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diff --git a/doc/source/admin/vdpa.rst b/doc/source/admin/vdpa.rst index 8583d327cc..d293cda93f 100644 --- a/doc/source/admin/vdpa.rst +++ b/doc/source/admin/vdpa.rst @@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Using ports vnic_type='vdpa' Introduced support for vDPA. +.. versionadded:: 26.0.0 (Zed) + + Added support for most instance move operations (except live migration), + and the interface attach/detach operations. + .. important:: The functionality described below is only supported by the libvirt/KVM virt driver. @@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ vDPA support depends on kernel 5.7+, Libvirt 6.9.0+ and QEMU 5.1+. vDPA lifecycle operations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -At this time vDPA ports can only be added to a VM when it is first created. +To boot a VM with vDPA ports they must first be created in neutron. To do this the normal SR-IOV workflow is used where by the port is first created in neutron and passed into nova as part of the server create request. @@ -71,22 +76,3 @@ in neutron and passed into nova as part of the server create request. openstack port create --network <my network> --vnic-type vdpa vdpa-port openstack server create --flavor <my-flavor> --image <my-image> --port <vdpa-port uuid> vdpa-vm - -When vDPA support was first introduced no move operations were supported. -As this documentation was added in the change that enabled some move operations -The following should be interpreted both as a retrospective and future looking -viewpoint and treated as a living document which will be updated as functionality evolves. - -23.0.0: initial support is added for creating a VM with vDPA ports, move operations -are blocked in the API but implemented in code. -26.0.0: support for all move operation except live migration is tested and api blocks are removed. -25.x.y: (planned) api block removal backported to stable/Yoga -24.x.y: (planned) api block removal backported to stable/Xena -23.x.y: (planned) api block removal backported to stable/wallaby -26.0.0: (in progress) interface attach/detach, suspend/resume and hot plug live migration -are implemented to fully support all lifecycle operations on instances with vDPA ports. - -.. note:: - The ``(planned)`` and ``(in progress)`` qualifiers will be removed when those items are - completed. If your current version of the document contains those qualifiers then those - lifecycle operations are unsupported. |