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| -rwxr-xr-x | docs/configguide/installation.rst | 29 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | docs/design/vswitchperf_design.rst | 4 |
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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 |