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DOC UPDATE for max-tx-rate on VF subinterface

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Signed-off-by: Juanita-Balaraj <juanita.balaraj@windriver.com>
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Signed-off-by: Juanita-Balaraj <juanita.balaraj@windriver.com>
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doc/source/node_management/kubernetes/node_interfaces/configuring-vf-interfaces-rate-limiting-using-cli.rst
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@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ Be aware of the following guidance when using this feature:
- The total sum of the maximum transmission rates of all rate limited |VFs|
cannot exceed 90% of the port link speed.
- The unit is Mbps, and value of 0 means turn off the rate limiting.
- The units are Mbps, and value of 0 means turn off the rate limiting.
- |VFs| with different limited rate are supposed to be attached separate data
networks and managed by Kubernetes |SRIOV| device plugin as different
- |VFs| with different limited rate are supposed to be attached to separate
data networks and managed by Kubernetes |SRIOV| device plugin as different
ResourcePools. You can then use the |VFs| by specifying the corresponding
<resourceName>.
@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ Data networks should be created for VF sub-interfaces attachment.
#. Create a sub-interface with rate limiting configuration.
The parameters are all same as shown in the procedure for |node-doc|:
The parameters are all the same as shown in the procedure for |node-doc|:
:ref:`Provisioning SR-IOV VF Interfaces using the CLI
<provisioning-sr-iov-vf-interfaces-using-the-cli>`, plus one newly added
rate limiting related parameter: --max-tx-rate
rate limiting related parameter: ``--max-tx-rate``.
.. note::
The units for ``max-tx-rate`` are Mbps.
The configured sriov\_numvfs with
max\_tx\_rate\(max\_tx\_rate\*sriov\_numvfs\) should not exceed 90% of
the link bandwidth.
@ -88,12 +89,18 @@ Data networks should be created for VF sub-interfaces attachment.
#. The rate limit configuration can be modified by specifying other values.
.. note::
The units for ``max-tx-rate`` are Mbps.
.. code-block:: none
~(keystone_admin)$ system host-if-modify controller-0 sriov00 --max-tx-rate=200
#. The rate limit configuration can be modified by specifying a value of zero.
.. note::
Setting ``max-tx-rate`` to 0 disables any rate limiting.
.. code-block:: none
~(keystone_admin)$ system host-if-modify controller-0 sriov00 --max-tx-rate=0