11.7. Using high performance multicast

Procedure

1. Create a SriovNetworkNodePolicy object:

   apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1
   kind: SriovNetworkNodePolicy
   metadata:
     name: policy-example
     namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
   spec:
     resourceName: example
     nodeSelector:
       feature.node.kubernetes.io/network-sriov.capable: "true"
     numVfs: 4
     nicSelector:
       vendor: "8086"
       pfNames: ['ens803f0']
       rootDevices: ['0000:86:00.0']

2. Create a SriovNetwork object:

   apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1
   kind: SriovNetwork
   metadata:
     name: net-example
     namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
   spec:
     networkNamespace: default
     ipam: | 1
       {
         "type": "host-local", 2
         "subnet": "10.56.217.0/24",
         "rangeStart": "10.56.217.171",
         "rangeEnd": "10.56.217.181",
         "routes": [
           {"dst": "224.0.0.0/5"},
           {"dst": "232.0.0.0/5"}
         ],
         "gateway": "10.56.217.1"
       }
     resourceName: example

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   If you choose to configure DHCP as IPAM, ensure that you provision the following default routes through your DHCP server: 224.0.0.0/5 and 232.0.0.0/5. This is to override the static multicast route set by the default network provider.

3. Create a pod with multicast application:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Pod
   metadata:
     name: testpmd
     namespace: default
     annotations:
       k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: nic1
   spec:
     containers:
     - name: example
       image: rhel7:latest
       securityContext:
         capabilities:
           add: ["NET_ADMIN"] 1
       command: [ "sleep", "infinity"]

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   The NET_ADMIN capability is required only if your application needs to assign the multicast IP address to the SR-IOV interface. Otherwise, it can be omitted.