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**Limitations**
* Attaching SR-IOV ports to existing servers is not currently supported, see
`bug 1708433 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1708433>`_ for details.
* Attaching SR-IOV ports to existing servers is not currently supported.
This is now rejected by the API but previously it fail later in the
process. See `bug 1708433 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1708433>`_
for details.
* Cold migration (resize) of servers with SR-IOV devices attached was not
supported until the 14.0.0 Newton release, see
`bug 1512800 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1512880>`_ for details.
To enable PCI passthrough, follow the steps below:
#. Configure nova-scheduler (Controller)
#. Configure nova-api (Controller)**
#. Configure a flavor (Controller)
#. Enable PCI passthrough (Compute)
#. Configure PCI devices in nova-compute (Compute)
To enable PCI passthrough, follow the steps below.
.. note::
The PCI device with address ``0000:41:00.0`` is used as an example. This
will differ between environments.
The PCI device with address ``0000:41:00.0``, the vendor ID of ``8086`` and
the product ID of ``154d`` is used as an example. This will differ between
environments.
Configure nova-scheduler (Controller)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Configure ``nova-scheduler`` as specified in :neutron-doc:`Configure
nova-scheduler
<admin/config-sriov.html#configure-nova-scheduler-controller>`.
Configure ``nova-scheduler`` (Controller)
-----------------------------------------
#. Restart the ``nova-scheduler`` service.
The :program:`nova-scheduler` service must be configured to enable the
``PciPassthroughFilter``. To do this, add this filter to the list of filters
specified in :oslo.config:option:`filter_scheduler.enabled_filters` and set
:oslo.config:option:`filter_scheduler.available_filters` to the default of
``nova.scheduler.filters.all_filters``. For example:
Configure nova-api (Controller)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: ini
#. Specify the PCI alias for the device.
[filter_scheduler]
enabled_filters = ...,PciPassthroughFilter
available_filters = nova.scheduler.filters.all_filters
Configure a PCI alias ``a1`` to request a PCI device with a ``vendor_id`` of
``0x8086`` and a ``product_id`` of ``0x154d``. The ``vendor_id`` and
``product_id`` correspond the PCI device with address ``0000:41:00.0``.
Once done, restart the :program:`nova-scheduler` service.
Edit ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``:
.. code-block:: ini
.. _pci-passthrough-alias:
[pci]
alias = { "vendor_id":"8086", "product_id":"154d", "device_type":"type-PF", "name":"a1" }
Configure ``nova-api`` (Controller)
-----------------------------------
Refer to :oslo.config:option:`pci.alias` for syntax information.
PCI devices are requested through flavor extra specs, specifically via the
``pci_passthrough:alias`` flavor extra spec. However, the aliases themselves
must be configured. This done via the :oslo.config:option:`pci.alias`
configuration option. For example, to configure a PCI alias ``a1`` to request
a PCI device with a vendor ID of ``0x8086`` and a product ID of ``0x154d``:
#. Restart the ``nova-api`` service.
.. code-block:: ini
Configure a flavor (Controller)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[pci]
alias = { "vendor_id":"8086", "product_id":"154d", "device_type":"type-PF", "name":"a1" }
Configure a flavor to request two PCI devices, each with ``vendor_id`` of
``0x8086`` and ``product_id`` of ``0x154d``:
Refer to :oslo.config:option:`pci.alias` for syntax information.
Once configured, restart the :program:`nova-api` service.
.. important::
This option must also be configured on compute nodes. This is discussed later
in this document.
Configure a flavor (API)
------------------------
Once the alias has been configured, it can be used for an flavor extra spec.
For example, to request two of the PCI devices referenced by alias ``a1``, run:
.. code-block:: console
# openstack flavor set m1.large --property "pci_passthrough:alias"="a1:2"
$ openstack flavor set m1.large --property "pci_passthrough:alias"="a1:2"
For more information about the syntax for ``pci_passthrough:alias``, refer to
:ref:`Flavors <extra-spec-pci-passthrough>`.
