Chapter 7. Creating an instance with a VDPA interface

Procedure

1. Create a network that is mapped to the physical network:

   $ openstack network create vdpa_network \
    --provider-physical-network tenant \
    --provider-network-type vlan \
    --provider-segment 1337

2. Create a subnet for the network:

   $ openstack subnet create vdpa_subnet \
    --network vdpa_net1 \
    --subnet-range 192.0.2.0/24 \
    --dhcp

3. Create a port from a VDPA-enabled NIC:

   $ openstack port create vdpa_direct_port \
    --network vdpa_network \
    --vnic-type vdpa \

4. Create an instance, specifying the NIC port to use:

   $ openstack server create vdpa_instance \
    --flavor cirros256 --image cirros-0.3.5-x86_64-disk \
    --nic port-id=vdpa_direct_port --wait

   An "ACTIVE" status in the output indicates that you have successfully created the instance on a host that can provide the requested VDPA interface.