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 ====== OpenNebula KVM SR-IOV Driver ====== ====== OpenNebula KVM SR-IOV Driver ======
  
-With the recent release of an OFED which supports SR-IOV on Infiniband HCAs it is now possible to use verbs from inside a VM. This VMM driver supports these Infiniband HCAs, and any other SR-IOV network device, in OpenNebula.+With the release of an OFED which supports SR-IOV on Infiniband HCAs it is now possible to use verbs from inside a VM. This VMM driver supports these Infiniband HCAs, and any other SR-IOV network device, in OpenNebula.
  
 Demonstration Video: Demonstration Video:
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   - CentOS 6.4   - CentOS 6.4
-  - Mellanox OFED 2.0+  - Mellanox OFED 2.0-3.0.0
   - libvirt 0.10.2   - libvirt 0.10.2
   - OpenNebula 4.2   - OpenNebula 4.2
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 ===== Installation ===== ===== Installation =====
  
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     0x07 0x00 0x04     0x07 0x00 0x04
  
-6. If using the driver is mlnx_ofed2 mode you need to specify the device and port number of the interface. To find the device ID execute: +6. If using the driver in "mlnx_ofed2" mode you need to specify the device and port number of the interface. To find the device ID execute: 
     ls /sys/class/infiniband     ls /sys/class/infiniband
 You will see a list of Infiniband devices "mlx4_<x>". The device ID is the <x>. To find the port ID execute: You will see a list of Infiniband devices "mlx4_<x>". The device ID is the <x>. To find the port ID execute:
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 Enabling huge pages on KVM virtual machines will greatly improve memory performance. To enable huge pages on your VM hosts follow these instructions: Enabling huge pages on KVM virtual machines will greatly improve memory performance. To enable huge pages on your VM hosts follow these instructions:
 http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/get-performance-boost-backing-your-kvm-guest-hugetlbfs http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/get-performance-boost-backing-your-kvm-guest-hugetlbfs
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 +Huge page backed VMs will be enabled if "HPC_MODE" is set "on".
 ==== Network Isolation ==== ==== Network Isolation ====
  
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             MASK=$(get_mask)             MASK=$(get_mask)
             GATEWAY=$(get_gateway)             GATEWAY=$(get_gateway)
-            echo "Writing" 
             gen_iface_conf > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${DEV}             gen_iface_conf > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${DEV}
           fi           fi
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