SRIOV¶

Preparation and deployment¶

SRIOV requires specific NIC and BIOS configuration and is not supported on all platforms. Consult NIC and platform specific documentation for instructions on enablement.

Modify the /etc/kolla/globals.yml file as the following example shows:

enable_neutron_sriov: "yes"

Modify the /etc/kolla/config/neutron/ml2_conf.ini file and add sriovnicswitch to the mechanism_drivers. Also, the provider networks used by SRIOV should be configured. Both flat and VLAN are configured with the same physical network name in this example:

[ml2]
mechanism_drivers = openvswitch,l2population,sriovnicswitch

[ml2_type_vlan]
network_vlan_ranges = sriovtenant1:1000:1009

[ml2_type_flat]
flat_networks = sriovtenant1

Add PciPassthroughFilter to enabled_filters

The PciPassthroughFilter, which is required by Nova Scheduler service on the Controller, should be added to enabled_filters

Modify the /etc/kolla/config/nova.conf file and add PciPassthroughFilter to enabled_filters. this filter is required by The Nova Scheduler service on the controller node.

[filter_scheduler]
enabled_filters = <existing filters>, PciPassthroughFilter
available_filters = nova.scheduler.filters.all_filters

Edit the /etc/kolla/config/nova.conf file and add PCI device whitelisting. this is needed by OpenStack Compute service(s) on the Compute.

[pci]
passthrough_whitelist = [{"devname": "ens785f0", "physical_network": "sriovtenant1"}]

Modify the /etc/kolla/config/neutron/sriov_agent.ini file. Add physical network to interface mapping. Specific VFs can also be excluded here. Leaving blank means to enable all VFs for the interface:

[sriov_nic]
physical_device_mappings = sriovtenant1:ens785f0
exclude_devices =

Run deployment.

Verification¶

Check that VFs were created on the compute node(s). VFs will appear in the output of both lspci and ip link show. For example:

# lspci | grep net
05:10.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599 Ethernet Controller Virtual Function (rev 01)


# ip -d link show ens785f0
4: ens785f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master ovs-system state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether 90:e2:ba:ba:fb:20 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff promiscuity 1
openvswitch_slave addrgenmode eui64
vf 0 MAC 52:54:00:36:57:e0, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
vf 1 MAC 52:54:00:00:62:db, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
vf 2 MAC fa:16:3e:92:cf:12, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
vf 3 MAC fa:16:3e:00:a3:01, vlan 1000, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off

Verify the SRIOV Agent container is running on the compute node(s):

# docker ps --filter name=neutron_sriov_agent
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                                                COMMAND        CREATED         STATUS         PORTS  NAMES
b03a8f4c0b80   10.10.10.10:4000/registry/centos-source-neutron-sriov-agent:17.04.0  "kolla_start"  18 minutes ago  Up 18 minutes         neutron_sriov_agent

Verify the SRIOV Agent service is present and UP:

# openstack network agent list

+--------------------------------------+--------------------+-------------+-------------------+-------+-------+---------------------------+
| ID                                   | Agent Type         | Host        | Availability Zone | Alive | State | Binary                    |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+-------------+-------------------+-------+-------+---------------------------+
| 7c06bda9-7b87-487e-a645-cc6c289d9082 | NIC Switch agent   | av09-18-wcp | None              | :-)   | UP    | neutron-sriov-nic-agent   |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------+-------------+-------------------+-------+-------+---------------------------+

Create a new provider network. Set provider-physical-network to the physical network name that was configured in /etc/kolla/config/nova.conf. Set provider-network-type to the desired type. If using VLAN, ensure provider-segment is set to the correct VLAN ID. This example uses VLAN network type:

# openstack network create --project=admin \
  --provider-network-type=vlan \
  --provider-physical-network=sriovtenant1 \
  --provider-segment=1000 \
  sriovnet1

Create a subnet with a DHCP range for the provider network:

# openstack subnet create --network=sriovnet1 \
  --subnet-range=11.0.0.0/24 \
  --allocation-pool start=11.0.0.5,end=11.0.0.100 \
  sriovnet1_sub1

Create a port on the provider network with vnic_type set to direct:

# openstack port create --network sriovnet1 --vnic-type=direct sriovnet1-port1

Start a new instance with the SRIOV port assigned:

# openstack server create --flavor flavor1 \
  --image fc-26 \
  --nic port-id=`openstack port list | grep sriovnet1-port1 | awk '{print $2}'` \
  vm1

Verify the instance boots with the SRIOV port. Verify VF assignment by running dmesg on the compute node where the instance was placed.

# dmesg
[ 2896.849970] ixgbe 0000:05:00.0: setting MAC fa:16:3e:00:a3:01 on VF 3
[ 2896.850028] ixgbe 0000:05:00.0: Setting VLAN 1000, QOS 0x0 on VF 3
[ 2897.403367] vfio-pci 0000:05:10.4: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

For more information see OpenStack SRIOV documentation.

Preparation and deployment¶

Nova provides a separate mechanism to attach PCI devices to instances that is independent from Neutron. Using the PCI alias configuration option in nova.conf, any PCI device (PF or VF) that supports passthrough can be attached to an instance. One major drawback to be aware of when using this method is that the PCI alias option uses a device’s product id and vendor id only, so in environments that have NICs with multiple ports configured for SRIOV, it is impossible to specify a specific NIC port to pull VFs from.

Modify the file /etc/kolla/config/nova.conf. The Nova Scheduler service on the control node requires the PciPassthroughFilter to be added to the list of filters and the Nova Compute service(s) on the compute node(s) need PCI device whitelisting. The Nova API service on the control node and the Nova Compute service on the compute node also require the alias option under the [pci] section. The alias can be configured as ‘type-VF’ to pass VFs or ‘type-PF’ to pass the PF. Type-VF is shown in this example:

[filter_scheduler]
enabled_filters = <existing filters>, PciPassthroughFilter
available_filters = nova.scheduler.filters.all_filters

[pci]
passthrough_whitelist = [{"vendor_id": "8086", "product_id": "10fb"}]
alias = [{"vendor_id":"8086", "product_id":"10ed", "device_type":"type-VF", "name":"vf1"}]

Run deployment.

Verification¶

Create (or use an existing) flavor, and then configure it to request one PCI device from the PCI alias:

# openstack flavor set sriov-flavor --property "pci_passthrough:alias"="vf1:1"

Start a new instance using the flavor:

# openstack server create --flavor sriov-flavor --image fc-26 vm2

Verify VF devices were created and the instance starts successfully as in the Neutron SRIOV case.

For more information see OpenStack PCI passthrough documentation.