Set up the Linux environment and install OVS Offload Software 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.
- Placed the ipu_workload_ovs-<version>-linux.tar.gz package in the /opt/ directory, where version is the version identifier of the package.
About this task
This describes commands to build, install the DPDK and the OVS, configure the environment variables and activate the path to libraries on the IPU.
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.