Danube release an RPM of an interim release of OVS and the OVS kernel module with NSH patches. - Documentation is built by Jenkins @@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ Release Data | **Project** | ovsnfv | | | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ -| **Repo/tag** | ovsnfv/colorado.1.0 | +| **Repo/tag** | ovsnfv/Danube.1.0 | | | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ -| **Release designation** | colorado.1.0 | +| **Release designation** | Danube 1.0 | | | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ -| **Release date** | 2016-09-14 | +| **Release date** | 2017-3-31 | | | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ -| **Purpose of the delivery** | OPNFV Colorado release | +| **Purpose of the delivery** | OPNFV Danube release | | | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ @@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ Version change Module version changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This is the first tracked version of OVSNFV for the Colorado release. +This is the first tracked version of OVSNFV for the Danube release. -- Open vSwitch 2.5.90 +- Open vSwitch 2.6 -- DPDK 16.04 +- DPDK 16.11 Unsupported Experimental OVS with NSH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ For more information see: Document version changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This is the first tracked version of Colorado release of OVSNFV +This is the first tracked version of Danube release of OVSNFV The following documentation is provided with this release: -- OVSNFV Build instructions of the RPMs for the Colorado release +- OVSNFV Build instructions of the RPMs for the Danube release ver. 1.0.0 Feature additions @@ -148,6 +148,27 @@ ovsnfv/colorado directory. - ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-ovn-host-2.5.90-0.12032.gitc61e93d6.1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm - ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.5.90-0.12032.gitc61e93d6.1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm +- DPDK 16.11 + + + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-dpdk-16.11-5.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-dpdk-debuginfo-16.11-5.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-dpdk-devel-16.11-5.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-dpdk-doc-16.11-5.el7.centos.noarch.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-dpdk-examples-16.11-5.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-dpdk-tools-16.11-5.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + +- OVS 2.6 + + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-debuginfo-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-devel-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-ovn-central-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-ovn-common-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-ovn-docker-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-ovn-host-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + - ovsnfv/ovs4opnfv-e8acab14-openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm + EXPERIMENTAL artifacts produced by OVS for NFV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -164,8 +185,8 @@ EXPERIMENTAL artifacts produced by OVS for NFV Documentation deliverables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- RPM build instructions for the Colorado release version 1.0.0 -- OVSNFV Release Notes for the Colorado release version 1.0.0 +- RPM build instructions for the Danube release version 1.0.0 +- OVSNFV Release Notes for the Danube release version 1.0.0 - Configuration Guide for OVSNFV - Supported Scenario Description and Documentation @@ -181,7 +202,8 @@ Known issues | **JIRA REFERENCE** | **SLOGAN** | | | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ -| | | +| APEX-415 | br-phy dpdk interfaces are not | +| | brought up by net-config | | | | +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ @@ -193,7 +215,7 @@ Workarounds Test Result =========== -The Colorado release of OVS/DPDK RPM deployed with the Apex deployment +The DAnube release of OVS/DPDK RPM deployed with the Apex deployment toolchain has undergone QA test runs with the following results: +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ @@ -207,9 +229,9 @@ toolchain has undergone QA test runs with the following results: References ========== -For more information on the OPNFV Colorado release, please see: +For more information on the OPNFV Danube release, please see: -http://wiki.opnfv.org/releases/Colorado +http://wiki.opnfv.org/releases/Danube :Author: Thomas F Herbert (therbert@redhat.com) :Version: 1.0.0 diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/index.