Qlogic 3400 series User Manual

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4 83840-546-03 B4 VXLAN Configuration withthe QLogic3400/8400/45000 SeriesAdaptersThis chapter describes how to install packages, configure the system, andconfigure VXLAN using the QLogic 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters.QLogic FastLinQ 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters deliver assists and offloadsfor VXLAN in OpenStack deployments that enable efficient distribution of networktransmit and receive processing for VXLAN traffic across servers with multipleCPU cores. With QLogic VXLAN Overlay acceleration, the adapters provide theability to distribute workloads efficiently across all processor cores and delivermaximum performance without burdening the host CPU.QLogic recommends updating the 3400/8400 Series networking driver to thelatest available out-of-box driver (see “Downloading Updates” on page viii) formaximum performance in OpenStack VXLAN deployments.Installing Required Packages and SystemConfigurationsTo install the required packages and configure the system:1. Enable and start the libvirtd service on the Compute1 and Compute2nodes by issuing the following command:# systemctl enable libvirtd && systemctl start libvirtd2. Verify that KVM kernel modules are loaded by issuing the followingcommands:# lsmod | grep kvmkvmkvm_<arch>