Deploying a Non-NUMA Aligned Instance in RHEL OSP

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

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