1732592 – [DDF] For Intel cards add 'enable VT-d for VFIO driver.'

Bug 1732592 - [DDF] For Intel cards add 'enable VT-d for VFIO driver.'

Summary: [DDF] For Intel cards add 'enable VT-d for VFIO driver.'

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Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product:	Red Hat OpenStack
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	documentation
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Version:	13.0 (Queens)
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Priority:	medium
Severity:	unspecified
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Assignee:	Roger Heslop
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Blocks:	1746048 1746050
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Reported:	2019-07-23 20:06 UTC by Direct Docs Feedback
Modified:	2020-01-17 14:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed:	2019-08-27 15:17:42 UTC
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Description Direct Docs Feedback 2019-07-23 20:06:18 UTC

For Intel cards add 'enable VT-d for VFIO driver.'    

Reported by: rhn-support-cfields

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/13/html/network_functions_virtualization_planning_and_configuration_guide/ch-hardware-requirements#annotations:b4b5d678-62bc-4fa4-8128-7ae03097ddd1

Comment 1 Chris Fields 2019-07-23 20:12:39 UTC

We recently had a support case for a customer trying to use ovs-dpdk but had VT-d disabled.  Symptoms looked like this:

overcloud-computeo-0 ovs-vswitchd[49803]: ovs|00206|dpdk|ERR|EAL: Cannot open /dev/vfio/noiommu-1: Permission denied
overcloud-computeo-0 ovs-vswitchd[49803]: ovs|00207|dpdk|ERR|EAL: Driver cannot attach the device (0000:12:00.1)

This was fixed by enabling VT-d in bios.  See Intels doc here: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-16.04/linux_gsg/nic_perf_intel_platform.html#bios-settings

Under section 7.1.2 Bios Settings

"Disable all virtualization options when you test the physical function of the NIC, and turn on VT-d if you wants to use VFIO."

Let's get "turn on VT-d for Intel nics if you want to use the VFIO driver" which is what we use for ovs-dpdk.

Comment 5 Roger Heslop 2019-08-27 15:17:42 UTC

Published: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/13/html-single/network_functions_virtualization_planning_and_configuration_guide/index#review_bios_settings

Comment 6 Chris Fields 2020-01-17 14:29:29 UTC

Yes, the published NFV guide looks good.

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