Difference between revisions of "Mellanox-Neutron-Mitaka-InfiniBand"

Revision as of 09:50, 31 October 2016

Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver implements the ML2 Plugin Mechanism Driver API.

This driver supports Mellanox embedded switch functionality as part of the VPI (Ethernet/InfiniBand) HCA. Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver provides a functional parity with Mellanox Neutron plugin.

Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver supports DIRECT (PCI passthrough) vNIC type. Hardware vNICs mapped to the guest VMs allow higher performance and advanced features such as Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) or SR-IOV

The driver supports VLAN network type to facilitate virtual networks either on Ethernet or on InfiniBand fabrics.

Mellanox OpenStack Neutron Agent (L2 Agent) runs on each compute node.
Agent should apply VIF connectivity based on mapping between a VIF (VM vNIC) and an Embedded Switch port.

Prerequisites

Mellanox ConnectX®-3/Mellanox ConnectX®-3 PRO Network Adapter with Mellanox OFED 2.4 or greater.
Mellanox ConnectX®-4 Network Adapter with [Mellanox OFED 3.1-1.5.7 or greater.

For Mitaka release Information refer to the relevant OS as follows:

Redhat7
Ubuntu14.04 ( Under review )
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ( Under review )

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 Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver implements the ML2 Plugin Mechanism Driver API.
-This driver supports Mellanox embedded switch functionality as part of the VPI (Ethernet/InfiniBand) HCA. Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver provides functional parity with Mellanox Neutron plugin.
+This driver supports Mellanox embedded switch functionality as part of the VPI (Ethernet/InfiniBand) HCA. Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver provides a functional parity with Mellanox Neutron plugin.
-Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver supports DIRECT (pci passthrough) vnic type. Hardware vNICs mapped to the guest VMs allow higher performance and advanced features such as RDMA (remote direct memory access) or [http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/networking-guide/adv-config-sriov.html SR-IOV]
+Mellanox ML2 Mechanism Driver supports DIRECT (PCI passthrough) vNIC type. Hardware vNICs mapped to the guest VMs allow higher performance and advanced features such as  Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) or [http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/networking-guide/adv-config-sriov.html SR-IOV]
-The driver supports VLAN network type to facilitate virtual networks either on Ethernet or InfiniBand fabrics.
+The driver supports VLAN network type to facilitate virtual networks either on Ethernet or on InfiniBand fabrics.
 * Mellanox OpenStack Neutron Agent (L2 Agent) runs on each compute node.
-* Agent should apply VIF connectivity based on mapping between a VIF (VM vNIC) and Embedded Switch port.
+* Agent should apply VIF connectivity based on mapping between a VIF (VM vNIC) and an Embedded Switch port.