Network Interface Card Requirements
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-Use a `DPDK supported <http://core.dpdk.org/supported/>`_ high end NIC such as the Intel XL710 40GbE.
+Use a `DPDK supported <https://core.dpdk.org/supported/>`_ high end NIC such as the Intel XL710 40GbE.
Make sure each NIC has been flashed the latest version of NVM/firmware.
Configurations before running DPDK
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-1. Build the DPDK target and reserve huge pages.
+1. Reserve huge pages.
See the earlier section on :ref:`linux_gsg_hugepages` for more details.
- The following shell commands may help with building and configuration:
-
.. code-block:: console
- # Build DPDK target.
- cd dpdk_folder
- make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc -j
-
# Get the hugepage size.
awk '/Hugepagesize/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo
# Mount to the specific folder.
mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge
-2. Check the CPU layout using using the DPDK ``cpu_layout`` utility:
+2. Check the CPU layout using the DPDK ``cpu_layout`` utility:
.. code-block:: console