Prerequisites - Qlogic 3400 series User Manual

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Prerequisites

This chapter describes what you need to use OpenStack with VXLAN
configuration using the QLogic 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters.
You need the following knowledge and equipment:
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One or more QLogic 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters
NOTE
At the time of publication, support for the 45000 Series Adapters is
limited to the FastLinQ QL4521x 25GbE Adapters.
An understanding of OpenStack deployment and experience with Neutron
networking with flat mode.
An understanding of OpenStack configuration on Red Hat
documented here:
OpenStack (Juno):
http://docs.openstack.org/juno/install-guide/install/yum/content/
OpenStack (Kilo):
http://docs.openstack.org/kilo/install-guide/install/yum/content/
Open Stack (Liberty):
http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/install-guide-rdo/
Open Stack (Mitaka):
http://docs.openstack.org/mitaka/install-guide-rdo/
The Compute1 and Compute2 nodes must have one or more
3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters present in the system.
For each VM instance, the Red Hat 7 KVM Guest image tests the VXLAN
configurations, which support the 3400/8400/45000 Series Adapters' inbox
driver, as described here:
http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/ch_obtaining_images.html
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