HeterogeneousTileraSupport
- Launchpad Entry: NovaSpec:heterogeneous-tilera-architecture-support
- Created: Brian Schott
- Contributors: USC Information Sciences Institute
Summary
This blueprint proposes to add support for the Tilera tiled-processor machines as an alternative machine type in OpenStack. This blueprint is dependent on the schema changes described in the HeterogeneousInstanceTypes blueprint and the scheduler in HeterogeneousArchitectureScheduler.
The target release for this is Diablo, however the USC-ISI team intends to have a stable test branch and deployment at Cactus release.
The USC-ISI team has a functional prototype here:
- https://code.launchpad.net/~usc-isi/nova/hpc-trunk
- https://code.launchpad.net/~usc-isi/nova/hpc-testing
This blueprint is related to the HeterogeneousInstanceTypes blueprint here:
We are also drafting blueprints for other machine types:
- http://wiki.openstack.org/HeterogeneousGpuAcceleratorSupport
- http://wiki.openstack.org/HeterogeneousSgiUltraVioletSupport
An etherpad for discussion of this blueprint is available at http://etherpad.openstack.org/heterogeneoustilerasupport
Release Note
Nova has been extended to allow support for the Tilera TILEmpower Platform (TILEPro64 Processor).
Rationale
See HeterogeneousInstanceTypes.
User stories
Only tp64.8x8 instance type is chosen with 16GB of memory and 64 cores.
To make and register tilera_vmlinux kernel image,
$ euca-bundle-image -i tilera_vmlinux --kernel true $ euca-upload-bundle -b kernel-bucket -m /tmp/tilera_vmlinux.manifest.xml $ euca-register kernel-bucket/tilera_vmlinux.manifest.xml
To make and register tilera_fs file system image,
$ euca-bundle-image -i tilera_fs --kernel tilera_vmlinux $ euca-upload-bundle -b image-bucket -m /tmp/tilera_fs.manifest.xml $ euca-register image-bucket/tilera_fs.manifest.xml
To verify the registered tilera kernel and file system,
$ euca-describe-images IMAGE aki-71046db2 kernel-bucket/tilera_vmlinux.manifest.xml admin available private tilera kernel IMAGE ami-5c86a016 image-bucket/tilera_fs.manifest.xml admin available private tilepro64 machine aki-71046db2
To edit/check the detailed information of tilera image (ex. ami-5c86a016),
$ cat /home/images/5c86a016/info.json {"status": "active", "location": "/home/images/5c86a016/image", "is_public": true, "container_format": "ami", "disk_format": "ami", "properties": {"image_location": "image-bucket/tilera_fs.manifest.xml", "image_state": "available", "kernel_id": 1896115634, "architecture": "tilepro64", "is_public": false, "type": "machine", "owner_id": "admin"}, "id": 1552326678}
To run tilera instances,
$ euca-add-keypair $key > $key.pem $ chmod 600 $key.pem $ euca-run-instances -k $key -t tp64.8x8 ami-5c86a016
To access tilera instances,
$ ssh -i key.pem -p 52108 $Given_Tilera_IP_address
Assumptions
This blueprint is dependent on tp64.8x8 being a selectable instance type and that the scheduler knows this instance must get routed to a TILEmpower board. See HeterogeneousArchitectureScheduler.
Design
See HeterogeneousInstanceTypes. The tilera machine is unique in that it has a NxN mesh of processor cores. Currently there is no support for KVM or XEN virtualization, so we are doing a bare metal approach.
Schema Changes
See HeterogeneousInstanceTypes.
We're proposing the following default values added to the instance_types table.
't64.8x8': dict(memory_mb=16384, vcpus=1, local_gb=500, flavorid=301, cpu_arch="tile64", cpu_info='{"geometry":"8x8"}'), 'tp64.8x8': dict(memory_mb=16384, vcpus=1, local_gb=500, flavorid=302, cpu_arch="tilepro64", cpu_info='{"geometry":"8x8"}'), 'tgx.4x4': dict(memory_mb=16384, vcpus=1, local_gb=500, flavorid=303, cpu_arch="tile-gx16", cpu_info='{"geometry":"4x4"}'), 'tgx.6x6': dict(memory_mb=16384, vcpus=1, local_gb=500, flavorid=304, cpu_arch="tile-gx36", cpu_info='{"geometry":"6x6"}'), 'tgx.8x8': dict(memory_mb=16384, vcpus=1, local_gb=500, flavorid=305, cpu_arch="tile-gx64", cpu_info='{"geometry":"8x8"}'), 'tgx.10x10': dict(memory_mb=16384, vcpus=1, local_gb=500, flavorid=306, cpu_arch="tile-gx100", cpu_info='{"geometry":"10x10"}')
Tilera Compute Node's Design
All 10 TILEmpower boards #0~9 (with TILEPro64 processor) are connected to one x86 Tilera Compute Node through USB-to-16 Serial Adapter. The vmlinux file is downloaded from Tilera Compute Node to each TILEmpower board through TFTP which is setup in boot parameters on each board. Once tilera file system is ready on TILEmpower board, Tilera Compute Node doesn't do anything except turning off/on the board. Once tilera instance is running, user can access the TILEmpower board, not Tilera Compute Node, through ssh.
