Onboard a Network Function CSAR

Onboard a new network function CSAR and configure it to add the STS PF/VF and USB devices.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Catalog > Network Function in the TCA UI.
2. Onboard the network function CSAR.
3. Click the onboarded network function.
4. Edit the network function and add the devices under Infrastructure Requirements:
   1. Add STS PF0 of PCI passthrough type.
      
      
      
   2. Add VFs as SR-IOV Network Adapters for other PFs of the STS card.
      
      
      
   3. Enable 'Silicom STS' to automatically add three USB devices for the STS card.

      Note: The Product ID and Vendor ID of these USB devices are fixed for the STS card.

      
      
      
   4. Save the network function.

      Note: You can also directly edit the CSAR instead of using UI.

      Sample CSAR details:

                  passthrough_devices:
                    - device_type: NIC
                      pf_group: ptp1
                      interfaceName: sts-eth1
                      isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                  network:
                    devices:
                      - deviceType: sriov
                        networkName: sts
                        pf_group: ptp2
                        resourceName: sts_eth2
                        interfaceName: sts-eth2
                        isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                      - deviceType: sriov
                        networkName: sts
                        pf_group: ptp3
                        interfaceName: sts-eth3
                        resourceName: sts_eth3
                        isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                      - deviceType: sriov
                        networkName: sts
                        pf_group: ptp4
                        interfaceName: sts-eth4
                        resourceName: sts_eth4
                        isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                      - deviceType: sriov
                        networkName: sts
                        pf_group: ptp5
                        interfaceName: sts-eth5
                        resourceName: sts_eth5
                        isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                      - deviceType: sriov
                        networkName: sts
                        pf_group: ptp6
                        interfaceName: sts-eth6
                        resourceName: sts_eth6
                        isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                      - deviceType: sriov
                        networkName: sts
                        pf_group: ptp7
                        interfaceName: sts-eth7
                        resourceName: sts_eth7
                        isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                      - deviceType: sriov
                        networkName: sts
                        pf_group: ptp8
                        interfaceName: sts-eth8
                        resourceName: sts_eth8
                        isSharedAcrossNuma: true
                  usb_devices:
                    - vendorID: '0x1546'
                      productID: '0x01a9'
                    - vendorID: '0x1374'
                      productID: '0x0001'
                    - vendorID: '0x0403'
                      productID: '0x6015'

5. Edit the network function, click VNFD.yaml (CSAR) under Resources.
6. Disable the PTP service on the worker node by removing the following linuxptp, ptp4l and phc2sys settings from the CSAR.

          - name: linuxptp
            version: 3.1-1.ph3    
   
             ptp:
                 phc2sys:
                   source: file
                   content: ../Artifacts/scripts/phc2sys
                 ptp4l:
                   source: input
                   content: PTP4L_CONFIG_FILE