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Setup and Installation

Mellanox Technologies Confidential

4 Setup and Installation

The following setup is suggested for small scale applications.

The OpenStack environment should be installed according to the Red Hat OpenStack

Enterprise Linux installation guide. Refer to

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/Red_Hat_OpenStack/

In addition, the following installation changes should be applied:

 A controller node running the Networking (neutron) service should be installed with the

Mellanox neutron plugin.

 A Cinder patch should be applied to the storage servers (for iSER support).

 Mellanox Neutron agent, eSwitch daemon, and Nova patches should be installed on the

compute notes.

4.1 Hardware Requirements

 Mellanox ConnectX-3 or ConnectX-3 Pro 10/40GbE and FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand adapter

cards

 10GbE or 40GbE Ethernet or FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand switches

 Cables required for the ConnectX-3 card (typically using SFP+ connectors for 10GbE or

QSFP connectors for 40GbE and FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand)

 Server nodes should comply with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0

requirements.

 Compute nodes should have SR-IOV capability (BIOS). SR-IOV is supported by RHEL

6.4 and above.

There are many options in terms of adapters, cables, and switches. See www.mellanox.com for

additional options.

Figure 7: Mellanox MCX314A-BCBT, ConnectX-3 40GbE/FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand Adapter

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