rhel73_install: Provide installer script for RHEL 7.3

Adds installer scripts for RHEL 7.3 OS.

Modified dpdk makefile to allow upstream dpdk to build.

Prevents upstream OVS from building due to kernel incompatibilities.

Provides instructions on setting up RHEL 7.3 for usage with binary
OVS packages when testing with OVS Vanilla.

Tested under RHEL 7.3

JIRA: VSPerf-322

Change-Id: If294d465f28f60a1c514a7b661ce4696ac3b5b73
Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/docs/configguide/installation.rst b/docs/configguide/installation.rst
index 7ba64bba..51aa469d 100755
--- a/docs/configguide/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/configguide/installation.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Supported Operating Systems
 * Fedora 20
 * Fedora 21
 * Fedora 22
-* RedHat 7.2 Enterprise
+* RedHat 7.2 Enterprise Linux
+* RedHat 7.3 Enterprise Linux
 * Ubuntu 14.04
 
 Supported vSwitches
@@ -26,15 +27,15 @@ The vSwitch must support Open Flow 1.3 or greater.
 Supported Hypervisors
 ---------------------
 
-* Qemu version 2.3.
+* Qemu version 2.3 or greater.
 
 Available VNFs
 --------------
 A simple VNF that forwards traffic through a VM, using:
 
 * DPDK testpmd
-* Linux Brigde
-* custom l2fwd module
+* Linux Bridge
+* Custom l2fwd module
 
 The official VM image is called vloop-vnf and it is available for free
 download at OPNFV website.
@@ -89,18 +90,22 @@ automatically.
 
 Script **build_base_machine.sh** will install all the vsperf dependencies
 in terms of system packages, Python 3.x and required Python modules.
-In case of CentOS 7 it will install Python 3.3 from an additional repository
-provided by Software Collections (`a link`_). In case of RedHat 7 it will
-install Python 3.4 as an alternate installation in /usr/local/bin. Installation
-script will also use `virtualenv`_ to create a vsperf virtual environment,
-which is isolated from the default Python environment. This environment will
-reside in a directory called **vsperfenv** in $HOME.
+In case of CentOS 7 or RHEL it will install Python 3.3 from an additional
+repository provided by Software Collections (`a link`_). Installation script
+will also use `virtualenv`_ to create a vsperf virtual environment, which is
+isolated from the default Python environment. This environment will reside in a
+directory called **vsperfenv** in $HOME.
+
+**Please Note**: For RHEL 7.3 Enterprise OVS Vanilla is not built from upstream
+source due to kernel incompatibilities. Please see the instructions in the
+vswitchperf_design document for details on configuring OVS Vanilla for binary
+package usage.
 
 You will need to activate the virtual environment every time you start a
 new shell session. Its activation is specific to your OS:
 
-CentOS 7 and RedHat
-===================
+CentOS 7 and RHEL
+=================
 
 .. code:: bash
 
diff --git a/docs/design/vswitchperf_design.rst b/docs/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
index 88b6ba88..4f33a99f 100755
--- a/docs/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
+++ b/docs/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ that DPDK sources are not available, then vsperf will continue with test executi
 but testpmd can't be used as a guest loopback. This is useful in case, that other guest
 loopback applications (e.g. buildin or l2fwd) are used.
 
+Note: In case of RHEL 7.3 OS usage, binary package configuration is required
+for Vanilla OVS tests. With the installation of a supported rpm for OVS there is
+a section in the ``conf\10_custom.conf`` file that can be used.
+
 .. _VSPERF installation scripts: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/configguide/installation.html#other-requirements
 
 Configuration of GUEST options