Accelerator smartnic SRIOV support

Since Xena release, nova supports creating servers with
SRIOV provisioned with the Cyborg service.

Change-Id: I59afef70b2b38c61b3c58ac90a1a405532b92832

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diff --git a/api-guide/source/accelerator-support.rst b/api-guide/source/accelerator-support.rst
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+++ b/api-guide/source/accelerator-support.rst
@@ -87,3 +87,57 @@ For nested resource providers:
   * You can ask for a device profile in the flavor with 2 vGPU with --max 2.
   * But you can't ask for a device profile in the flavor with 4 vGPU and
     --max 2.
+
+=======================
+Using SRIOV with Cyborg
+=======================
+
+Starting from Xena release, nova supports creating servers with
+SRIOV provisioned with the Cyborg service.
+
+To launch servers with accelerators, the administrator (or an user with
+appropriate privileges) must do the following:
+
+* Create a device profile in Cyborg, which specifies what accelerator
+  resources need to be provisioned. (See `Cyborg device profiles API`_,
+  `Cyborg SRIOV Test Report`_.)
+
+  .. _`Cyborg device profiles API`: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/accelerator/v2/index.html#device-profiles
+  .. _`Cyborg SRIOV Test Report`: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Cyborg/TestReport/IntelNic
+
+* create a 'accelerator-direct' vnic type port with the device-profile name
+  set as cyborg device profile with this syntax:
+
+  .. code::
+
+    openstack port create $port_name --network $network_name --vnic-type=accelerator-direct --device-profile $device_profile_name
+
+* create a server with that port:
+
+  .. code::
+
+    openstack server create --flavor $myflavor --image $myimage $servername --nic port-id=$port-ID
+
+Nova supports only specific operations for instances with accelerators.
+The lists of supported and unsupported operations are as below:
+
+* Supported operations.
+
+  * Creation and deletion.
+  * Reboots (soft and hard).
+  * Pause and unpause.
+  * Stop and start.
+  * Rebuild.
+  * Rescue and unrescue.
+  * Take a snapshot.
+  * Backup.
+
+* Unsupported operations
+
+  * Resize.
+  * Suspend and resume.
+  * Cold migration.
+  * Live migration.
+  * Shelve and unshelve.
+  * Evacuate.
+  * Attach/detach a port with device profile.