Make configurations on the Neutron controller for starting the Extreme EFA Mechanism Driver and L3 Service Plug-in, a journal-based plug-in.
extreme_efa_v2
and
extreme_l3_efa_v2
plug-ins use a journaling mechanism, extreme_efa_v2
, along with openvswitch
. In the
/etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini
file, add the following
lines:
[ml2] mechanism_drivers = openvswitch,extreme_efa_v2,sriovnicswitch
The configurations in the following table also affect the working of the
journaling mechanism, which is configured in /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini
.
Parameter | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
sync_timeout | Sync thread timeout in seconds or fraction. | 10 |
retry_count | Number of times to retry a row before failing. | 5 |
maintenance_interval | Journal maintenance operations interval in seconds. | 300 |
completed_rows_retention | Time to keep completed rows (in seconds). For performance reasons, do not change this from the default value (0) which indicates completed rows are not kept. This value is checked every maintenance_interval by the cleanup thread. To keep completed rows indefinitely, set the value to -1. |
0 |
journal_rows_threshold | Maximum number of journal rows allowed. If the number of rows exceeds this threshold, then the efa_health tool shows the status as down. | 1000 |
/etc/neutron/neutron.conf
file:
[DEFAULT] service_plugins = efa_topology_plugin,trunk,segments
/etc/neutron/neutron.conf
file:
[DEFAULT] service_plugins = extreme_l3_efa_v2,efa_topology_plugin,trunk,segments
Note
extreme_l3_efa_v2
is an L3 Service Plug-in and is a
replacement for the default L3 Service Plug-in (called router). Only one of
them should be used.neutron.conf
:
[service_providers] service_provider = L3_ROUTER_NAT:extremev2:networking_extreme.l3.l3_flavor_v2 .ExtremeL3ServiceProviderv2:default
Flavors require the default L3 Service Plug-in (called router
). In
other words, flavors can be used only when the service plug-in is router
.
service_plugins = router,efa_topology_plugin,trunk,segments
For more information, see L3 Flavors.