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authorMartin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>2017-01-10 09:19:37 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <gerrit@opnfv.org>2017-01-10 09:19:37 +0000
commit5bd06d3527c2ade600cab62764aed06f344986bc (patch)
tree7bc03942232af7fc711333475de4e6a9db4e9187 /docs
parente7a55a6d763692acc2cb1cddf5bf21eb7be95310 (diff)
parent0f21a0025a21b601fde7de90d806e9ca4a99fb81 (diff)
Merge "rhel73_install: Provide installer script for RHEL 7.3"
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rwxr-xr-xdocs/configguide/installation.rst29
-rwxr-xr-xdocs/design/vswitchperf_design.rst4
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/docs/configguide/installation.rst b/docs/configguide/installation.rst
index 7548b3f3..5010aefd 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
* Ubuntu 16.04
* Ubuntu 16.10 (kernel 4.8 requires DPDK 16.11 and newer)
@@ -28,15 +29,15 @@ 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.
@@ -91,18 +92,22 @@ 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