Ok I finally figured this out. Mellanox ConnectX6 DPDK is now working and
forwarding packets as expected.
*Original problem definition:* Mellanox interfaces would not forward ports.
*Actual problem definition: *Packets were never getting to OVS from the
ingress Mellanox interface.
*Cause: *
The pro
An update on this.
Was able to get packets to forward through OVS. The issue was two fold.
1) We were using Ixia Breaking Point to generate traffic. some strange
behavior on the switch that the traffic traversed before reaching our host
with OVS on it required adjustments of the MAC addresses for t
David,
Thanks again for the reply.
> $ dpdk-pmdinfo.py $(which ovs-vswitchd) | grep -A1 'PMD NAME: mlx5'
Running `sudo dpdk-pmdinfo.py $(which ovs-vswitchd)` returns nothing, not
sure if that matters. But based on what you're suggesting, the Mellanox
cards drivers should be connected with usersp
On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 10:52 PM Dave Houser wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I was able to correct the DPDK NUMA warning. I am not sure what happened in
> my original compiling of DPDK but the grep lines you had above were not
> showing. I --reconfigured as root and was able to grep those define lines.
>
Forgot to include ovs-discussion with above update.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 4:51 PM Dave Houser wrote:
> David,
>
> I was able to correct the DPDK NUMA warning. I am not sure what happened
> in my original compiling of DPDK but the grep lines you had above were not
> showing. I --reconfigured as
On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 3:29 PM Dave Houser wrote:
> > You need to install libnuma-dev, then reconfigure your DPDK build
> > directory (or erase your build directory and start from scratch), and
> > finally recompile DPDK.
> > Once done, relink your OVS binaries against this fresh DPDK.
>
> libnum
Thanks David for the reply,
> You need to install libnuma-dev, then reconfigure your DPDK build
> directory (or erase your build directory and start from scratch), and
> finally recompile DPDK.
> Once done, relink your OVS binaries against this fresh DPDK.
libnuma-dev was already installed. Its b
Hello,
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 5:35 PM Dave Houser wrote:
> DPDK version: 21.11.1
> OVS version: 2.17.2
> OS: ubuntu 18.04
> Kernel: 4.15.0-188-generic
>
> DPDK and OVS were compiled from source.
>
> I am running into a number of issues trying to get OVS to work with DPDK /
> Mellanox ConnectX
Hello,
DPDK version: 21.11.1
OVS version: 2.17.2
OS: ubuntu 18.04
Kernel: 4.15.0-188-generic
DPDK and OVS were compiled from source.
I am running into a number of issues trying to get OVS to work with DPDK /
Mellanox ConnectX6, can someone assist with the following problems below?
1) After re
