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Item | Name | Category | Description |
1 | Certain version of Kubernetes Installation Support | Function enhancement | Support stable version: 1.13.x(default) and user indicated version, such as 1.16.x |
2 | Centos/Redhat OS Support | Function enhancement | The IEC installation now supports both CentOS/Rhel OS besides Ubuntu |
3 | Multiple CNIs(Flannel, Contiv/VPP) Support | Function enhancement | Added support for Flannel, Contiv/VPP for IEC type1&2. Added the installation options when deploy the IEC cluster. For IEC type1, added support for Marvell PP2 interface in Contiv/VPP |
4 | VM deployment tools integration | Function enhancement | Support the deployment of VMs and the installation of IEC cluster into those VMs automatically. |
5 | Initial Restful API server support | Function enhancement | Initial commit to add a Rest API service(http server) framework to IEC, |
6 | IEC type1 information about Macbin board | Function enhancement | The Marvell MACCHIATObin is a family of cost-effective and high-performance networking community boards targeting ARM64bit high end networking and storage applications. It adds the kernel config file, system boot parameters and linux kernel setup stripts on MACCHIATObin for edge infrastructure. |
7 | Conformance test | Test | Add and enable Sonobuoy on IEC foudation to diagnose the state of a Kubernetes cluster, mainly on arm64 platform. |
| 8 | Update Seba-charts submodule Force apt-get to use ipv4 | Bug Fix | Switching the submodule to latest commit containing the fix for freeradius. For avoiding docker-ce installation failed, we specify the apt to |
| 9 | Use Multi-arch etcd yaml to support Calico | Function enhancement | Using single etcd yaml file to support Calico installation |
| 10 | Add PONSim installation scripts | Function enhancement | Add PONSim installation scripts for SEBA use case |
Platform Architecture
The IEC project is for openness, which intends to develop a fully integrated edge infrastructure solution, it provides a reference implementation for hardware and software to help users build their projects.
What is reported below is a list of hardware that IEC community have tested over time in lab trials, mainly on the Arm machine. If you need to understand the hardware requirements of the x86 server, you can refer to the following link:
https://guide.opencord.org/cord-6.1/prereqs/hardware.html#bom-examples
Build Of Materials (BOM) / Hardware requirements
Generic Hardware Guidelines
Compute Machines: By observing the actual memory utilization of ThunderX2, it is found that if IEC is deployed on a single node, at least 15G of memory and 62G disk is required; This kind of hardware condition is very harsh for embedded devices. For more realistic deployments, we suggest using at least three machines (preferably all the same). The characteristics of these machines depends several factors. At the very minimum, each machine should have a 4 cores CPU, 32GB of RAM, and 60G of disk capacity.
Network: The machine have to download a large quantity of software from different sources on the Internet, so it`s need to be able to reach Internet. For whatever server use, it should have at the very minimum a 1G network interface for management. 40G NIC is required if performance testing is required.
Optics and Cabling: Some hardware may be picky about the optics. Both optics and cable models tested by the community are provided below.
Recommended Hardware
Following is a list of hardware that people from the IEC community have tested over time in lab trials.
Please attention: Until now, there has been no performance testing of the IEC, which is our follow-up work.
Device 1
Quantity | Category | Brand | Model | P/N |
1 | Compute | Cavium | ThunderX2 | ThunderX2 |
4 | Memory | Micron Technology | 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6D1 | 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6D1 8GB*4 |
1 | Management switch (L2 with VLAN support) | * | * | * |
1 | Network interface card(for mgmt) | Intel | 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 | 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 |
1 | Network interface card(for data) | Intel | XL710 40 GbE | XL710 40 GbE |
2 | SFP(for mgmt) | Intel | FTLX8571D3BCV-IT | INTEL FTLX8571D3BCV-IT Finisar 10GB s 850nm Multimode SFP SR Transceiver |
Fabric switch | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Device 2
Quantity | Category | Brand | Model | P/N |
1 | Compute | Ampere | eMAG server | eMAG server |
8 | Memory | Samsung | M393A4K40CB2-CTD | M393A4K40CB2-CTD 32GB*8 |
1 | Management switch (L2 with VLAN support) | * | * | * |
1 | Network interface card(for mgmt) | Mellanox | MT27710 Family | ConnectX-4 Lx |
1 | Network interface card(for data) | Intel | XL710 40 GbE | XL710 40 GbE |
2 | SFP(for mgmt) | Intel | FTLX8571D3BCV-IT | INTEL FTLX8571D3BCV-IT Finisar 10GB s 850nm Multimode SFP SR Transceiver |
Fabric switch | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Device 3
Quantity | Category | Brand | Model | P/N |
2 | Compute | Marvell | Marvell ARMADA 8040 | MACCHIATObin Double Shot |
1 | Memory | System memory | Marvell ARMADA 8040 | DDR4 DIMM slot with optional ECC and single/dual chip select support 16GB |
1 | Management switch (L2 with VLAN support) | * | * | * |
1 | Network interface card(for mgmt) | Marvell | Marvell ARMADA 8040 | Dual 10GbE (1/2.5/10GbE) via copper or SFP 2.5GbE (1/2.5GbE) via SFP 1GbE via copper |
2 | SFP(for mgmt) | Cisco | Passive Direct Attach Copper Twinax Cable | SFP-H10GB-CU3M Compatible 10G SFP+ |
Fabric switch | N/A | N/A | N/A |