After onboarding and configuring the network function CSAR, instantiate the network function for the STS card.

Prerequisites

Ensure that a port group for STS ports is created on vCenter Server.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Catalog > Network Function in the TCA UI.
  2. Create a network function instance for the STS card by clicking Instantiate.

    For more information about the instantiation process, see the Telco Cloud Automation User Guide.

What to do next

After the network function (for example, testnf) is instantiated successfully, do the following tasks:

  1. Log in to the worker node VM.

  2. Check the output of the worker node using 'ip a' and verify that the names of STS devices and the network interface (for example, sts-ethX) are as per the CSAR.

    Sample output of worker node 'ip a':
capv@wc-sts2-new-np2-7b5949fc5-79vnk [ ~ ]$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:e2:c9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.208.71.185/27 brd 10.208.71.191 scope global dynamic eth0
       valid_lft 5335sec preferred_lft 5335sec
    inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe80:e2c9/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: sts-eth6: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:19:75 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: sts-eth5: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:b9:11 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
7: sts-eth8: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:3b:03 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
8: cirename4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:44:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe80:4400/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
9: sts-eth3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:fa:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fe80:fa5d/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
10: sts-eth4: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:ba:33 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
12: sts-eth2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:df:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
13: sts-eth7: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:80:7e:b8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
14: sts-eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc prio state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:e0:ed:f0:22:8c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fef0:228c/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
15: ovs-system: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 56:2b:c5:7a:12:e8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::542b:c5ff:fe7a:12e8/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
16: genev_sys_6081: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65000 qdisc noqueue master ovs-system state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 5e:c7:03:fe:69:a4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::5cc7:3ff:fefe:69a4/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
17: antrea-gw0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1450 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 4e:66:99:68:28:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 100.96.9.1/24 brd 100.96.9.255 scope global antrea-gw0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::4c66:99ff:fe68:28fd/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
18: antrea-egress0: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
    link/ether d2:2d:f2:ed:ca:20 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::d02d:f2ff:feed:ca20/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
19: testnf-d-dc450e@if3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1450 qdisc noqueue master ovs-system state UP group default
    link/ether 62:d7:f8:2f:08:9a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netns cni-9a4bdd08-cd06-04df-657d-9445da66529b
    inet6 fe80::60d7:f8ff:fe2f:89a/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever