Qlogic 3400 Series User manual

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User’s Guide
OpenStack Deployment with SR-IOV Configuration
QLogic 3400, 8400, and 45000 Series Ethernet Adapters

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User’s Guide—OpenStack Deployment with SR-IOV Configuration
QLogic 3400, 8400, and 45000 Series Ethernet Adapters
This document is provided for informational purposes only and may contain errors. QLogic reserves the right, without
notice, to make changes to this document or in product design or specifications. QLogic disclaims any warranty of any
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Document Revision History
Rev 01, May 15, 2015
Rev 02, May 22, 2015
Rev 03, March 22, 2016
Rev A, April 19, 2016
Rev B, August 29, 2016
Changes Sections Affected
Added Liberty and Mitaka to the applicable Open-
Stack platforms.
Added a footnote associating 3400/8400/45000
Series Adapters with the 57800 Series Adapters
and QL4521xadapters.
“Intended Audience” on page vii
Added Liberty and Mitaka to the applicable Open-
Stack platforms.
Added a NOTE indicating that support for the
45000 Series is limited to the QL4521xadapters.
“Audience” on page 1
In the first bullet, added a NOTE indicating that
support for the 45000 Series is limited to the
QL4521xadapters.
In the second bullet, added links to information
about OpenStackinstallation for Linux for Liberty
and Mitaka.
“Prerequisites” on page 3
Added new steps 8, 9, and 10. “Enabling SR-IOV on the 3400/8400/45000 Series
Adapters (Compute Node)” on page 6
Added new Steps 3 and 4.
In Step 6, added a third command:
# Systemctl restart open-
stack-nova-scheduler.service
“Configuring SR-IOV on the Controller Node ” on
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In Step 3, added a qualifier for Juno and Kilo to the
first command and added a new command for Lib-
erty and Mitaka.
In Step 4, added a qualifier for Juno and Kilo to the
ml2_conf.ini file edits and added sriov_a-
gent.ini file edits for Liberty and Mitaka.
In Steps 5 and 6, added a qualifier for Juno and
Kilo only.
In Step 7, added a qualifier for Juno and Kilo to the
first command and added new commands for Lib-
erty and Mitaka.
“Configuring SR-IOV on the Compute Node” on
page 9

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Table of Contents
Preface
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
What Is in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Related Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
License Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Downloading Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Knowledge Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1 Introduction
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What is OpenStack?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Example Architecture
OpenStack Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Controller Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Compute Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Network Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3 Prerequisites
4 SR-IOV Configuration Using the 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters
Enabling SR-IOV on the 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters (Compute Node) 6
Configuring SR-IOV on the Controller Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring SR-IOV on the Compute Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5 Configuration Deployment with SR-IOV
Creating an SR-IOV Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Creating the Subnet “subnet2” for the SR-IOV Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Creating the SR-IOV Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a VM with the SR-IOV Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Preface
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for OpenStack®(Juno, Kilo, Liberty, and Mitaka) users who
want to configure single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) with the QLogic®
3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters1.
What Is in This Guide
This preface specifies the intended audience, explains the typographic
conventions used in this guide, lists related documents, and provides technical
support and contact information.
The remainder of this guide is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction describes the audience for this guide and outlines the
OpenStack architecture.
Chapter 2 Example Architecture describes the OpenStack 3 node
architecture.
Chapter 3 Prerequisites describes what you need to use OpenStack with
SR-IOV configuration using the QLogic 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters.
Chapter 4 SR-IOV Configuration Using the 3400/8400/45000 Series
Adapters describes how to configure SR-IOV using the QLogic
3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters.
Chapter 5 Configuration Deployment with SR-IOV describes how to deploy
OpenStack with SR-IOV.
Chapter 6 Testi n g provides a sample testing procedure.
Chapter 7 Known Issues describes a known issue with open virtual search
(OVS) and OpenStack.
Related Materials
For information about downloading documentation from the QLogic Web site, see
“Downloading Updates” on page x.
1Includes 578xx-based Adapters and FastLinQ™ QL4521x25-gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Adapters

