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Verified Intel Select Solution for Universal
Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE)
Version: 1.0
Date of Release: 2018-09-12
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Installation Guide

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Chapter 1 Intel® Select Solutions Overview........................................3
1.1 Hardware Configuration .............................................................................................................3
1.2 Enhanced Auto Installer Package............................................................................................3
1.3 Terminology ....................................................................................................................................4
1.4 Reference Documents .................................................................................................................4
Chapter 2 Enhanced Auto Installation Steps .......................................6
2.1 Preparation ..........................................................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Copy Packages to the USB Flash Drive....................................................................................................................6
Chapter 3 Operating System Installation ............................................9
3.1 OS Installation Overview.............................................................................................................9
3.2 Detailed Installation Steps .........................................................................................................9
Chapter 4 Default Settings ..............................................................12
4.1 Account Settings......................................................................................................................... 12
4.2 Changing Passwords................................................................................................................. 12
4.3 Time Zone Settings.................................................................................................................... 12
4.4 Auto Logon User......................................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 5 Performance Test Procedure ............................................13
5.1 Detecting Hardware/Software Configurations ..................................................................................................13
5.2 Packet Processing Performance Requirements.................................................................................................13
5.3 Intel® QAT Performance Requirement ................................................................................................................15
Appendix A Installing Intel® QAT with Compress and Verify Enabled.18
Appendix B Ubuntu.sh....................................................................18
Appendix C QAT_speed.sh...............................................................27

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CHAPTER 1 - INTEL® SELECT SOLUTIONS
OVERVIEW
Intel® Select Solutions are verified hardware and software stacks that are optimized for specific software
workloads and are designed to be easy to deploy. The objective of the installation guide is to provide end
users with detailed, step-by-step instructions so they can quickly and efficiently deploy the solution.
1.1 Hardware Configuration
Table 1: Intel® Select Solution for uCPE HW Configuration
NCA-4020
Base Platform
Plus Platform
Processor Number
Intel Xeon D-2183IT
Intel Xeon D-2187NT
Processor Spec.
16 Cores
22M Cache
2.20 GHz
16 Cores
22M Cache
2.00 GHz
Intel® QuickAssist
Technology
N/A
100G
Crypto/Comp.
Memory
16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz, 4 * 4 GB
Total of 16 GB
64 GB DDR4 2667 MHz, 4 * 16 GB
Total of 64 GB
NIC Module
4 x 10 GbE (XL710 NIC module)
4 x 10 GbE (XL710 NIC module)
Storage
Intel SSD DC S3700 Series 800GB
Intel SSD DC S3700 Series 800GB
1.2 Enhanced Auto Installer Package
The Enhanced Auto Installer package can be used for installing an Ubuntu* operating system image and
all required SW stacks (refer to Table 2). This auto-installation procedure only supports booting in Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode.
The Best Known Configuration (BKC) auto-installer package has two parts:
•The OS part contains a link to an International Standards Organization (ISO) disk image file for
downloading OS files:

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ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso
•The SW package includes firmware, drivers, utilities, and some configuration scripts. This package
will be updated in every BKC cycle.
Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Platform Auto-Installer for Ubuntu* v16.04.3 (Document Number
596273) includes instructions to create an Ubuntu 16.04.3 installation with auto scripts that pull
correct versions of software stacks and preload the specific drivers and firmware on the system to
jump start testing and evaluation.
Table 2: Intel® Select Solution uCPE Software Version
Ingredient
SW Version Details
OS
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 16.04.3 (kernel 4.4.0-116-generic)
APPs
DPDK
DPDK 18.02
Hypervisor
KVM/QEMU
2.5.0
Libvirt
Libvirt
Libvirt1.3.1
Drivers
Intel® QAT
1.7-L.1.0.5-25
I40e
2.4.6
Ixgbe
5.3.6
1.3 Terminology
Term
Description
BKC
Best Known Configuration
ISO
International Standards Organization (disk image file)
OS
Operating System
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
USB
Universal Serial Bus
Intel® DDIO
Intel® Data Direct I/O Technology
Intel® QAT
Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Intel® TXT
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
Intel® UPI
Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect
Intel® VT
Intel® Virtualization Technology
SR-IOV
Single Root I/O Virtualization
SOC
System-on-a-Chip
uCPE
Universal Customer Premises Equipment
VMX
Virtual Machine Extensions
MGMT
Management
1.4 Reference Documents
Table 3: Reference Documents

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Document
Document
No./Location
Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor Platform Auto-Installer for Ubuntu*
v16.04.3
596273
Intel® QuickAssist Technology Software for Linux* - Getting Started
Guide
–HW Version 1.7
336212
Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2544
Benchmarking Terminology for Network Interconnection Devices
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1242
Device Reset Characterization
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6201

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CHAPTER 2 - ENHANCED AUTO INSTALLATION
STEPS
2.1 Preparation
Prepare a USB flash drive that has capacity greater than 8 GB.
In Windows*, format the USB drive as follows:
1. Connect the drive to a USB port.
2. Open Windows Explorer (or File Explorer).
3. Right-click on the USB drive and select Format.
4. Under File System, choose FAT32 (Default).
5. In the Volume Label box, enter OS in upper case.
Figure 1. Formatting USB Drive
2.2 Copy Packages to the USB Flash Drive
2.2.1 Copy the OS Package to the root of the USB Drive
1. Download Ubuntu v16.04.3 from the link:

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ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso
2. Unzip the OS files.
3. Copy all contents except the [BOOT] and boot folders to the USB drive.
Figure 2. File listing of OS Install package
2.2.2 Copy the SW Package to the root of the USB
1. Download the SW Package (Document Number 596273) from Intel® IBL site
2. Go to the LinuxPackage folder included in the zip file containing this document.
Figure 3. File listing of SW package
3. Unzip the files.

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4. Edit ubuntu16-uefi.seed file to comment out line 16 as below
#d-i mirror/http/proxy string http://proxy-prc.intel.com:911
5. Copy all contents of the LinuxPackage folder to the root of the USB drive.
The final driver file structure on the USB drive should look like Figure 4.
Figure 4. Final USB Drive File Listing for Auto-Installer

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CHAPTER 3 - OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLATION
3.1 OS Installation Overview
Figure 5 illustrates the general procedure for installing the OS.
Figure 5. OS Installation Procedure Overview
Note: DO NOT UNPLUG THE USB until the OS installation is complete!
The auto-installer takes about 30 minutes to complete. The system reboots two times during
auto-installation.
3.2 Detailed Installation Steps
1. System’s MGMT port connect to the network with dhcp available.
Figure 6. Location of NCA-4020’s MGMT port
2. Enter BIOS setup on the system where you want to install the OS.
3. Select ‘Boot‘ menu.
Set server boot
in UEFI mode in
BIOS
Plugin the USB
drive with
Auto-installer to
the server
Reboot Server
Select boot from
UEFI USB device
Select “Auto
install Ubuntu
Server xx.xx”
MGMT Port

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4. Set Boot Mode to UEFI (refer to Figure 7.)
Figure 7. Boot Option Setting in BIOS
5. Select ‘Save & Exit’ menu.
6. From Boot Override, scroll down to the USB drive and select it.
Note: The manufacturer and model of your USB drive may not match Figure 8.
Figure 8. Select USB Drive to Use for Boot
If BIOS settings are configured correctly to boot from USB, the Auto Install menu will display the
grub menu as shown in Figure 9.
7. Select Auto Install Ubuntu Server.
Figure 9. Grub Menu