Minutes: networking sub-team meeting 01-18-24

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Next meeting:

02-01-24

Meeting logistics:

https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Starlingx/Meetings

Agenda/Detailed minutes are posted at:

https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-networking

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Ethernet Operator Support in StarlingX

• Planning to push new release
• New helm charts to be pushed upstream first
• Target: Mid February to push to StarlingX – to late for stx 9.0
• Will need to target stx 10.0
• New release will provide support for Fortville NICs
• Changes to APIs
• Updates to multiple devices in one single config file

Uprev of Intel FEC operator

• Final patch for (core code) review for FEC operator 2.8.0 has been posted
• Would still need to do image tagging and formal image builds
• Milestone 3 for stx 9.0 is Jan. 24, feature test complete is Feb. 21
• Note: functional tests have been completed at Intel
• Provides support for latest Xeon GNR-D FEC accelerator, VRB-2

Platform network reconfig (mgmt. network)

• Testing and bug resolution ongoing
• One sanity issue addressed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2043506

HA PTP Time Sources

• Minor bugs being addressed and finalizing testing

Node Metric Exporter

• Core code complete
• Just need image tagging: Target: Next week

Intel QAT/GPU Device Plugin

• On hold because of ongoing discussions about the current capabilities.