Enable DPDK with OVS

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Consider this section as part of Deploy an OpenStack cluster.

This section instructs you on how to enable DPDK with the Neutron OVS back end.

To enable DPDK with OVS:

  1. Verify that your deployment meets the following requirements:

  2. Enable DPDK in the OsDpl custom resource through the node specific overrides settings. For example:

    spec:
      nodes:
        <NODE-LABEL>::<NODE-LABEL-VALUE>:
          features:
            neutron:
              dpdk:
                bridges:
                - ip_address: 10.12.2.80/24
                  name: br-phy
                driver: igb_uio
                enabled: true
                nics:
                - bridge: br-phy
                  name: nic01
                  pci_id: "0000:05:00.0"
              tunnel_interface: br-phy