Use this information to start the OVS on the IPU.
Before you begin
- Installed a Napatech IPU in a server. See Installing a Napatech IPU.
- Programmed the IPU with an appropriate FPGA image. See OVS Offload Software FPGA Images.
- Remote SSH access to the SoC on the IPU via the management port or the USB port. See DN-1385.
- Installed the OVS Offload Software package. See Installing OVS Offload Software on the IPU.
About this task
The following scripts are included in the /opt/ipu_workload_ovs/bin
directory of the OVS Offload Software package.
- setup_ovs_bm.sh
- start_ovs_bm.sh
The provided scripts create an OVS bridge as shown in the following figure.
- The default rule action=NORMAL is set.
- The ovs-ofctl command can be used to add, delete and modify flow match actions on the bridge.
Note: The following prompts are used to indicate which part of the system to run the
provided commands on.
- soc#: The SoC on the IPU.
- host#: The server where the IPU is installed.