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc8f2b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. _os-nosdn-ovs-noha: + +.. OPNFV - Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 + + +******************************************************************************* +User Space Accelarated OVS scenario: os-nosdn-ovs-noha Overview and Description +******************************************************************************* + +Scenario: "OpenStack - ovs-nfv" (apex-os-nosdn-ovs-ha) +is a scenario developed as part of the ovsnfv +OPNFV project. + +.. toctree:: + :numbered: + :maxdepth: 2 + + scenario.description.rst diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea9d543 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png differ diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..874bc9c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +.. OPNFV - Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 +.. International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 + +Scenario: "OpenStack - ovs-nfv" +============================= + +Scenario: apex-os-nosdn-ovs-ha + +"apex-os-ovs-ha" is a scenario developed as part of the OVS for NFV +OPNFV project. The main components of the "apex-os-nosdn-ovs-ha" scenario +are: + + - APEX (TripleO) installer (please also see APEX installer documentation) + - Openstack (in HA configuration) + - OVS/DPDK Open vSwitch with DPDK data plane virtual forwarder for tenant networking + +Introduction +============ + +NFV and virtualized high performance applications, such as video processing, +require Open vSwitch to be accelerated with a fast data plane solution that provides both +carrier grade forwarding performance, scalability and open extensibility. + +A key component of any NFV solution is the virtual forwarder, which should consist of +soft switch that includes an accelerated data plane component. For this, any virtual +switch should make use of +hardware accelerators and optimized cache operation to be run in user space. + +The "Openstack - Open vSwitch/DPDK" scenario provides +use-cases for deployment of NFV nodes instantiated by +an Openstack orchestration system on OVS/DPDK enabled compute nodes. + +A deployment of the "apex-os-nosdn-ovs-ha" scenario consists of 3 or more +servers: + + * 1 Jumphost hosting the APEX installer - running the Undercloud + * 1 Controlhost, which runs the Overcloud and Openstack services + * 1 or more Computehosts or nodes + +.. image:: ovs4nfv.png + +Tenant networking leverages Open vSwitch accelerated with a fast user space data path such +as DPDK. +Open VSwitch (OVS) with the Linux kernel module data path is used for all other +connectivity, such as connectivity to public networking "the +Internet" (i.e. br-ex) is performed via non-accelerated OVS. + +Features of the scenario +------------------------ + +Main features of the "apex-os-ovs-nosdn-ha" scenario: + + * Automated installation using the APEX installer + * Accelerated tenant networking using OVS/DPDK as the forwarder + +Networking in this scenario using OVS with accelerated User space IO. +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The apex-os-nosdn-ovs-ha scenario combines components from three open +source projects: OpenStack, Open vSwitch and DPDK. To make accelerated networking +available for this scenario Open vSwitch is bound via its netdev interface +with DPDK user space accelerated capability. + +Scenario Configuration +====================== + +Simply deploy this scenario by using the os-ovs-nosdn-ha.yaml deploy +settings file. + +Validated deployment environments +================================= + +The "os-odl_l2-ovs-ha" scenario has been deployed and tested +on the following sets of hardware: + * virtual deployments + * Not yet validated on UCS hardware. + + +Limitations, Issues and Workarounds +=================================== + +* _APEX-415 br-phy dpdk interfaces are not brought up by os-net-config + +References +========== + + + * OVS for NFV OPNFV project wiki: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/ovsnfv + * Open vSwitch: http://openvswitch.org/ + * DPDK: http://dpdk.org + * OPNFV Danube release - more information: http://www.opnfv.org/colorado diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst index 3027a7e..91504f1 100644 --- a/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ servers: * 1 Jumphost hosting the APEX installer - running the Undercloud * 1 Controlhost, which runs the Overcloud and Openstack services - * 1 or more Computehosts + * 1 or more computehosts or nodes .. image:: ovs4nfv.png @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Tenant networking leverages Open vSwitch accelerated with a fast user space data as DPDK. Open VSwitch (OVS) with the Linux kernel module data path is used for all other connectivity, such as connectivity to public networking "the -Internet" (i.e. br-ext) is performed via non-accelerated OVS. +Internet" (i.e. br-ex) is performed via non-accelerated OVS. Features of the scenario ------------------------ @@ -66,34 +66,22 @@ with DPDK user space accelerated capability. Scenario Configuration ====================== -To enable the "apex-os-nosdn-ovs-noha" scenario check the appropriate settings -in the APEX configuration files. Those are typically found in /etc/opnfv-apex. - -File "deploy_settings.yaml" choose false for sdn controller:: - - global_params: - ha_enabled: false - - deploy_options: - sdn_controller: false - sdn_l3: false - tacker: false - congress: false - sfc: false - vpn: false +Simply deploy this scenario by using the os-ovs-nosdn-noha.yaml deploy +settings file. Validated deployment environments ================================= The "os-odl_l2-ovs-noha" scenario has been deployed and tested on the following sets of hardware: - * TBD + * Validated on virtual deployments only. + * Not yet validated on the UCS hardware. Limitations, Issues and Workarounds =================================== -There are no known issues. +* _APEX-415 br-phy dpdk interfaces are not brought up by os-net-config References ========== @@ -102,4 +90,4 @@ References * OVS for NFV OPNFV project wiki: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/ovsnfv * Open vSwitch: http://openvswitch.org/ * DPDK: http://dpdk.org - * OPNFV Colorado release - more information: http://www.opnfv.org/colorado + * OPNFV Danube release - more information: http://www.opnfv.org/colorado diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs/scenario.description.