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Enabling OVS-DPDK on Native Ports

The Open Virtual Switch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) is an open source distributed, multilayer virtual switch that enables fast packet forwarding by enabling DPDK. You can enable OVS-DPDK to accelerate quick network function virtualization (NFV) deployment.

  1. Open Network Manager.
  2. Go to Advanced Settings > Network CPU Management > OVS-DPDK.
  3. Select Enable OVS-DPDK.
    Important:

    You must restart to finalize this step.

  4. Select the CPU socket from the drop-down list.
    Note:

    This setting is available only on models that support multiple CPU sockets.

  5. Select a CPU allocation method.

    Method

    Description

    Shared

    Allows you to share CPU cores with other applications and services.

    Dedicated

    Allows you to dedicate CPU cores to the native port. Dedicated cores are not available to external NIC ports.
  6. Select the required number of CPU cores.
  7. Click Apply.

    Network Manager applies the changes.

  8. Restart the QNE device.
  9. Open Network Manager.
  10. Go to Advanced Settings > Network CPU Management > Enabled Ports.
  11. Assign the VNF ports to the native port.
  12. Click Apply.

Network Manager enables OVS-DPDK acceleration on the selected native ports.