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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 |
Platform Features Added/Improved
Contiv/VPP CNI for IEC Blueprint
Brief Introduction
Contiv-VPP is a Kubernetes CNI network plugin designed and built to address pod networking 2.0 requirements. It uses FD.io VPP to provide policy and service-aware dataplane functionality consistent with k8s orchestration and lifecycle management.
Contiv-VPP Highlights
The important features of Contiv-VPP:
- Maps k8s policy and service mechanisms (i.e. label selectors) to the FD.io/VPP dataplane. In effect, said policies and services are network-aware leading to the ability for containerized applications to benefit from optimal transport resources.
- Implemented in user space for rapid innovation and immutability.
- Programmability enabled by a Ligato-based VPP agent that expedites the mapping of k8s policies and services into a FD.io/VPP dataplane configuration.
Setting up on IEC
The automatic deployment script provided by IEC uses calico CNI by default. To enable Contiv-VPP network solution for Kubernetes, you need to make some minor modifications. In addition, the deployment methods of IEC type1 and type2 are slightly different. IEC provide details on how to install Kubernetes with Contiv-VPP networking on one or more bare-metal servers. Please refer to the contiv-vpp_setup.rst document.
Notes：
IEC type1 device is suitable for low power device.Now we choose MACCHIATObin board as the main hardware platform，but contiv-vpp master version does not support running on this board。IEC team develops new features based on v3.2.1 version that make Contiv-VPP enable on MACCHIATObin board.This feature involves the code changes of fd.io /VPP, ligato/vpp-agent,contiv/ VPP, and we will submit the relevant modifications to the community later.
Foundation Improvement
Use Case
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