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mellanox-plugin
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Plugin description
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Beginning with version 5.1, Fuel can configure Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro network
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adapters to accelerate the performance of compute and storage traffic.
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This implements the following performance enhancements:
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- Compute nodes use SR-IOV based networking.
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- Cinder nodes use iSER block storage as the iSCSI transport rather than the
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default iSCSI over TCP.
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These features reduce CPU overhead, boost throughput, reduce latency, and
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enable network traffic to bypass the software switch layer (e.g. Open vSwitch).
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Starting with version 6.1, Mellanox plugin can deploy those features over
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Infiniband network as well.
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*Requirements*
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The Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro adapters family supports up to 40/56GbE.
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To reach 56 GbE speed in your network with ConnectX-3 Pro adapters, you must
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use Mellanox Ethernet / Infiniband switches (e.g. SX1036) with the additional
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56GbE license. The switch ports should be configured specifically to use 56GbE
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speed. No additional configuration is required on the adapter side.
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For additional information about how to run in 56GbE speed, see [HowTo
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Configure 56GbE Link on Mellanox Adapters and Switches](http://community.mellanox.com/docs/DOC-1460).
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For detailed setup configuration and BOM (Bill of Material) requirements please see
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[Fuel Ethernet cloud details](https://community.mellanox.com/docs/DOC-1474) or
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[Fuel Infiniband cloud details](https://community.mellanox.com/docs/DOC-2036).
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*Limitations*
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- OVS bonding and Mellanox SR-IOV based networking over the Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro
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adapter family are not supported.
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- In order to use the SR-IOV feature, one should choose KVM hypervisor and
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"Neutron with Vlan segmentation" in the Network settings tab.
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title: Mellanox Openstack features
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# Plugin version
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version: 0.2.25
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version: 0.2.26
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# Description
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description: Enable features over Mellanox hardware
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