We use the similar lab infrastructure recommended by OPNFV project.
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Network Hardware
48 Port TOR Switch
NICs - Combination of 1GE and 10GE based on network topology options
Connectivity for each data/control network is through a separate NIC port or a shared port. Separate port simplifies switch management however requires more NICs on the server and also more switch ports
BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) for lights-out management network using IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface)
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- Option I: 4x1G Control, 2x10G Data, 48 Port Switch
- 1 x 1G for IPMI Management
- 1 x 1G for Admin/PXE boot
- 1 x 1G for control-plane connectivity
- 1 x 1G for storage
- 2 x 10G for data network (redundancy, NIC bonding)
- Option III: 2x1G Control, 1x10G Data(redundancy nice to have), 1x10G Control or Storage(if needed, redundancy nice to have), 48 Port Switch
- Data NIC used for VNF traffic
- 1 x 1G for IPMI mangement
- 1 x 1G for Admin/PXE boot
- 1 x 10G for control-plane connectivity/storage(if needed, control plane and storage segmented through VLANs)
- 1 x 10G for data network
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- Subnet, VLANs
- IPs
- Types of NW - LOM, public, private, admin, storage
- Default gateways
Sample Network Drawings
Remote Management
Remote access is required for …
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Lights-out management network requirements:
- Out-of-band management for power on/off/reset and bare-metal provisioning
- Access to server is through a lights-out-management tool and/or a serial console
- Refer to applicable light-out management information from server manufacturer, such as ...
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| Code Block |
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IPMI/Lights+out management Admin Private Public Storage
PXE
vlan 300
172.30.8.64/26 192.168.1.0/24 +
+ + 192.168.0.0/24| |
| | + + |
| | | 172.30.10.0/24 |
| +-----------------+ | | + |
| | | enp6 | | | |
+--------+ Jumpserver | 192.168.1.66 | | | |
| | CentOS 7 +-----------------------------+ | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | enp7 | | | |
| | | 192.168.0.66 | | | |
| | user/pass +---------------------------------------+ | |
| | | | | | |
| | | enp8 | | | |
| | | 172.30.10.72 | | | |
| | +-------------------------------------------------+ |
| | | | | | |
| | | enp9 | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | +----------------------------------------------------------+
| | | | | | |
| +-----------------+ | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| +----------------+ | | | |
| | 1 | | | | |
+-------+ +--------------+-+ | | | |
| | | 2 | | | | |
| | | +--------------+-+ | | | |
| | | | 3 +---------------------------+ | | |
| | | | Controller | | | | |
| | | | nodes +-------------------------------------+ | |
| +-+ | | | | | |
| | | +-----------------------------------------------+ |
| +-+ | | | | |
| | +--------------------------------------------------------+
| +----------------+ | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| +----------------+ | | | |
| | 1 | | | | |
+-------+ +--------------+-+ | | | |
| | | 2 | | | | |
| | | +--------------+-+ | | | |
| | | | 3 | | | | |
| | | | +--------------+-+ | | | |
| | | | | 4 | | | | |
| +-+ | | +--------------+-+ | | | |
| | | | | 5 +-----------------------+ | | |
| +-+ | | Compute nodes | | | | |
| | | | for deploying +---------------------------------+ | |
| +-+ | VoLTE VNFs | | | | |
| | | +-------------------------------------------+ |
| +-+ | | | | |
| | +----------------------------------------------------+
| +----------------+ | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| + + + +
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