0. BackGround
BlueField 1/2
AWS Nitro
Aliyun X-Dragon MOC
OpenBMC
1. 功能定义
1.1. 带外管理
带外管理也不是个问题，如果:
- 服务器自带BMC。
- 你有能力让服务器厂商给你定制，因为你需要定制BIOS部分功能以让其在启动时认到智能网卡提供的虚拟设备。
但是，由于多数用户没有让服务器厂商高度定制服务器的能力，因而我们需要在“无米”的状态下做“炊”。
Category Archives: FPGA
Xilinx Pynq Overlay Networking Test
1. Preparation
https://github.com/Xilinx/PYNQ-Networking
2. Build
… Read more...PetaLinux/Pynq in QEMU HowTo
Background
Before stepping into the virtio acceleration, we will build and run a Linux(PetaLinux) in FPGA.
Despite the poor performance of simulation in X86, it’s very convenient to create POC.
We … Read more...
P4 Network with Xilinx FPGA
0. Background
As we all know, P4 is about to be the future of OpenFlow 2.0, and to achieve an totally software defined network with programmable control plane and data plane.
1. Basic Knowledge
Since we&… Read more...
Design of Fault Tolerance x86 Server with FPGA or QEMU
1. Background
Since the MicroBlaze provides the lockstep feature, so finally we can make a POC.
2. MicroBlaze FT Test
3. Server FT Test via MicroBlaze FT controller
4. QEMU with COLO
[1] Triple Modular Red… Read more...
Boost Virtualization Performance with Xilinx/Intel FPGA
UPDATE: 老王的笔记中也总结了一些关于devconf的内容。
This article is just a collection of ideas and posts.
Recently I was doing some performance-tunning of QEMU/KVM with kinds of pure-software ways. However, it ended with… Read more...