Enable PCI passthrough (Compute)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enable VT-d and IOMMU. For more information, refer to steps one and two in
:neutron-doc:`Create Virtual Functions
<admin/config-sriov.html#create-virtual-functions-compute>`.
Configure host (Compute)
------------------------
For Hyper-V compute nodes, the requirements are as follows:
To enable PCI passthrough on an x86, Linux-based compute node, the following
are required:
* Windows 10 or Windows / Hyper-V Server 2016 or newer.
* VT-d and SR-IOV enabled on the host.
* Assignable PCI devices.
* VT-d enabled in the BIOS
* IOMMU enabled on the host OS, by adding the ``intel_iommu=on`` or
``amd_iommu=on`` parameter to the kernel parameters
* Assignable PCIe devices
To enable PCI passthrough on a Hyper-V compute node, the following are
required:
* Windows 10 or Windows / Hyper-V Server 2016 or newer
* VT-d enabled on the host
* Assignable PCI devices
In order to check the requirements above and if there are any assignable PCI
devices, run the following Powershell commands:
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.. __: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/passing-through-devices-to-hyper-v-vms-by-using-discrete-device-assignment/
Configure PCI devices (Compute)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#. Configure ``nova-compute`` to allow the PCI device to pass through to
VMs. Edit ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``:
Configure ``nova-compute`` (Compute)
------------------------------------
.. code-block:: ini
Once PCI passthrough has been configured for the host, :program:`nova-compute`
must be configured to allow the PCI device to pass through to VMs. This is done
using the :oslo.config:option:`pci.passthrough_whitelist` option. For example,
to enable passthrough of a specific device using its address:
[pci]
passthrough_whitelist = { "address": "0000:41:00.0" }
.. code-block:: ini
Alternatively specify multiple PCI devices using whitelisting:
[pci]
passthrough_whitelist = { "address": "0000:41:00.0" }
.. code-block:: ini
Refer to :oslo.config:option:`pci.passthrough_whitelist` for syntax information.
[pci]
passthrough_whitelist = { "vendor_id": "8086", "product_id": "10fb" }
Alternatively, to enable passthrough of all devices with the same product and
vendor ID:
All PCI devices matching the ``vendor_id`` and ``product_id`` are added to
the pool of PCI devices available for passthrough to VMs.
.. code-block:: ini
Refer to :oslo.config:option:`pci.passthrough_whitelist` for syntax
information.
[pci]
passthrough_whitelist = { "vendor_id": "8086", "product_id": "154d" }
#. Specify the PCI alias for the device.
If using vendor and product IDs, all PCI devices matching the ``vendor_id`` and
``product_id`` are added to the pool of PCI devices available for passthrough
to VMs.
From the Newton release, to resize guest with PCI device, configure the PCI
alias on the compute node as well.
In addition, it is necessary to configure the :oslo.config:option:`pci.alias`
option on the compute node too. This is required to allow resizes of guests
with PCI devices. This should be identical to the alias configured
:ref:`previously <pci-passthrough-alias>`. For example:
Configure a PCI alias ``a1`` to request a PCI device with a ``vendor_id`` of
``0x8086`` and a ``product_id`` of ``0x154d``. The ``vendor_id`` and
``product_id`` correspond the PCI device with address ``0000:41:00.0``.
.. code-block:: ini
Edit ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``:
[pci]
alias = { "vendor_id":"8086", "product_id":"154d", "device_type":"type-PF", "name":"a1" }
.. code-block:: ini
Refer to :oslo.config:option:`pci.alias` for syntax information.
[pci]
alias = { "vendor_id":"8086", "product_id":"154d", "device_type":"type-PF", "name":"a1" }
Once configured, restart the :program:`nova-compute` service.
Refer to :oslo.config:option:`pci.alias` for syntax information.
#. Restart the ``nova-compute`` service.
Create instances with PCI passthrough devices
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
---------------------------------------------
The ``nova-scheduler`` selects a destination host that has PCI devices
available with the specified ``vendor_id`` and ``product_id`` that matches the
``alias`` from the flavor.
The :program:`nova-scheduler` service selects a destination host that has PCI
devices available that match the ``alias`` specified in the flavor.
.. code-block:: console