Full Offload and VDPA

Before following the instructions in this chapter, please read the following chapters in the latest RedHat Network Functions Virtualization Planning and Configuration Guide:

• Chapter 7: Planning Your OVS-DPDK Deployment

• Chapter 8: Configuring an OVS-DPDK Deployment

1. Use the ovs-hw-offload.yaml file that is available in the following location:

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   /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/ovs-hw-offload.yaml
           

2. Configure the file over VXLAN setup in the following way:

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   parameter_defaults:
     NeutronTunnelTypes: 'vxlan'
     NeutronNetworkType:
     - flat
     - vxlan
     NeutronOVSFirewallDriver: openvswitch
     OvsDpdkDriverType: mlx5_core
     NovaPCIPassthrough:
     - devname: "enp3s0f1"
       physical_network: null    
    
     ComputeOvsDpdkParameters:
       KernelArgs: "default_hugepagesz=1GB hugepagesz=1G hugepages=16 iommu=pt intel_iommu=on isolcpus=-5,7-11,14-17,19-23"
       TunedProfileName: "cpu-partitioning"
       IsolCpusList: "2-5,7-11,14-17,19-23"
       NovaReservedHostMemory: 4096
       OvsDpdkSocketMemory: "1024,1024"
       OvsDpdkMemoryChannels: "4"
       OvsHwOffload: True
       OvsPmdCoreList: "4,7,8,16,19,20"
       NovaComputeCpuDedicatedSet: 2,3,5,9,10,11,14,15,17,21,22,23
    
       OvsDpdkCoreList: "0,1,6,12,13,18"
       NovaComputeCpuSharedSet: 0,1,6,12,13,18
           

3. Configure the interface names in the /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/network/config/single-nic-vlans/control.yaml file, by adding the following code to move the tenant network from VLAN on a bridge to a separated interface:

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   -type: interface
    name: <interface_name>
    addresses:
    -ip_netmask:
         get_param: TenantIpSubnet
           

4. Configure the interface names in the /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/network/config/single-nic-vlans/compute.yaml file, by adding the following code to move the tenant network from VLAN on a bridge to a separated interface:

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   - type: ovs_user_bridge
     name: br-link
     members:
     - type: ovs_dpdk_port
         name: dpdk0
         driver: mlx5_core
         members:
         - type: interface
         name: enp3s0f1
         primary: true
         use_dhcp: false
     addresses:
     - ip_netmask:
         get_param: TenantIpSubnet
    
   - type: sriov_pf
     name: enp3s0f1
     link_mode: switchdev
     numvfs: 8
     use_dhcp: false
           

5. Create a new role for the compute node, and change it to ComputeOvsDpdk:

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   $ openstack overcloud roles generate -o roles_data.yaml Controller ComputeOvsDpdk
           

6. Update the ~/cloud-names.yaml file accordingly. You may refer to the following example:

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   parameter_defaults:
     ComputeOvsDpdkCount: 2
     OvercloudComputeOvsDpdkFlavor: compute
     ControllerCount: 1
     OvercloudControllerFlavor: control
           

7. Assign the compute.yaml file to the ComputeOvsDpdk role. Update the /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/net-single-nic-with-vlans.yaml file, by adding the following line:

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   OS::TripleO::ComputeOvsDpdk::Net::SoftwareConfig: ../network/config/single-nic-vlans/compute.yaml
           

To customize overcloud images with MOFED, run:

            

            
$ sudo su
$ yum install -y libguestfs-tools
$ export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct
$ cd /home/stack/images/
$ wget https://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/MLNX_OFED-5.1-2.3.7.1/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.1-2.3.7.1-rhel8.2-x86_64.tgz
$ virt-copy-in -a overcloud-full.qcow2 MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.1-2.3.7.1-rhel8.2-x86_64.tgz /tmp
$ virt-customize -v  -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --run-command 'yum install pciutils tcl tcsh pkgconf-pkg-config unbound gcc-gfortran make tk -y'
$ virt-customize -v  -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --run-command 'cd /tmp && tar -xf MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.1-2.3.7.1-rhel8.2-x86_64.tgz && rm -rf /tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.1-2.3.7.1-rhel8.2-x86_64.tgz'
$ virt-customize -v  -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --run-command '/tmp/MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.1-2.3.7.1-rhel8.2-x86_64/mlnxofedinstall --force --ovs-dpdk'
 
$ virt-customize -v  -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --run-command 'systemctl enable openvswitch'
$ virt-customize -v  -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --run-command '/etc/init.d/openibd restart'
$ virt-customize -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --selinux-relabel
        

For OVS-DPDK with SR-IOV, all VFS must be bound before creating VMS. For this purpose, you may use this patch, in os-net-config. Since, it is not merged yet, apply it manually on the overcloud image, as shown in the following example:

            

