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diff --git a/doc/source/admin/configuration/hypervisor-powervm.rst b/doc/source/admin/configuration/hypervisor-powervm.rst deleted file mode 100644 index a2947ff608..0000000000 --- a/doc/source/admin/configuration/hypervisor-powervm.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@ -======= -PowerVM -======= - -Introduction ------------- - -OpenStack Compute supports the PowerVM hypervisor through `NovaLink`_. In the -NovaLink architecture, a thin NovaLink virtual machine running on the Power -system manages virtualization for that system. The ``nova-compute`` service -can be installed on the NovaLink virtual machine and configured to use the -PowerVM compute driver. No external management element (e.g. Hardware -Management Console) is needed. - -.. _NovaLink: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/POWER8/p8eig/p8eig_kickoff.htm - - -Configuration -------------- - -In order to function properly, the ``nova-compute`` service must be executed -by a member of the ``pvm_admin`` group. Use the ``usermod`` command to add the -user. For example, to add the ``stacker`` user to the ``pvm_admin`` group, execute: - -.. code-block:: console - - # usermod -a -G pvm_admin stacker - -The user must re-login for the change to take effect. - -To enable the PowerVM compute driver, configure -:oslo.config:option:`DEFAULT.compute_driver` = ``powervm.PowerVMDriver``. For -example: - -.. code-block:: ini - - [DEFAULT] - compute_driver = powervm.PowerVMDriver - -The PowerVM driver supports two types of storage for ephemeral disks: -``localdisk`` or ``ssp``. If ``localdisk`` is selected, you must specify which -volume group should be used. E.g.: - -.. code-block:: ini - - [powervm] - disk_driver = localdisk - volume_group_name = openstackvg - -.. note:: - - Using the ``rootvg`` volume group is strongly discouraged since ``rootvg`` - is used by the management partition and filling this will cause failures. - -The PowerVM driver also supports configuring the default amount of physical -processor compute power (known as "proc units") which will be given to each -vCPU. This value will be used if the requested flavor does not specify the -``powervm:proc_units`` extra-spec. A factor value of 1.0 means a whole physical -processor, whereas 0.05 means 1/20th of a physical processor. E.g.: - -.. code-block:: ini - - [powervm] - proc_units_factor = 0.1 - - -Volume Support --------------- - -Volume support is provided for the PowerVM virt driver via Cinder. Currently, -the only supported volume protocol is `vSCSI`__ Fibre Channel. Attach, detach, -and extend are the operations supported by the PowerVM vSCSI FC volume adapter. -:term:`Boot From Volume` is not yet supported. - -.. __: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/POWER8/p8hat/p8hat_virtualscsi.htm |