Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: networking-ovs-dpdk
Version: 2015.1.1.dev271
Summary: A collection of drivers and installation tools to deploy and manage DPDK accelerated Open vSwitch with Openstack.
Home-page: http://www.openstack.org/
Author: OpenStack
Author-email: openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org
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Classifier: Environment :: OpenStack
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
Classifier: Intended Audience :: System Administrators
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
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networking-ovs-dpdk
===================

A Collection of Agents and Drivers to support managing DPDK accelerated Open
vSwitch with neutron.

* Free software: Apache license
* Source: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk
* Installation:
   http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk/tree/doc/source/installation.rst
* All-in-one local.conf example:
   http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk/tree/doc/source/_downloads/local.conf.single_node
* Usage: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk/tree/doc/source/usage.rst
* Bugs: http://bugs.launchpad.net/networking-ovs-dpdk
* Code Reviews:
   https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+project:openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk,n,z
* Questions: E-mail the dev mailing list with the [networking-ovs-dpdk] tag
             mailto:openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org?subject=[networking-ovs-dpdk]

Features
--------
* A driver is implemented which enforces security groups through Open vSwitch flows
* A devstack plugin which is provided to compile, configure, install and start ovs with dpdk

Reference
---------
The following are links to background information that provide additional
insight into the outlined setup.

DPDK
~~~~
* Official DPDK website.
  http://www.dpdk.org/

* Information on how OpenStack is accelerated by DPDK.
  https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2015/02/02/openstack-neutron-accelerated-by-dpdk
  https://01.org/openstack/blogs/stephenfin/2016/enabling-ovs-dpdk-openstack

OpenDayLight(ODL)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Background information on the ODL platform.
  http://www.opendaylight.org/

* Typical use cases for the ODL platform.
  https://www.opendaylight.org/use-cases

BrightTALK
~~~~~~~~~~
* Describes the ongoing work to bring the benefits of OVS with DPDK to  OpenStack.
  https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/12229/202961

* A webinar on Intel's contributions to ODL, with specific reference to its integtration with OpenStack.
  https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/12229/203981



