Unable to configure DPDK on Red Hat Open Stack 10 setup.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to configure DPDK. From ovs-vsctl show output:
# ovs-vsctl show

    Bridge "br-link0"
        Controller "tcp:127.0.0.1:6633"
            is_connected: true
        fail_mode: secure
        Port "dpdk0"
            Interface "dpdk0"
                type: dpdk
                error: "could not open network device dpdk0 (Address family not supported by protocol)"  <====
        Port "phy-br-link0"
            Interface "phy-br-link0"
                type: patch
                options: {peer="int-br-link0"}
        Port "br-link0"
            Interface "br-link0"
                type: internal
# tail /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log 
2016-12-21T08:40:53.574Z|00712|netdev|WARN|could not create netdev dpdk0 of unknown type dpdk
2016-12-21T08:40:53.574Z|00713|bridge|WARN|could not open network device dpdk0 (Address family not supported by protocol)
2016-12-21T08:40:53.686Z|00714|netdev|WARN|could not create netdev dpdk1 of unknown type dpdk
2016-12-21T08:40:53.686Z|00715|bridge|WARN|could not open network device dpdk1 (Address family not supported by protocol)
2016-12-21T08:40:53.686Z|00716|netdev|WARN|could not create netdev dpdk0 of unknown type dpdk
2016-12-21T08:40:53.686Z|00717|bridge|WARN|could not open network device dpdk0 (Address family not supported by protocol)

# cat /proc/meminfo | grep Huge
AnonHugePages:    874496 kB
HugePages_Total:      32
HugePages_Free:       32
HugePages_Rsvd:        0
HugePages_Surp:        0
Hugepagesize:    1048576 kB

Environment

  • Red Hat Open Stack10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.3
  • ovs2.5.0+dpdk(intel 82599)

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