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs/scenario.description.rst index 04d88a1..4525a98 100644 --- a/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs/scenario.description.rst +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-nosdn-ovs/scenario.description.rst @@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ when using this scenario. Including: References ========== -For more information on the OPNFV Colorado release, please visit +For more information on the OPNFV Danube release, please visit http://www.opnfv.org/colorado diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/index.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fadf8e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. _os-odl_l3-ovs-no: + +.. OPNFV - Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 + + +******************************************************************************* +User Space Accelarated OVS scenario: os-odl_l3-ovs-no Overview and Description +******************************************************************************* + +Scenario: "OpenStack - ovs-nfv" (apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-no) +is a scenario developed as part of the ovsnfv +OPNFV project. + +.. toctree:: + :numbered: + :maxdepth: 2 + + scenario.description.rst diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea9d543 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/ovs4nfv.png differ diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..080d83a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-ha/scenario.description.rst @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.. OPNFV - Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 +.. International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 + +Scenario: "OpenStack - ovs-nfv" +============================= + +Scenario: apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-ha + +"apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-ha" is a scenario developed as part of the OVS for NFV +OPNFV project. The main components of the "apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-ha" scenario +are: + + - APEX (TripleO) installer (please also see APEX installer documentation) + - Openstack (in HA configuration) + - OVS/DPDK Open vSwitch with DPDK data plane virtual forwarder for tenant networking + - ODL Open Daylight service running on a single controller + - One or more compute hosts or nodes + +Introduction +============ + +NFV and virtualized high performance applications, such as video processing, +require Open vSwitch to be accelerated with a fast data plane solution that provides both +carrier grade forwarding performance, scalability and open extensibility. + +A key component of any NFV solution is the virtual forwarder, which should consist of +soft switch that includes an accelerated data plane component. For this, any virtual +switch should make use of +hardware accelerators and optimized cache operation to be run in user space. + +The apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-ha scenario provides +use-cases for deployment of NFV nodes instantiated by +an Openstack orchestration system on OVS/DPDK enabled compute nodes +with Open Daylight controller service. + +A deployment of the "apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-ha" scenario consists of 3 or more +servers: + + * 1 Jumphost hosting the APEX installer - running the Undercloud + * 1 Controlhost, which runs the Overcloud, Openstack services, + and Open Daylight service. + * 1 or more Computehosts or nodes + +.. image:: ovs4nfv.png + +Tenant networking leverages Open vSwitch accelerated with a fast user space data path such +as DPDK. +Open VSwitch (OVS) with the Linux kernel module data path is used for all other +connectivity, such as connectivity to public networking "the +Internet" (i.e. br-ex) is performed via non-accelerated OVS with Linux kernel data path. + +Features of the scenario +------------------------ + +Main features of the "apex-os-ovs-nosdn-ha" scenario: + + * Automated installation using the APEX installer + * Accelerated tenant networking using OVS/DPDK as the forwarder + * VXLAN l3 tenant network support with accelerated DPDK ports. + +Networking in this scenario using OVS with accelerated User space IO. +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-ha scenario combines components from three open +source projects: OpenStack, Open vSwitch and DPDK. To make accelerated networking +available for this scenario Open vSwitch is bound via its netdev interface +with DPDK user space accelerated capability. + +Scenario Configuration +====================== + +Simply deploy this scenario by using the os-odl_l3-ovs-ha.yaml deploy +settings file. + +Validated deployment environments +================================= + +The "os-odl_l3-ovs-ha" scenario has been deployed and tested +on the following sets of hardware: + * virtual deployments only + * Not yet validated on UCS hardware + + +Limitations, Issues and Workarounds +=================================== + +* _APEX-415 br-phy dpdk interfaces are not brought up by os-net-config + +References +========== + + + * OVS for NFV OPNFV project wiki: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/ovsnfv + * Open vSwitch: http://openvswitch.org/ + * DPDK: http://dpdk.org + * OPNFV Danube release - more information: http://www.opnfv.org/colorado diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/index.