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1. OVS-DPDK offload into SmartNic to accelerate the network performance and save computing resources which is much valuable in edge cloud evviromentenvironment
2. part of the UPF functions like load balance, forwarding, dpi, etc offloaded into SmartNIC to enhance the performance of UPF who will be deployed in carrier's edge cloud datacenters
- OVS-DPDK offload into SmartNic
Where on the Edge
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SmartNIC Datacenter Services across all Clouds as the diagram shown below:
Platform Architecture
- OVS-DPDK offload into SmartNic
For R3 Release, we haven't been using Kubernetes component.
For the hardware information:
Qty. | Item | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | x86 servers running CentOS 7.5 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz / 40 cores / 2 numa / 64G memory |
| 1 | ConnectX-5 NIC (FW: 16.24.0328 and up) | - |
| 1 | BlueField 25GbE SmartNIC with Arm processor (FW: 18.24.1000 and up) | ARMv8 16 cores / single numa / 16G memory/ 25G bandwidth |
| 1 | 25GB/s SFP28 networking cable | - |
| 1 | QSA28 Adapter (100GB-to-25GB Adapter) | - |
| 1 | UART-to-USB cable | For SmartNIC USB console access |
| 1 | Mini USB Type B cable | For SmartNIC USB Console Access |
| 1 | bfb image to be loaded on the BlueField SmartNIC Arm. | Image contains:
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Software Platform Architecture
<Software components with version/release numbers >
<EDGE Interface>
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| System | Software | DPDK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine 1 | Centos 7.5 | OVS-DPDK 2.12 | version 19.11 |
| Machine 2 | Centos 7.5 | OVS-DPDK 2.12 | version 19.11 |
APIs
Not Applicable
Hardware and Software Management
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| Bare Metal Machine(Host Layer) | SmartNic Layer | System | Software | |
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| Machine 1 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz / 40 cores / 2 numa / 64G memory | ARMv8 16 cores / single numa / 16G memory / 25G bandwidth | Centos 7.5 | ovs-dpdkOVS-DPDK 2.12 |
| Machine 2 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz / 40 cores / 2 numa / 64G memory | ARMv8 16 cores / single numa / 16G memory/ 25G bandwidth | Centos 7.5 | ovs-dpdkOVS-DPDK 2.12 |
Licensing
GNU/common license
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