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Documentation Conventions
This guide uses the following documentation conventions:
Text in blue font indicates a hyperlink (jump) to a figure, table, or section in
this guide, and links to Web sites are shown in underlined blue. For
example:
Table 9-2 lists problems related to the user interface and remote agent.
See “Installation Checklist” on page 6.
For more information, visit www.qlogic.com.
Text in bold font indicates user interface elements such as a menu items,
buttons, check boxes, or column headings. For example:
Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and
then click Command Prompt.
Under Notification Options, select the Warning Alarms check box.
Text in Courier font indicates a file name, directory path, or command line
text. For example:
To return to the root directory from anywhere in the file structure:
Type cd /root and press ENTER.
Enter the following command: sh ./install.bin
Key names and key strokes are indicated with UPPERCASE:
Press CTRL+P.
Press the UP ARROW key.
Text in italics indicates terms, emphasis, variables, or document titles. For
example:
For a complete listing of license agreements, refer to the QLogic
Software End User License Agreement.
What are shortcut keys?
To enter the date type mm/dd/yyyy (where mm is the month, dd is the
day, and yyyy is the year).
Topic titles between quotation marks identify related topics within this
manual.

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Command syntax conventions include the following:
Plain text indicates items that you must type as shown. For example:
qaucli -pr nic -ei
< > (angle brackets) indicate a variable whose value you must specify.
For example:
<serial_number>
[ ] (square brackets) indicate an optional parameter. For example:
[<file_name>] means specify a file name, or omit it to select
the default file name.
| (vertical bar) indicates mutually exclusive options; select one option
only. For example:
on|off
1|2|3|4
... (ellipsis) indicates that the preceding item may be repeated. For
example:
x... means one or more instances of x.
[x...] means zero or more instances of x.
( ) (parentheses) and { } (braces) are used to avoid logical ambiguity.
For example:
a|b c is ambiguous
{(a|b) c} means a or b, followed by c
{a|(b c)} means either a, or b c
License Agreements
Refer to the QLogic Software End User License Agreement for a complete listing
of all license agreements affecting the QLogic 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters.
Technical Support
Customers should contact their authorized maintenance provider for technical
support of their QLogic products. QLogic-direct customers may contact QLogic
Technical Support; others will be redirected to their authorized maintenance
provider. Visit the QLogic support Web site listed in Contact Information for the
latest firmware and software updates.
For details about available service plans, or for information about renewing and
extending your service, visit the Service Program Web page at
www.qlogic.com/Support/Pages/ServicePrograms.aspx.

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Downloading Updates
The QLogic Web site provides periodic updates to product firmware, software,
and documentation.
To download firmware, software, and documentation:
1. Go to the QLogic Downloads and Documentation page:
driverdownloads.qlogic.com.
2. Type the QLogic model name in the search box.
3. In the search results list, locate and select the firmware, software, or
documentation for your product.
4. View the product details Web page to ensure that you have the correct
firmware, software, or documentation. For additional information, click
Read Me and Release Notes under Support Files.
5. Click Download Now.
6. Save the file to your computer.
7. If you have downloaded firmware, software, drivers, or boot code, follow the
installation instructions in the Readme file.
Instead of typing a model name in the search box, you can perform a guided
search as follows:
1. Click the product type tab: Adapters, Switches, Routers, or ASICs.
2. Click the corresponding button to search by model or operating system.
3. Click an item in each selection column to define the search, and then click
Go.
4. Locate the firmware, software, or document you need, and then click the
item’s name or icon to download or open the item.
Training
QLogic Global Training maintains a Web site at www.qlogictraining.com offering
online and instructor-led training for all QLogic products. In addition, sales and
technical professionals may obtain Associate and Specialist-level certifications to
qualify for additional benefits from QLogic.