Chapter 3. Software requirements
This section describes the supported configurations and drivers, and subscription details necessary for NFV.
3.1. Registering and enabling repositories
To install Red Hat OpenStack Platform, you must register Red Hat OpenStack Platform director using the Red Hat Subscription Manager, and subscribe to the required channels. See Registering your system for details.
Procedure
Register your system with the Content Delivery Network, entering your Customer Portal user name and password when prompted.
[stack@director ~]$ sudo subscription-manager register
Determine the entitlement pool ID for Red Hat OpenStack Platform director, for example {Pool ID} from the following command and output:
[stack@director ~]$ sudo subscription-manager list --available --all --matches="Red Hat OpenStack" Subscription Name: Name of SKU Provides: Red Hat Single Sign-On Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Red Hat CloudForms Red Hat OpenStack Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) Red Hat Virtualization SKU: SKU-Number Contract: Contract-Number Pool ID: {Pool-ID}-123456 Provides Management: Yes Available: 1 Suggested: 1 Service Level: Support-level Service Type: Service-Type Subscription Type: Sub-type Ends: End-date System Type: Physical
Include the
Pool ID
value in the following command to attach the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 entitlement.[stack@director ~]$ sudo subscription-manager attach --pool={Pool-ID}-123456
Disable the default repositories.
subscription-manager repos --disable=*
Enable the required repositories for Red Hat OpenStack Platform with NFV.
$ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-eus-rpms \ --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-eus-rpms \ --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-highavailability-eus-rpms \ --enable=ansible-2.8-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \ --enable=openstack-16-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \ --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-nfv-rpms \ --enable=advanced-virt-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \ --enable=fast-datapath-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms
Update your system so you have the latest base system packages.
[stack@director ~]$ sudo dnf update -y [stack@director ~]$ sudo reboot
You need a separate subscription to a Red Hat OpenStack Platform for Real Time
SKU before you can access the rhel-8-server-nfv-rpms
repository for Real Time KVM.
To register your overcloud nodes, see Ansible Based Registration.
3.2. Supported configurations for NFV deployments
Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) supports the following NFV deployments using director:
- Single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV)
- Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK)
Additionally, you can deploy RHOSP with any of the following features:
- Composable roles
- Hyper-converged infrastructure (limited support)
- Real-time KVM
- OVS hardware offload (Technology preview)
Red Hat’s embedded OpenDaylight SDN solution was deprecated in RHOSP 14. Red Hat support, including bug fixes, for OpenDaylight ends with the RHOSP 13 lifecycle, planned for June 27, 2021.
RHOSP NFV deployments with Open Virtual Network (OVN) as the default Software Defined Networking (SDN) solution are unsupported. Use the following steps to deploy RHOSP with the OVS mechanism driver:
Procedure
Modify the
containers-prepare-parameter.yaml
file so that theneutron_driver
parameter is set tonull
.parameter_defaults: ContainerImagePrepare: - push_destination: true set: neutron_driver: null ...
Include the
neutron-ovs.yaml
environment file in the/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates/environments/services
directory with your deployment script.TEMPLATES=/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-heat-templates openstack overcloud deploy --templates \ -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/network-environment.yaml \ -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/network-isolation.yaml \ -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/services/neutron-ovs.yaml \ -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/services/neutron-ovs-dpdk.yaml \ -e ${TEMPLATES}/environments/services/neutron-sriov.yaml \ -e /home/stack/containers-prepare-parameter.yaml
3.3. Supported drivers
For a complete list of supported drivers, see Component, Plug-In, and Driver Support in Red Hat OpenStack Platform .
For a list of NICs tested for Red Hat OpenStack Platform deployments with NFV, see Tested NICs.
3.4. Compatibility with third-party software
For a complete list of products and services tested, supported, and certified to perform with Red Hat OpenStack Platform, see Third Party Software compatible with Red Hat OpenStack Platform. You can filter the list by product version and software category.
For a complete list of products and services tested, supported, and certified to perform with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, see Third Party Software compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. You can filter the list by product version and software category.