Host Profile configuration for PTP over VF and ACC100.
Follow the procedure to create the host profile for PTP over VF and ACC100 device.
- On VMware Telco Cloud Automation, navigate to > > .
- To add a host profile, click Add.
- Provide a Profile Name. For example,
ptp-acc100-hostprofile
. - To add the SR-IOV device:
- Click Add Device under PCI Device Settings.
- Click Add Action under Device Details.
- To add the SRIOV device, select SR-IOV from the Type drop-down menu.
- To configure the value of Number of Virtual Functions, type the value of Number of Virtual Functions in the value field. For example, 8.
- To add the filter, click Add Filter. Add the key as alias and value as vmnic2.
- To add the ACC100 device:
- Click Add Device under PCI Device Settings.
- Click Add Action under Device Details.
- To add the ACC100 device, select SR-IOV from the Type drop-down menu.
- To configure the value of Number of Virtual Functions, type the value of Number of Virtual Functions in the value field. For example, 16.
- To add the action item for custom properties for ACC100 device, click Add Action under Device Details.
- Select CUSTOM from the Type drop-down menu.
- Add Key as devicetype and value as ACC100.
- To add the Configuration File value, click browse and navigate and select the acc100_config_vf_5g.cfg file. For details on the acc100_config_vf_5g.cfg, see Obtaining the Custom File for ACC100.
- To add the filter, click Add Filter.
To add the key-value, select the key from the key drop-down menu and type the corresponding value in the value field.
- To add the items, select the value from the key drop-down menu.
- To add the filter items, click Add Filter Item.
Note: Add the following key-value pairs:- Vendor ID: The vendor identification. For example, 0x8086 denotes the vendorid of Intel.
- Device ID: The device identification for the port used for PTP. For example, 0xd5c.
- To add the PCI device group, click ADD GROUP under PCI Device Groups.
- Provide the Device Group Name as
PTP
. - To add the filter, click ADD FILTER.
- Add two filters items in PCI Device Groups
Note:
- To add filter item, click the + icon available in the filter.
- Ensure that you add filter items. Do not add additional filters. If you click Add Filter, it adds additional filter and not the filter items.
- In the first filter item, select the key as
sriovEnabled
and enable it from the radio button. - In the second filter item, select the key as
alias
and the value as name of the physical interface which you want to use for PTP. For examplevmnic2
.Note: After you add the second filter item, ensure that you can see bothalias
andsriovEnabled
under a single filter. - Enter a value for the following fields in Reserved cores per NUMA node.
- Reserved cores per NUMA node. For example, 1.
- Reserved memory per NUMA node. For example, 512.
- Min core for CPU reservation per NUMA node., For example, 3.
- To save the profile, click Save.
Prerequisites
At present, only Intel E810 NICs supports PTP over VF. You can use any port of the E810 card for PTP over VF.