On Wed, 2023-03-01 at 15:20 +0800, Simon Jones wrote: > BTW, this link ( > https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/ovn/smartnic_dpu.html) said > I SHOULD add "remote_managed" in /etc/nova/nova.conf, is that WRONG ? no its not wrong but for dpu smart nics you have to make a choice when you deploy either they can be used in dpu mode in which case remote_managed shoudl be set to true and you can only use them via neutron ports with vnic-type=remote_managed as descried in that doc https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/ovn/smartnic_dpu.html#launch-an-instance-with-remote-managed-port or if you disable dpu mode in the nic frimware then you shoudl remvoe remote_managed form the pci device list and then it can be used liek a normal vf either for neutron sriov ports vnic-type=direct or via flavor based pci passthough. the issue you were havign is you configured the pci device list to contain "remote_managed: ture" which means the vf can only be consumed by a neutron port with vnic-type=remote_managed, when you have "remote_managed: false" or unset you can use it via vnic-type=direct i forgot that slight detail that vnic-type=remote_managed is required for "remote_managed: ture". in either case you foudn the correct doc https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/ovn/smartnic_dpu.html neutorn sriov port configuration is documented here https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/config-sriov.html and nova flavor based pci passthough is documeted here https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/admin/pci-passthrough.html all three server slightly differnt uses. both neutron proceedures are exclusivly fo network interfaces. https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/ovn/smartnic_dpu.html requires the use of ovn deployed on the dpu to configure the VF contolplane. https://docs.openstack.org/neutron/latest/admin/config-sriov.html uses the sriov nic agent to manage the VF with ip tools. https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/admin/pci-passthrough.html is intended for pci passthough of stateless acclerorators like qat devices. while the nova flavor approch cna be used with nics it not how its generally ment to be used and when used to passthough a nic expectation is that its not related to a neuton network.