True. A 2port 10GE NIC is ~500 $US. I've already updated the wiki :)

Thanks again, Frank

From: Bryan Sullivan [mailto:bls...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Mittwoch, 16. August 2017 15:36
To: Frank Brockners (fbrockne) <fbroc...@cisco.com>; Fatih Degirmenci 
<fatih.degirme...@ericsson.com>; opnfv-tech-discuss@lists.opnfv.org
Subject: Re: [infra] Proposal for LaaS Hardware

Re budget I don't think 2 or 4 NICs will have much impact given the type of 
servers we are talking about here (datacenter, production-grade servers). Most 
I have seen come with 4 NICs onboard and often dedicated IPMI.

Thanks,
Bryan Sullivan
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From: Frank Brockners (fbrockne) <fbroc...@cisco.com<mailto:fbroc...@cisco.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 3:36 AM
To: Bryan Sullivan; Fatih Degirmenci; 
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Subject: RE: [infra] Proposal for LaaS Hardware

Bryan,

Thanks for raising an important point. IMHO 2 NICs are the minimal setup. This 
allows for performance focused setups (i.e. traffic enters on one NIC and 
leaves on another NIC), and it also allows for setups where you use the NICs 
for different purposes (e.g. dedicate a NIC to the kernel, and another one to 
VPP).

We can of course handle all three "types" of networks (admin, public, 
tenant/private) using VLAN/VLAN-ranges - but for some deployments a physical 
decoupling might ease things.

Per your suggestion: In order to allow for better flexibility, let's plan with 
3 NICs for now. We can always scale back in case there are budget constraints.

Lights-out-management is something that is often vendor specific - and it may, 
or may not require a dedicated port (IPMI 2.0 even runs over VLANs) - but as 
part of the requirements list, we should spell out that lights-out-management 
is something we absolutely require. I'll update the wiki accordingly.

Thanks, Frank



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 [mailto:opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Sullivan
Sent: Dienstag, 15. August 2017 22:58
To: Fatih Degirmenci 
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Subject: Re: [opnfv-tech-discuss] [infra] Proposal for LaaS Hardware

Fatih,

Do "2 x 10 Gbps NICs" suffice for Pharos POD servers? I thought the NIC 
requirements were more substantial. IMO we should require at least IPMI + 3 
NICs (Admin/PXE, Private, Public).

The lab we are building as described at 
https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/joid/MAAS+as+Lab+Admin+Server will be designed 
that way. Our vision for how we will use this lab (initially, for internal 
development/CI activities only) is very similar to your vision for LaaS dynamic 
assignment of server resources. We plan to use MAAS, Ansible, and Jenkins to 
manage the admin and distribution of development/CI/etc activities across these 
servers.

Thanks,
Bryan Sullivan
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<opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org<mailto:opnfv-tech-discuss-boun...@lists.opnfv.org>>
 on behalf of Fatih Degirmenci 
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Subject: [opnfv-tech-discuss] [infra] Proposal for LaaS Hardware

Hi,

Please see the proposal regarding the number of servers and hardware specs for 
LaaS from the links below.

*       Number of x86 and ARM servers: 
https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/INF/Lab+as+a+Service#LabasaService-LaaS-NumberofServers
*       Definition of hardware for x86 and ARM: 
https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/INF/Lab+as+a+Service#LabasaService-LaaSHardware

Please share your thoughts, comments and questions either by replying to this 
mail, directly on Wiki page, or by joining the Infra WG Meeting on August 21st 
where this topic will be discussed.

/Fatih

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