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Nova Wallaby Specifications

Nova Wallaby Specifications¶

Template:

  • Specification Template (Wallaby release)

Wallaby implemented specs:

  • Allow Secure Boot (SB) for QEMU- and KVM-based guests
  • libvirt - Store and allow the default machine type to be changed
  • Add IP address to libvirt guest metadata
  • Libvirt: support vDPA based networking
  • Remove resource information from os-hypervisors API
  • socket PCI NUMA affinity Policy
  • Port Scoped SR-IOV NUMA Affinity Policies
  • Scheduling support for Routed Networks
  • Support interface attach with QoS ports

Wallaby approved (but not implemented) specs:

  • Configurable Instance Hostnames
  • libvirt supports composing cyborg owned vGPU into domain XML
  • libvirt driver support for flavor and image defined ephemeral encryption
  • Flavour and Image defined ephemeral storage encryption
  • Nova provides remote console with password authentication
  • Remove tenant_id
  • Smartnic Management Overall Design
this page last updated: 2020-08-17 00:25:14
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    • Specification Template (Wallaby release)
    • Allow Secure Boot (SB) for QEMU- and KVM-based guests
    • libvirt - Store and allow the default machine type to be changed
    • Add IP address to libvirt guest metadata
    • Libvirt: support vDPA based networking
    • Remove resource information from os-hypervisors API
    • socket PCI NUMA affinity Policy
    • Port Scoped SR-IOV NUMA Affinity Policies
    • Scheduling support for Routed Networks
    • Support interface attach with QoS ports
    • Configurable Instance Hostnames
    • libvirt supports composing cyborg owned vGPU into domain XML
    • libvirt driver support for flavor and image defined ephemeral encryption
    • Flavour and Image defined ephemeral storage encryption
    • Nova provides remote console with password authentication
    • Remove tenant_id
    • Smartnic Management Overall Design
  • Nova Victoria Specifications
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