Reference Architecture Guide—Red Hat OpenStack Platform Version 16.1

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  Notes, cautions, and warnings

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  Copyright

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  Overview
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  Dell EMC Reference Architecture Guide 16.1
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  Hardware options
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  Networking and network services
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  JetPack automation toolkit
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  OpenStack architecture

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  BIOS and firmware compatibility
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  Tested BIOS and firmware

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  Server options
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge R650 server
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 server
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge XR11 server
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge XR12 server
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 server
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd
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  Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 server
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  Dell EMC VxFlex R740xd servers
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  Dell EMC Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 server

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  Configuring PowerEdge R-Series hardware
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  Configuring the SAH node
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  Configuring Overcloud nodes

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  Storage options
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  Storage options overview
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  Local storage
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  Dell EMC PowerFlex storage
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  Red Hat Ceph storage
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  Dell EMC Unity storage
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  Dell EMC SC series storage
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  Dell EMC PowerMax storage
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  Dell EMC PowerStore

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  Network architecture
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  Network architecture overview
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  Infrastructure layouts
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  Network components

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  Network Function Virtualization (NFV) support
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  NUMA Optimization and CPU pinning
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  Hugepages
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  OVS-DPDK
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  SR-IOV
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  SR-IOV OVS-hardware-offload with VF-LAG
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  Distributed Virtual Router (DVR)

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  Additional Red Hat / OpenStack features
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  Barbican
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  Octavia
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  Satellite

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  Distributed Compute Nodes (DCN)
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  Overview
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  DCN topology example
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  Red Hat OpenStack Platform and DCN further reading
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  Hardware options
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  Service layout
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  Deployment overview
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  DCN solution architecture
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  Solution expansion

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  Operational notes
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  High availability (HA)
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  Service layout
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  Deployment overview

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  Solution architecture
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  Solution common settings
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  Solution with 25GbE/100GbE networking overview

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  Bill of materials (BOM)
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  Nodes overview
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  Bill of Materials for Dell EMC PowerEdge R-Series solution
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  Bill of Materials for Dell EMC PowerEdge R-Series — DCN
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  Subscriptions and network switches in the solution

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  Bill of materials - legacy Dell EMC servers
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  Bill of Materials for Dell EMC PowerEdge R-Series - Mellanox
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  Bill of Materials for Dell EMC PowerEdge R-Series solution — Intel NICs
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  Bill of Materials for Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd — PowerFlex
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  Bill of Materials for Dell EMC PowerEdge R-Series solution — Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

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  References

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  Glossary