Merge "Documentation for bandwidth support"

Author: Zuul

api-guide/source/conf.py

@@ -286,4 +286,6 @@
 
 openstack_projects = [
     'nova',
+    'neutron',
+    'placement',
 ]

api-guide/source/index.rst

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Contents
     polling_changes
     request_and_response_formats
     down_cells
+    port_with_resource_request
 
 .. toctree::
     :hidden:

api-guide/source/port_with_resource_request.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+=================================
+Using ports with resource request
+=================================
+
+Starting from microversion 2.72 nova supports creating servers with neutron
+ports having resource request visible as a admin-only port attribute
+``resource_request``. For example a neutron port has resource request if it has
+a QoS minimum bandwidth rule attached. Deleting such servers or detaching such
+ports works since Stein version of nova without requiring any specific
+microversion.
+
+However the following API operations are still not supported in nova:
+
+* Creating servers with neutron networks having QoS minimum bandwidth rule is
+  not supported. The user needs to pre-create the port in that neutron network
+  and create the server with the pre-created port.
+
+* Attaching Neutron ports and networks having QoS minimum bandwidth rule is not
+  supported.
+
+* Moving (resizing, migrating, live-migrating, evacuating, unshelving after
+  shelve offload) servers with ports having resource request is not yet
+  supported.
+
+See :nova-doc:`the admin guide <admin/port_with_resource_request.html>` for
+administrative details.

doc/source/admin/adv-config.rst

@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ instance for these kind of workloads.
    huge-pages
    virtual-gpu
    file-backed-memory
+   port_with_resource_request

doc/source/admin/port_with_resource_request.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+=================================
+Using ports with resource request
+=================================
+
+Starting from microversion 2.72 nova supports creating servers with neutron
+ports having resource request visible as a admin-only port attribute
+``resource_request``. For example a neutron port has resource request if it has
+a QoS minimum bandwidth rule attached.
+
+The :neutron-doc:`Quality of Service (QoS): Guaranteed Bandwidth <admin/config-qos-min-bw.html>`
+document describes how to configure neutron to use this feature.
+
+Resource allocation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Nova collects and combines the resource request from each port in a boot
+request and sends one allocation candidate request to placement during
+scheduling so placement will make sure that the resource request of the ports
+are fulfilled. At the end of the scheduling nova allocates one candidate in
+placement. Therefore the requested resources for each port from a single boot
+request will be allocated under the server's allocation in placement.
+
+
+Resource Group policy
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Nova represents the resource request of each neutron port as a separate
+:placement-doc:`Granular Resource Request group <usage/provider-tree.html#granular-resource-requests>`
+when querying placement for allocation candidates. When a server create request
+includes more than one port with resource requests then more than one group
+will be used in the allocation candidate query. In this case placement requires
+to define the ``group_policy``. Today it is only possible via the
+``group_policy`` key of the :nova-doc:`flavor extra_spec <user/flavors.html>`.
+The possible values are ``isolate`` and ``none``.
+
+When the policy is set to ``isolate`` then each request group and therefore the
+resource request of each neutron port will be fulfilled from separate resource
+providers. In case of neutron ports with ``vnic_type=direct`` or
+``vnic_type=macvtap`` this means that each port will use a virtual function
+from different physical functions.
+
+When the policy is set to ``none`` then the resource request of the neutron
+ports can be fulfilled from overlapping resource providers. In case of neutron
+ports with ``vnic_type=direct`` or ``vnic_type=macvtap`` this means the ports
+may use virtual functions from the same physical function.
+
+For neutron ports with ``vnic_type=normal`` the group policy defines the
+collocation policy on OVS bridge level so ``group_policy=none`` is a reasonable
+default value in this case.
+
+If the ``group_policy`` is missing from the flavor then the server create
+request will fail with 'No valid host was found' and a warning describing the
+missing policy will be logged.
+
+Virt driver support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Supporting neutron ports with ``vnic_type=direct`` or ``vnic_type=macvtap``
+depends on the capability of the virt driver. For the supported virt drivers
+see the :nova-doc:`Support matrix <user/support-matrix.html#operation_port_with_resource_request>`
+
+If the virt driver on the compute host does not support the needed capability
+then the PCI claim will fail on the host and re-schedule will be triggered. It
+is suggested not to configure bandwidth inventory in the neutron agents on
+these compute hosts to avoid unnecessary reschedule.

doc/source/user/support-matrix.ini

@@ -1639,3 +1639,28 @@ driver.libvirt-vz-vm=missing
 driver.libvirt-vz-ct=missing
 driver.powervm=missing
 driver.zvm=missing
+
+[operation.port-with-resource-request]
+title=SR-IOV ports with resource request
+status=optional
+notes=To support neutron SR-IOV ports (vnic_type=direct or vnic_type=macvtap)
+  with resource request the virt driver needs to include the 'parent_ifname'
+  key in each subdict which represents a VF under the 'pci_passthrough_devices'
+  key in the dict returned from the ComputeDriver.get_available_resource()
+  call.
+cli=nova boot --nic port-id <neutron port with resource request> ...
+driver.xenserver=missing
+driver.libvirt-kvm-x86=complete
+driver.libvirt-kvm-aarch64=missing
+driver.libvirt-kvm-ppc64=missing
+driver.libvirt-kvm-s390x=missing
+driver.libvirt-qemu-x86=complete
+driver.libvirt-lxc=missing
+driver.libvirt-xen=missing
+driver.vmware=missing
+driver.hyperv=missing
+driver.ironic=missing
+driver.libvirt-vz-vm=missing
+driver.libvirt-vz-ct=missing
+driver.powervm=missing
+driver.zvm=missing