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Installing the SR-IOV Network Operator

You can install the Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Network Operator on your cluster to manage SR-IOV network devices and network attachments.

Installing SR-IOV Network Operator

As a cluster administrator, you can install the SR-IOV Network Operator by using the OpenShift Container Platform CLI or the web console.

CLI: Installing the SR-IOV Network Operator

As a cluster administrator, you can install the Operator using the CLI.

Prerequisites

  • A cluster installed on bare-metal hardware with nodes that have hardware that supports SR-IOV.

  • Install the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • An account with cluster-admin privileges.

Procedure

  1. To create the openshift-sriov-network-operator namespace, enter the following command:

    $ cat << EOF| oc create -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: openshift-sriov-network-operator
EOF

  2. To create an OperatorGroup CR, enter the following command:

    $ cat << EOF| oc create -f -
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: sriov-network-operators
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  targetNamespaces:
  - openshift-sriov-network-operator
EOF

  3. Subscribe to the SR-IOV Network Operator.

    1. Run the following command to get the OpenShift Container Platform major and minor version. It is required for the channel value in the next step.

      $ OC_VERSION=$(oc version -o yaml | grep openshiftVersion | \
    grep -o '[0-9]*[.][0-9]*' | head -1)

    2. To create a Subscription CR for the SR-IOV Network Operator, enter the following command:

      $ cat << EOF| oc create -f -
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: sriov-network-operator-subsription
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  channel: "${OC_VERSION}"
  name: sriov-network-operator
  source: redhat-operators
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
EOF

  4. To verify that the Operator is installed, enter the following command:

    $ oc get csv -n openshift-sriov-network-operator \
  -o custom-columns=Name:.metadata.name,Phase:.status.phase
    Example output
    Name                                        Phase
sriov-network-operator.4.4.0-202006160135   Succeeded

Web console: Installing the SR-IOV Network Operator

As a cluster administrator, you can install the Operator using the web console.

You must create the operator group by using the CLI.
Prerequisites

  • A cluster installed on bare-metal hardware with nodes that have hardware that supports SR-IOV.

  • Install the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • An account with cluster-admin privileges.

Procedure

  1. Create a namespace for the SR-IOV Network Operator:

    1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Administration → Namespaces.

    2. Click Create Namespace.

    3. In the Name field, enter openshift-sriov-network-operator, and then click Create.

  2. Install the SR-IOV Network Operator:

    1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Operators → OperatorHub.

    2. Select SR-IOV Network Operator from the list of available Operators, and then click Install.

    3. On the Install Operator page, under A specific namespace on the cluster, select openshift-sriov-network-operator.

    4. Click Install.

  3. Verify that the SR-IOV Network Operator is installed successfully:

    1. Navigate to the Operators → Installed Operators page.

    2. Ensure that SR-IOV Network Operator is listed in the openshift-sriov-network-operator project with a Status of InstallSucceeded.

      During installation an Operator might display a Failed status. If the installation later succeeds with an InstallSucceeded message, you can ignore the Failed message.

      If the operator does not appear as installed, to troubleshoot further:

      • Inspect the Operator Subscriptions and Install Plans tabs for any failure or errors under Status.

      • Navigate to the Workloads → Pods page and check the logs for pods in the openshift-sriov-network-operator project.

Next steps