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d60d40 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. _os-odl_l3-ovs-noha: + +.. OPNFV - Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 + + +******************************************************************************* +User Space Accelarated OVS scenario: os-odl_l3-ovs-noha Overview and Description +******************************************************************************* + +Scenario: "OpenStack - ovs-nfv" (apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-noha) +is a scenario developed as part of the ovsnfv +OPNFV project. + +.. toctree:: + :numbered: + :maxdepth: 2 + + scenario.description.rst diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/ovs4nfv.png b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/ovs4nfv.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea9d543 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/ovs4nfv.png differ diff --git a/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb14e1a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release/scenarios/os-odl_l3-ovs-noha/scenario.description.rst @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +.. OPNFV - Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 +.. International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 + +Scenario: "OpenStack - ovs-nfv" +============================= + +Scenario: apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-noha + +"apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-noha" is a scenario developed as part of the OVS for NFV +OPNFV project. The main components of the "apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-noha" scenario +are: + + - APEX (TripleO) installer (please also see APEX installer documentation) + - Openstack (in non-HA configuration) + - OVS/DPDK Open vSwitch with DPDK data plane virtual forwarder for tenant networking + - ODL Open Daylight service running on a single controller + +Introduction +============ + +NFV and virtualized high performance applications, such as video processing, +require Open vSwitch to be accelerated with a fast data plane solution that provides both +carrier grade forwarding performance, scalability and open extensibility. + +A key component of any NFV solution is the virtual forwarder, which should consist of +soft switch that includes an accelerated data plane component. For this, any virtual +switch should make use of +hardware accelerators and optimized cache operation to be run in user space. + +The apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-noha scenario provides +use-cases for deployment of NFV nodes instantiated by +an Openstack orchestration system on OVS/DPDK enabled compute nodes +with Open Daylight controller service. + +A deployment of the "apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-noha" scenario consists of 3 or more +servers: + + * 1 Jumphost hosting the APEX installer - running the Undercloud + * 1 Controlhost, which runs the Overcloud, Openstack services and + Open Daylight service + * 1 or more Computehosts or nodes + +.. image:: ovs4nfv.png + +Tenant networking leverages Open vSwitch accelerated with a fast user space data path such +as DPDK. +Open VSwitch (OVS) with the Linux kernel module data path is used for all other +connectivity, such as connectivity to public networking "the +Internet" (i.e. br-ex) is performed via non-accelerated OVS. + +Features of the scenario +------------------------ + +Main features of the "apex-os-ovs-nosdn-noha" scenario: + + * Automated installation using the APEX installer + * Accelerated tenant networking using OVS/DPDK as the forwarder + * VXLAN l3 tenant network support with accelerated DPDK ports. + +Networking in this scenario using OVS with accelerated User space IO. +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The apex-os-odl_l3-ovs-noha scenario combines components from three open +source projects: OpenStack, Open vSwitch and DPDK. To make accelerated networking +available for this scenario Open vSwitch is bound via its netdev interface +with DPDK user space accelerated capability. + +Scenario Configuration +====================== + +Simply deploy this scenario by using the os-odl_l3-ovs-noha.yaml deploy +settings file. + +Validated deployment environments +================================= + +The "os-odl_l3-ovs-noha" scenario has been deployed and tested +on the following sets of hardware: + * virtual deployment only + * Not yet validated on UCS hardware. + + +Limitations, Issues and Workarounds +=================================== + +* _APEX-415 br-phy dpdk interfaces are not brought up by os-net-config + +References +========== + + + * OVS for NFV OPNFV project wiki: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/ovsnfv + * Open vSwitch: http://openvswitch.org/ + * DPDK: http://dpdk.org + * OPNFV Danube release - more information: http://www.opnfv.org/colorado -- cgit 1.2.3-korg