            
$ cat << EOF > os-net-config-sriov-bind
#!/bin/python3
import sys
from os_net_config.sriov_bind_config import main
if __name__ == "__main__":
      sys.exit(main())
EOF
$ chmod 755 os-net-config-sriov-bind
$ virt-copy-in -a overcloud-full.qcow2 os-net-config-sriov-bind /usr/bin/
$ virt-customize -v -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --run-command "yum install patch -y "
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wmousa/os-net-config-bind/main/os-net-config.patch
$ virt-copy-in -a overcloud-full.qcow2 os-net-config.patch /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/
$ virt-customize -v -a overcloud-full.qcow2 --run-command "cd /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ && patch -p1 < os-net-config.patch"
        

Deploy the overcloud using the appropriate templates and yaml files from /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/, as shown in the following example:

            

            
openstack overcloud deploy\
      --templates /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/\
      --libvirt-type kvm \
      -r /home/stack/roles_data.yaml\
      --timeout 240 \
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/disable-telemetry.yaml \
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/podman.yaml\
      --validation-warnings-fatal \
      -e /home/stack/cloud-names.yaml\
      -e /home/stack/overcloud_storage_params.yaml\
      -e /home/stack/containers-prepare-parameter.yaml\
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/network-isolation.yaml \
      -e /home/stack/network-environment.yaml \
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/net-single-nic-with-vlans.yaml\
      -e /home/stack/overcloud-selinux-config.yaml \
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/services/neutron-ovs.yaml\
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/services/neutron-ovs-dpdk.yaml\
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/ovs-hw-offload.yaml\
      -e /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/net-single-nic-with-vlans.yaml
        

• Run the following on all compute nodes:

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  $ podman  exec -it -u root nova_compute bash
  $ git clone https://github.com/wmousa/openstack-ovs-dpdk.git
  $ yum install patch -y
  $ cd /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/
  $ patch -p1 < /openstack-ovs-dpdk/victoria/nova.patch
  $ patch -p1 < /openstack-ovs-dpdk/victoria/os-vif.patch
  $ exit
  $ podman restart nova_compute
  $ mkdir -p /var/lib/vhost_sockets/ 
  $ chmod 775 /var/lib/vhost_sockets/
  $ chown qemu:hugetlbfs /var/lib/vhost_sockets/
          

• Run the following on all controller nodes:

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  $ podman  exec -it -u root neutron_api bash
  $ git clone https://github.com/mellanox/openstack-ovs-dpdk.git
  $ yum install patch -y
  $ cd /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/
  $ patch -p1 < /openstack-ovs-dpdk/victoria/neutron.patch
  $ exit
          

To boot the VM on the undercloud machine, perform the following steps:

1. Load the overcloudrc configuration:

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   $ source ./overcloudrc
           

2. Create a flavor:

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   $ openstack flavor create --ram 1024 --vcpus 1 --property hw:mem_page_size=1GB --public dpdk.1g
           

3. Create a “cirrios” image:

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   $ openstack image create --public --file cirros-mellanox_eth.img --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare mellanox
           

4. Create a network:

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   $ openstack network create private --provider-network-type vxlan --share
           

5. Create a subnet:

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   $ openstack subnet create private_subnet --dhcp --network private --subnet-range 11.11.11.0/24
           

6. To boot a VM with an SR-IOV port, use the following command after creating the SR-IOV port accordingly:

   • For the first VM:

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     $ direct_port1=`openstack port create direct1 --vnic-type=direct --network private --binding-profile '{"capabilities":["switchdev"]}' | grep ' id ' | awk '{print $4}'`
     $ openstack server create --flavor dpdk.1g --image mellanox --nic port-id=$direct_port1 vm1
             

   • For the second VM:

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     $ direct_port2=`openstack port create direct1 --vnic-type=direct --network private --binding-profile '{"capabilities":["switchdev"]}' | grep ' id ' | awk '{print $4}'`
     $ openstack server create --flavor dpdk.1g --image mellanox --nic port-id=$direct_port2 vm2
             

7. To boot a VM with a VDPA port, use the following command after creating the VDPA port accordingly:

   • For the first VM:

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     $ virtio_port0=`openstack port create virtio_port --vnic-type=virtio-forwarder --network private | grep ' id ' | awk '{print $4}'`
     $ openstack server create --flavor dpdk.1g --image mellanox --nic port-id=$virtio_port0 --availability-zone nova:overcloud-computesriov-0.localdomain vm0
             

   • For the second VM:

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     $ virtio_port1=`openstack port create virtio_port --vnic-type=virtio-forwarder --network private | grep ' id ' | awk '{print $4}'`
     $ openstack server create --flavor dpdk.1g --image mellanox --nic port-id=$virtio_port1 --availability-zone nova:overcloud-computesriov-0.localdomain vm1