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154 lines
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Intel Omni-Path (OPA) Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) feature
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supports Ethernet functionality over Omni-Path fabric by encapsulating
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the Ethernet packets between HFI nodes.
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Architecture
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The patterns of exchanges of Omni-Path encapsulated Ethernet packets
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involves one or more virtual Ethernet switches overlaid on the Omni-Path
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fabric topology. A subset of HFI nodes on the Omni-Path fabric are
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permitted to exchange encapsulated Ethernet packets across a particular
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virtual Ethernet switch. The virtual Ethernet switches are logical
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abstractions achieved by configuring the HFI nodes on the fabric for
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header generation and processing. In the simplest configuration all HFI
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nodes across the fabric exchange encapsulated Ethernet packets over a
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single virtual Ethernet switch. A virtual Ethernet switch, is effectively
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an independent Ethernet network. The configuration is performed by an
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Ethernet Manager (EM) which is part of the trusted Fabric Manager (FM)
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application. HFI nodes can have multiple VNICs each connected to a
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different virtual Ethernet switch. The below diagram presents a case
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of two virtual Ethernet switches with two HFI nodes.
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+-------------------+
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| Subnet/ |
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| Ethernet |
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| Manager |
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+-------------------+
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/ /
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/ /
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/ /
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/ /
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+-----------------------------+ +------------------------------+
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| Virtual Ethernet Switch | | Virtual Ethernet Switch |
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| +---------+ +---------+ | | +---------+ +---------+ |
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| | VPORT | | VPORT | | | | VPORT | | VPORT | |
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+--+---------+----+---------+-+ +-+---------+----+---------+---+
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| \ / |
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| \/ |
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| / \ |
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| / \ |
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+-----------+------------+ +-----------+------------+
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| VNIC | VNIC | | VNIC | VNIC |
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+-----------+------------+ +-----------+------------+
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| HFI | | HFI |
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+------------------------+ +------------------------+
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The Omni-Path encapsulated Ethernet packet format is as described below.
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Bits Field
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Quad Word 0:
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0-19 SLID (lower 20 bits)
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20-30 Length (in Quad Words)
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31 BECN bit
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32-51 DLID (lower 20 bits)
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52-56 SC (Service Class)
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57-59 RC (Routing Control)
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60 FECN bit
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61-62 L2 (=10, 16B format)
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63 LT (=1, Link Transfer Head Flit)
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Quad Word 1:
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0-7 L4 type (=0x78 ETHERNET)
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8-11 SLID[23:20]
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12-15 DLID[23:20]
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16-31 PKEY
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32-47 Entropy
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48-63 Reserved
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Quad Word 2:
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0-15 Reserved
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16-31 L4 header
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32-63 Ethernet Packet
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Quad Words 3 to N-1:
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0-63 Ethernet packet (pad extended)
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Quad Word N (last):
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0-23 Ethernet packet (pad extended)
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24-55 ICRC
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56-61 Tail
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62-63 LT (=01, Link Transfer Tail Flit)
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Ethernet packet is padded on the transmit side to ensure that the VNIC OPA
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packet is quad word aligned. The 'Tail' field contains the number of bytes
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padded. On the receive side the 'Tail' field is read and the padding is
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removed (along with ICRC, Tail and OPA header) before passing packet up
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the network stack.
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The L4 header field contains the virtual Ethernet switch id the VNIC port
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belongs to. On the receive side, this field is used to de-multiplex the
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received VNIC packets to different VNIC ports.
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Driver Design
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Intel OPA VNIC software design is presented in the below diagram.
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OPA VNIC functionality has a HW dependent component and a HW
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independent component.
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The support has been added for IB device to allocate and free the RDMA
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netdev devices. The RDMA netdev supports interfacing with the network
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stack thus creating standard network interfaces. OPA_VNIC is an RDMA
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netdev device type.
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The HW dependent VNIC functionality is part of the HFI1 driver. It
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implements the verbs to allocate and free the OPA_VNIC RDMA netdev.
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It involves HW resource allocation/management for VNIC functionality.
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It interfaces with the network stack and implements the required
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net_device_ops functions. It expects Omni-Path encapsulated Ethernet
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packets in the transmit path and provides HW access to them. It strips
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the Omni-Path header from the received packets before passing them up
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the network stack. It also implements the RDMA netdev control operations.
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The OPA VNIC module implements the HW independent VNIC functionality.
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It consists of two parts. The VNIC Ethernet Management Agent (VEMA)
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registers itself with IB core as an IB client and interfaces with the
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IB MAD stack. It exchanges the management information with the Ethernet
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Manager (EM) and the VNIC netdev. The VNIC netdev part allocates and frees
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the OPA_VNIC RDMA netdev devices. It overrides the net_device_ops functions
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set by HW dependent VNIC driver where required to accommodate any control
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operation. It also handles the encapsulation of Ethernet packets with an
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Omni-Path header in the transmit path. For each VNIC interface, the
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information required for encapsulation is configured by the EM via VEMA MAD
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interface. It also passes any control information to the HW dependent driver
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by invoking the RDMA netdev control operations.
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| IB MAD | | Network |
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+----------------------------+ |
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| OPA VNIC Module | |
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+------------------+ |
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| IB core | |
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+--------------------------------------------+
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| HFI1 Driver with VNIC support |
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+--------------------------------------------+
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