Thanks Matt,

Below are the details of my server BIOS, Currently in my Server  Bios Version: SE5C610.86B.01.01.0014.121820151719, 
Please suggest which version of Bios we can use & this version is up-gradable or not with required version.
                       
#################################################################
compute-0:/home/wrsroot# dmidecode -t1
# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
        Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
        Product Name: S2600WT2
        Version: ....................
        Serial Number: ............
        UUID: 803BBEFB-BFC1-E511-906E-0012795D96DD
        Wake-up Type: Power Switch
        SKU Number: SKU Number
        Family: Family
#############################################################################

################################################################################
compute-0:/home/wrsroot# sudo dmidecode --type bios
# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: Intel Corporation
        Version: SE5C610.86B.01.01.0014.121820151719
        Release Date: 12/18/2015
        Address: 0xF0000
        Runtime Size: 64 kB
        ROM Size: 16384 kB
        Characteristics:
                PCI is supported
                PNP is supported
                BIOS is upgradeable
                BIOS shadowing is allowed
                Boot from CD is supported
                Selectable boot is supported
                EDD is supported
                5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
                Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
                8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
                Serial services are supported (int 14h)
                Printer services are supported (int 17h)
                CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
                ACPI is supported
                USB legacy is supported
                LS-120 boot is supported
                ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
                BIOS boot specification is supported
                Function key-initiated network boot is supported
                Targeted content distribution is supported
                UEFI is supported
        BIOS Revision: 0.0
        Firmware Revision: 0.0

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
        Language Description Format: Abbreviated
        Installable Languages: 1
                enUS
        Currently Installed Language: enUS
########################################################################################################

Regards,
Himanshu Goyal

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:55 PM Peters, Matt <Matt.Peters@windriver.com> wrote:

Based on the logs, it looks like you have an older system that doesn’t fully support VT-d IOMMU remapping.  You can try updating your BIOS if there is a newer version available.  We don’t currently support setting arbitrary module parameters, so we don’t have a way to implement the workaround module param specified in the logs (i.e. disabling interrupt remapping).

 

Maybe there are others on the distribution list that could offer additional suggestions.  

 

From: Himanshu Goyal <himanshugoyal500@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 11:32 AM
To: "Peters, Matt" <Matt.Peters@windriver.com>
Cc: "Hu, Yong" <yong.hu@intel.com>, "starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io" <starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io>
Subject: Re: [Starlingx-discuss] Deployment Option (error: compute boot in loop)

 

Hi Peters,

 

Please find output of required command in attached file.

 

Regards,

Himanshu Goyal 

 

Regards,

Himanshu Goyal

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 6:56 PM Peters, Matt <Matt.Peters@windriver.com> wrote:

Can you confirm that VT-d is enabled properly by running the following?

 

dmesg | grep -i -e DMAR -e IOMMU

 

From: Himanshu Goyal <himanshugoyal500@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 8:19 AM
To: "Peters, Matt" <Matt.Peters@windriver.com>
Cc: "Hu, Yong" <yong.hu@intel.com>, "starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io" <starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io>
Subject: Re: [Starlingx-discuss] Deployment Option (error: compute boot in loop)

 

Hi Peters,

 

Error logs ovs-vswitched.log:

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2019-01-24T18:42:04.213Z|00830|dpdk|INFO|EAL: PCI device 0000:02:00.0 on NUMA socket 0

2019-01-24T18:42:04.213Z|00831|dpdk|INFO|EAL:   probe driver: 8086:10fb net_ixgbe

2019-01-24T18:42:04.215Z|00832|dpdk|ERR|EAL:   0000:02:00.0 failed to select IOMMU type

2019-01-24T18:42:04.215Z|00833|dpdk|ERR|EAL: Driver cannot attach the device (0000:02:00.0)

2019-01-24T18:42:04.215Z|00834|netdev_dpdk|WARN|Error attaching device '0000:02:00.0' to DPDK

2019-01-24T18:42:04.215Z|00835|netdev|WARN|eth0: could not set configuration (Invalid argument)

########################################

 

Please find attached log file also.

 

Regards,

Himanshu Goyal

 

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 6:32 PM Peters, Matt <Matt.Peters@windriver.com> wrote:

The name of eth0 is correct.  It is just an assigned name by configuration management.

 

What err logs are present in /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log?

