Marvell Octeon NIC Accelerator Integration (dsR8MR3)
Story: 2010047 Task: 50026 Change-Id: I7964c91f1993e585fad6ad6fb5583376058ccbfb Signed-off-by: Elisamara Aoki Goncalves <elisamaraaoki.goncalves@windriver.com>
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Marvell Octeon NIC Accelerator Support
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Marvell supports Octeon line of SoCs to be used as a RAN |NIC| when configured
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in Endpoint mode. Marvell developed PCI |SRIOV| |NIC| drivers for these
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products. The |NIC| drivers on host create a netdev interface for PF device and
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supports creating VFs. Octeon SoCs feature multiple ARM v9 cores along with
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Ethernet, PCIe and baseband PHY (RAN). This enables users to offload L1
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processing to the Octeon SoC.
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To support this line of accelerator cards, the Marvell Octeon |SRIOV| PF and VF
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host drivers have been integrated into |prod|.
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Each PF and VF can be configured to run |NIC| functionality or RAN
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functionality based on the operator's choice.
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The drivers enable netdev communication between L2/L3 running on the host cpu
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and L1 running on the accelerator.
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.. note::
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The devices are seen as a PCIe |SRIOV| capable PF device.
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The drivers location:
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- ``/lib/modules/5.10.0-6-rt-amd64/updates/octeon_ep``
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- ``/lib/modules/5.10.0-6-amd64/updates/octeon_ep``
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Dell Open RAN Accelerator (DORA)
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The Dell Open RAN Accelerator (DORA) utilizes the OCTEON Fusion CNF95xx chipset
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from Marvell and its design deviates from that of a standard network interface
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card (NIC), which requires specialized configuration. Unlike conventional NICs,
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the |DORA| requires the deployment of dedicated application software prior to
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its operational functionality. This application software assumes responsibility
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for:
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- loading the octeon kernel module
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- bringing up the |DORA| card on every boot
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- making the VFs available as resources to Kubernetes
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- specifying number of VFs
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- bringing the |DORA| card down
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- back up if a driver upgrade is desired
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Any attempt to use the 'system' CLI to add ``pci-sriov`` VF interfaces will not
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succeed as drivers are not being loaded by default at boot time, although it is
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possible to configure it as a PCI passthrough PF interface. It is possible to
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create VFs with raw linux commands once the drivers are loaded and the PF shows
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up.
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.. note::
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Using sysinv to configure the card as a PCI passthrough interface should
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not be used in production because it will break the next reboot, as the
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kernel module is not loaded by default.
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.. rubric:: Identify the DORA Hardware
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.. code-block:: none
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[sysadmin@controller-0 ~(keystone_admin)]$ lspci -mm | grep Cavium
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51:00.0 "Network controller" "Cavium, Inc." "Device ba00" "Dell" "Device 0074"
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51:00.1 "Network controller" "Cavium, Inc." "Device ef00" "Dell" "Device 0074"
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@ -351,6 +351,14 @@ N3000 and ACC100 replacement
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hardware_acceleration_devices/fec-replacement-with-different-vendor-or-device-id-b1ab1440e15f
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hardware_acceleration_devices/n3000-and-acc100-replacement-with-the-same-vendor-and-device-id-cccabcdc5d43
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**************************************
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Marvell Octeon NIC Accelerator Support
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**************************************
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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hardware_acceleration_devices/marvell-octeon-nic-accelerator-support-0ca20e6fc2c9
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Host hardware management
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.. |DNS| replace:: :abbr:`DNS (Domain Name System)`
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.. |DPDK| replace:: :abbr:`DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit)`
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.. |DN| replace:: :abbr:`DN (Distinguished Name)`
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.. |DORA| replace:: :abbr:`DORA (Dell Open RAN Accelerator)`
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.. |DRBD| replace:: :abbr:`DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device)`
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.. |DSCP| replace:: :abbr:`DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point)`
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.. |DVR| replace:: :abbr:`DVR (Distributed Virtual Router)`
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