When you Nova boot an instance in an OSP Overcloud deployed using SR-IOV and CPU Pinning, that instance will be NUMA aligned, meaning that its vCPUs, memory, and SR-IOV VF (Virtual Function) will all be local to the same NUMA node. Nova will not allow you to deploy a non-NUMA aligned instance in such an … Continue reading Deploying a Non-NUMA Aligned Instance in RHEL OSP
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OpenStack: Configuring SR-IOV in RHEL OSP 8
Introduction This article documents the configuration used to configure SR-IOV in OSP 8/Liberty on Dell hardware Compute Node Configuration This section will outline the changes needed to configure SR-IOV on each Compute Node. Bios Configuration on Dell Compute Nodes First, you will need to ssh to the drac of each Compute Node. Then, type the … Continue reading OpenStack: Configuring SR-IOV in RHEL OSP 8
OpenStack Post Install Validation Checklist
Below is a "Post Install Validation Checklist" that I am working on for validating an OpenStack Deployment. This is a work in progress and is sure to be missing some items. I plan to attempt to treat this post as a live document an update as I find new items to add to the checklist