 

From: Himanshu Goyal <himanshugoyal500@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 6:52 AM
To: "Hu, Yong" <yong.hu@intel.com>
Cc: "starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io" <starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io>
Subject: Re: [Starlingx-discuss] Deployment Option (error: compute boot in loop)

 

Thanks a lot Yong,

 

Checked OVS/DPDK status, It is giving me the error as output shown below:

In br-phy0 is attaching a port name as eth0, but my compute port name is ens513f0, i think that may be the issue. 

 

################################################################################# 

ovs-vsctl show output:

compute-0:/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts$ sudo ovs-vsctl show

543d08f4-ff1e-4a8d-8e48-11f01356750d

    Manager "ptcp:6640:127.0.0.1"

        is_connected: true

    Bridge "br-phy0"

        Controller "tcp:127.0.0.1:6633"

            is_connected: true

        fail_mode: secure

        Port "phy-br-phy0"

            Interface "phy-br-phy0"

                type: patch

                options: {peer="int-br-phy0"}

        Port "br-phy0"

            Interface "br-phy0"

                type: internal

        Port "lldpabeb30a6-6c"

            Interface "lldpabeb30a6-6c"

                type: internal

        Port "eth0"

            Interface "eth0"

                type: dpdk

                options: {dpdk-devargs="0000:02:00.0", n_rxq="2"}

                error: "Error attaching device '0000:02:00.0' to DPDK"

    Bridge br-int

        Controller "tcp:127.0.0.1:6633"

            is_connected: true

        fail_mode: secure

        Port "int-br-phy0"

            Interface "int-br-phy0"

                type: patch

                options: {peer="phy-br-phy0"}

        Port br-int

            Interface br-int

                type: internal

    ovs_version: "2.9.0"

#####################################################################################################

 

##############################################################################

Output of dpdk-devbind.py:

 

compute-0:/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts$ python /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/dpdk-devbind.py --status

 

Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver

============================================

0000:02:00.0 '82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection 10fb' drv=vfio-pci unused=

 

Network devices using kernel driver

===================================

0000:02:00.1 '82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection 10fb' if=ens513f1 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci *Active*

0000:04:00.0 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection 1521' if=enp4s0f0 drv=igb unused=vfio-pci

0000:04:00.3 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection 1521' if=enp4s0f3 drv=igb unused=vfio-pci

 

Other Network devices

=====================

<none>

 

Crypto devices using DPDK-compatible driver

===========================================

<none>

 

Crypto devices using kernel driver

==================================

<none>

 

Other Crypto devices

====================

<none>

 

Eventdev devices using DPDK-compatible driver

=============================================

<none>

 

Eventdev devices using kernel driver

====================================

<none>

 

Other Eventdev devices

======================

<none>

 

Mempool devices using DPDK-compatible driver

============================================

<none>

 

Mempool devices using kernel driver

===================================

<none>

 

Other Mempool devices

=====================

<none>

compute-0:/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts$

 #############################################################

 

Both management and OAM ports support DPDK.

 

lspci output:

##################################################

compute-0:/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts$ lspci -nn | grep Eth

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection [8086:10fb] (rev 01)

02:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection [8086:10fb] (rev 01)

04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1521] (rev 01)

04:00.3 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1521] (rev 01)

###############################################################

compute-0:/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts$

 

 

Many Thanks,

Himanshu Goyal

 

 

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:24 PM Hu, Yong <yong.hu@intel.com> wrote:

I saw you enabled VT-D, how about VT-x in BIOS?

 

Another possibility is that your ethernet NIC is not compatible with OVS/DPDK.

Please follow these steps, to dig out more info

  1. lock your compute-node
  2. ssh to your compute-node and check OVS/DPDK status by “sudo ovs-vsctl show” and “python /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/dpdk-devbind.py --status”

 

From: Himanshu Goyal <himanshugoyal500@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 24 January 2019 at 4:46 PM
To: "Hu, Yong" <yong.hu@intel.com>
Cc: "Alonso, Juan Carlos" <juan.carlos.alonso@intel.com>, "starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io" <starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io>
Subject: Re: [Starlingx-discuss] Deployment Option (error: compute boot in loop)

Hi Yong,

 

I checked server BIOS setting Intel VT-D is enabled in my compute machine

compute machine is rebooting only after unlocking, Before reboot it came in unlocked, enabled & online.

 

Please suggest how can i debug this.

 

Many Thanks,

Himanshu Goyal

 

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:40 PM Hu, Yong <yong.hu@intel.com> wrote:

Intel_iommu=on and immmu are for PCI PT and SR-IOV, as far as I know.

There are other 2, like VT-x and VT-d flags, to be enabled. Please have a look in BIOS.