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Add warning to alert customers on the CPU impact due to IPSec policies

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Change-Id: Ib04943a119b807912e55314b168f381c6644c3c2
Signed-off-by: Ngairangbam Mili <ngairangbam.mili@windriver.com>
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doc/source/security/kubernetes/configure-ipsec-for-selected-inter-host-pod-to-pod-traffic-usi-8cb9b4342b5d.rst
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Configure IPsec for Selected Inter-host Pod-to-pod Traffic using IPsec Policies
===============================================================================
.. note::
Configuring IPSec policies on pod‑to‑pod traffic may degrade the CPU
performance. Refer to the following approximate pod and node impacts for
both transmitting and receiving sides based on the traffic rate between 25
Mbps and 500 Mbps.
+-----+--------------+-------------+
| | Transmit | Receive |
+-----+--------------+-------------+
| Pod | 50-100% | 0% |
+-----+--------------+-------------+
| Node| 30-90% | 5-40% |
+-----+--------------+-------------+
Ensure that adequate resources are available to support sustained and peak
inter‑node traffic.
.. rubric:: |prereq|
The ipsec-policy-operator application must be installed and in the applied
state before configuring the IPsec policies |CRD|. To apply the application,
see :ref:`install-ipsec-policy-operator-system-application-95ae437a67e2`.
.. rubric:: |proc|
#. Create the IPsec policy.

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doc/source/security/kubernetes/install-ipsec-policy-operator-system-application-95ae437a67e2.rst
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Once the system application is installed, ``ipsecpolicies.starlingx.io`` |CRD|
will be created.
.. note::
Configuring IPSec policies on pod‑to‑pod traffic may degrade the CPU
performance. Refer to the following approximate pod and node impacts for
both transmitting and receiving sides based on the traffic rate between 25
Mbps and 500 Mbps.
+-----+--------------+-------------+
| | Transmit | Receive |
+-----+--------------+-------------+
| Pod | 50-100% | 0% |
+-----+--------------+-------------+
| Node| 30-90% | 5-40% |
+-----+--------------+-------------+
Ensure that adequate resources are available to support sustained and peak
inter‑node traffic.