6wind-virtual-accelerator-plugin: update documentation and plugin version

The new 6WIND Virtual Accelerator 1.3.2 is available for installation
via plugin. Thus documentation needs to be updated since this new Virtual
Accelerator version can now fully support both VLAN and VxLAN regardless.

Change-Id: Ib9980a483c73da4d8eff9c52aaeb8b0eb49830b7
Signed-off-by: Francesco Santoro <francesco.santoro@6wind.com>
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Francesco Santoro 2016-06-17 16:54:34 +02:00
parent b385d3a0e3
commit e4e6a66696
5 changed files with 7 additions and 27 deletions

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@ -33,13 +33,8 @@ compute(s) the following requirements are mandatory:
#. Use KVM as hypervisor virtualization driver
#. Deploy on compute node(s) with **at least 4GB of RAM and 2 cpus**
#. Internet connectivity on Master node (since the plugin will download software from 6WIND remote repositories)
#. A dedicated link for Neutron networking tunnels between Compute and Network
This version of plugin supports only VLAN as networking tunneling option.
It is mandatory to use a dedicated physical network interface for your tunnel
instead of the default Fuel setup that puts this interface on the same used
for pxe and management.
Support for VxLAN and for bridged VLAN will be available in future releases.
This version of plugin supports VLAN and VxLAN as networking tunneling option.
The 6WIND Virtual Accelerator needs qemu and libvirt supporting vhostuser and
multiqueue features to correclty run its fast packet processing stack.
@ -61,19 +56,19 @@ Installing 6WIND Virtual Accelerator Plugin
#. Copy the downloaded rpm to the Fuel Master node:
::
scp 6wind-virtual-accelerator-1.0-1.0.3-1.noarch.rpm <Fuel Master node ip>:/tmp/
scp 6wind-virtual-accelerator-1.0-1.0.4-1.noarch.rpm <Fuel Master node ip>:/tmp/
#. Log into the Fuel Master node and install the plugin
::
ssh <the Fuel Master node ip>
fuel plugins --install /tmp/6wind-virtual-accelerator-1.0-1.0.3-1.noarch.rpm
fuel plugins --install /tmp/6wind-virtual-accelerator-1.0-1.0.4-1.noarch.rpm
#. Now verify that the plugin is correctly installed
::
fuel plugins
3 | 6wind-virtual-accelerator | 1.0.3 | 3.0.0
3 | 6wind-virtual-accelerator | 1.0.4 | 3.0.0
..
@ -92,7 +87,7 @@ Configuring 6WIND Virtual Accelerator Plugin
:width: 80%
#. Please select Neutron networking.
The 6WIND Virtual Accelerator supports only VLAN segmentation.
The 6WIND Virtual Accelerator supports VLAN and VxLAN segmentation.
.. image:: images/network.png
:width: 80%
@ -122,21 +117,6 @@ Configuring 6WIND Virtual Accelerator Plugin
.. image:: images/node-roles.png
:width: 100%
#. Configure nodes to use a dedicated link for Neutron networking.
* Select the Compute and 6WIND Virtual Accelerator node and configre its
interfaces.
.. image:: images/configure.png
:width: 100%
* Drag the Private interface to the dedicated NIC used to connect to Controller.
.. image:: images/interface.png
:width: 100%
* Perform these two steps for the Controller node too and choose the NIC
accordingly.
#. Verify nodes network connectivity (in the Fuel Web UI Network tab)

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@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ its Openstack extensions have been correctly installed.
::
aptitude show 6wind-openstack-extension | grep State
aptitude show 6wind-openstack-extensions| grep State
If this check is successful, verify that that ALL the following services are

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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: 6wind-virtual-accelerator
# Human-readable name for your plugin
title: 6WIND Virtual Accelerator Fuel plugin
# Plugin version
version: '1.0.3'
version: '1.0.4'
# Description
description: Enable use of 6WIND Virtual Accelerator plugin for Neutron
# Required Fuel version