7. DPDK-based vRouter on virtual function (VF) (experimental)

7.1. Description

This guide describes how to run DPDK-based vRouter on virtual functions (VF). DPDK on VF depends on Enable SR-IOV and DPDK-based vRouter features. This feature shares a physical interface for DPDK and SR-IOV usage.

7.2. Prerequisites

  • Installed Fuel 8.0
  • Installed Fuel Contrail Plugin Installation Guide
  • Environment must be created with “KVM” for compute virtualization and “Contrail” for networking
  • Network card must support DPDK. List of compatible adapters can be found on DPDK website
  • Network card must support SRIOV.

7.3. How to enable DPDK on VF

  1. Enable DPDK feature DPDK-based vRouter.

  2. Enable SRIOV feature Enable SR-IOV.

  3. Enable DPDK on VF in Fuel UI settings:

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  4. Assign Compute, DPDK, and SRIOV roles to the host where you want to enable DPDK on VF feature:

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  5. Deploy environment

If DPDK on VF is enabled in plugin settings, it will be deployed on computes with DPDK and SR-IOV roles. During deploy following configurations will be made on compute nodes with DPDK and SR-IOV roles:

  1. Virtual functions will be allocated on private interface.
  2. First VF (dpdk-vf0) will be used for DPDK-based vRouter.
  3. Rest of the VFs will be added to pci_passthrough_whitelist setting in nova.conf for SR-IOV usage.