1. TFTP setting for Tilera Compute Node
$ vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp service tftp { protocol = udp port = 69 socket_type = dgram wait = yes user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd server_args = /tftpboot disable = no } $ /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
2. File preparation in Tilera Compute Node:/tftpboot
- Different vmlinux and file system are used for each TILEmpower board.
Copy the following files to /tftpboot: • vmlinux_0_1, vmlinux_1_1, vmlinux_2_1, vmlinux_3_1, vmlinux_4_1, vmlinux_5_1, vmlinux_6_1, vmlinux_7_1, vmlinux_8_1, vmlinux_9_1 • vmlinux_0_2, vmlinux_1_2, vmlinux_2_2, vmlinux_3_2, vmlinux_4_2, vmlinux_5_2, vmlinux_6_2, vmlinux_7_2, vmlinux_8_2, vmlinux_9_2 • mboot.bootrom • pdu_mgr • tilera_boards • tilera_fs_1G Copy tilera_fs_1G to tilera_fs_0, ..., tilera_fs_9. At the bash prompt, do: for i in {0..9} do cp /tftpboot/tilera_fs_1G /tftpboot/tilera_fs_$i done
2.1 Tilera boards information: /tftpboot/tilera_boards
- Tilera Compute Node manges board information (board_id, board_ip_address, board_mac_address, board_hw_description, etc.) using this tilera_boards file.
# board_id ip_address mac_address 0 10.0.2.1 00:1A:CA:00:57:90 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 1 10.0.2.2 00:1A:CA:00:58:98 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 2 10.0.2.3 00:1A:CA:00:58:50 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 3 10.0.2.4 00:1A:CA:00:57:A8 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 4 10.0.2.5 00:1A:CA:00:58:AA 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 5 10.0.2.6 00:1A:CA:00:58:2C 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 6 10.0.2.7 00:1A:CA:00:58:5C 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 7 10.0.2.8 00:1A:CA:00:58:A4 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 8 10.0.2.9 00:1A:CA:00:58:1A 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1 9 10.0.2.10 00:1A:CA:00:58:38 10 16218 917 476 1 tilera_hv 1
2.2 pdu_mgr
- PDU(Power Distribute Unit)-controlling EXPECT script for remote turn-on/off/reboot of TILEmpower board
3. Bare metal approach without supporting KVM or XEN virtualization (nova/virt/tilera.py)
- After setting the status of instance and domain as Pending, Tilera Compute Node copies vmlinux_x_1 to vmlinux_x. The x means the board_id and 1 means the first boot with vmlinux image which sets TLR_ROOT=tmpfs. By default the rootfs is copied to a tmpfs whose size limit is half of total memory. After 1st mboot-run through tftp download of vmlinux, Tilera Compute Node uploads compressed tilera file system into memory, mounts /dev/sda1 to /mnt, and uncompresses the uploaded tilera file system into /mnt disk space. And then Tilera Compute Node copies vmlinux_x_2 to vmlinux_x. The x means the board_id and 2 means the second boot with vmlinux image which sets TLR_ROOT=/dev/sda1. After second mboot-run, rootfs is set as /dev/sda1. After that, Tilera Compute Node sets the status of instance and domain as Running. Then user can access the board through ssh.
File:HeterogeneousTileraSupport$Tilera Compute.png
Implementation
The USC-ISI team has a functional prototype: https://code.launchpad.net/~usc-isi/nova/hpc-trunk
UI Changes
The following will be available as new default instance types.
Tilera TILEPro64
- API name: tp64.8x8
- TILEPro64 processor: 64 (8x8) cores
- 16 GB RAM (16384 MB)
- 1 TB of instance storage
- http://www.tilera.com/
(Only one Tilera instance type for now. When KVM support appears, we will add additional types to support partitioning into smaller instances)
Code Changes
- nova/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/013_add_architecture_to_instance_types.py
- add default instance types for tilera
- nova/virt/connection.py
- add tilera connection_type
- nova/virt/tilera.py
- new tilera connection code for launching instances on TILEmpower board
- nova/virt/tilera.xml.template and nova/virt/tilera_interfaces.template
- new tilera template files
- MANIFEST.in
- add tilera related template files
Migration
Very little needs to change in terms of the way deployments will use this if we set sane defaults like "x86_64" as assumed today.
Test/Demo Plan
This need not be added or completed until the specification is nearing beta.
Unresolved issues
One of the challenges we have is that the flavorid field in the instance_types table isn't auto-increment. We've selected high numbers to avoid collisions, but the community should discuss how flavorid behaves and the best approach for adding future new instance types.
BoF agenda and discussion
Use this section to take notes during the BoF; if you keep it in the approved spec, use it for summarising what was discussed and note any options that were rejected.