Install an EJFAT Load Balancer

New Installation Preparations

Check for stale docker images:

docker image ls

Delete images with tags: esnet-smartnic-fw, smartnic-dpdk-docker, xilinx-labtools-docker, udplbd

Initial setup:

mkdir ~/esnet 

cd ~/esnet 

git clone --recursive https://github.com/esnet/xilinx-labtools-docker 

git clone --recursive https://github.com/esnet/smartnic-dpdk-docker 

git clone --recursive https://github.com/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw 

git clone https://github.com/JeffersonLab/ersap-grpc.git

git clone https://github.com/esnet/udplbd.git 

Proper revisions:

Stable Lineup

Purpose	Version	Container	Revision
HW	57684	udplb	c6956b46
FW	58131	esnet-smartnic-fw	a07943f0
SW	0.3.2	udplbd	5712d10
Lab	57755	xilinx-labtools-docker	977a5678
DPDK	57593	smartnic-dpdk-docker	xxxxxxxx

Xilinx Supports tools:

Required Binaries

cp /daqfs/ejfat/Downloads/xilinx/Vivado_Lab_Lin_2023.2_1013_2256.tar.gz  ~/esnet/xilinx-labtools-docker/vivado-installer/ 
cp /daqfs/ejfat/Downloads/xilinx/loadsc_v2.3.zip                         ~/esnet/xilinx-labtools-docker/sc-fw-downloads 
cp /daqfs/ejfat/Downloads/esnet/SC_U280_4_3_31.zip                       ~/esnet/xilinx-labtools-docker/sc-fw-downloads

Docker build for Xilinx Labtools:

cd ~/esnet/xilinx-labtools-docker

git checkout 977a5678

Remark out the following lines in Dockerfile:

# Download and extract a few versions of the Satellite Controller firmware packages
#   https://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/alveo.html
# ARG SC_FW_BASE_URL="https://www.xilinx.com/bin/public/openDownload?filename="
# ARG SC_FW_U280_PKGS="xilinx-u280-gen3x16-xdma_2023.1_2023_0507_2220-all.deb.tar.gz xilinx-u280-gen3x16-xdma_2022.1_2022_0804_1110-all.deb.tar.gz"
# ARG SC_FW_U55C_PKGS="xilinx-u55c-gen3x16-xdma_2023.1_2023_0507_2220-all.deb.tar.gz xilinx-u55c-gen3x16-xdma_2022.1_2022_0415_2123-all.deb.tar.gz"
# RUN \
#   cd /sc-fw-downloads && \
#   for f in $SC_FW_U280_PKGS $SC_FW_U55C_PKGS ; do \
#     echo "Fetching: $SC_FW_BASE_URL$f" ; \
#     wget -qO- "$SC_FW_BASE_URL$f" | tar xz --wildcards 'xilinx-sc-fw*.deb' ; \
#   done ; \
#   mkdir -p /sc-fw && \
#   for sc in /sc-fw-downloads/xilinx-sc-fw*.deb ; do \
#     dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile "$sc" | tar x -C /sc-fw --strip-components 6 --wildcards './opt/xilinx/firmware/sc-fw/*/sc-fw-*.txt' ; \
#   done

Follow instructions in README.md

Docker build for DPDK:

cd ~/esnet/smartnic-dpdk-docker 

git checkout xxxxxxxx

Follow instructions in README.md

Docker build for smartnic:

cd ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw 

git checkout a07943f0

The ejfat f/w is engineered and obtained from ESnet as an artifacts file:

SN_HW_VER=57684
SN_HW_APP_NAME=udplb

cp /daqfs/ejfat/Downloads/esnet/artifacts.au280.$SN_HW_APP_NAME.$SN_HW_VER.zip ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-hw 

Follow instructions in README.md up to and including (if necessary) the following lines:

mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins/
curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.27.1/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose 

update cloned repo:

git submodule init 

git submodule update 

Modifiy the .env file:

cp example.env .env 

The following .env var lines must be populated:

Note that Docker images can be retrieved from a remote es.net repository or retrieval will instead be made from a local Docker repository.

SMARTNIC_DPDK_IMAGE_URI=<REPOSITORY:TAG> 

Similarly,

LABTOOLS_IMAGE_URI=<REPOSITORY:TAG> 

Un-remark and set the following lines:

SN_HW_APP_NAME=udplb 

SN_HW_BOARD=au280 

SN_HW_VER=57684    

SN_FW_VER=44124       #Note this value is useful but not critical; can be set to zero 

5.1 Build the firmware:

./build.sh 

Modify the sn-stack/.env file:

Un-remark and set the following lines:

COMPOSE_PROFILES=smartnic-mgr-vfio-unlock 

Un-remark and set the JTag serial code:

Execute the bash cmd:

sudo lsusb -v -d 0403:6011 | grep iSerial 

1. e.g., 21770323600G

HW_TARGET_SERIAL=21770323600GA Note the appended 'A' char

1. 5.2.3 Un-remark and set the FPGA PCI device code:

1. Execute the bash cmd:

1. either

lspci -Dd 10ee:

1. or

lspci |grep -i xilinx

1. e.g., 0000:a1:00

FPGA_PCIE_DEV=0000:a1:00

1. 5.2.4 Un-remark and set the following lines:

SN_HOST=ejfat-?-dp.jlab.org Note this is the data planes (FPGA) well known IPV4 address or network name

1. 5.2.5 Un-remark and set the rpc AUTH token:

1. Execute the bash cmd:

openssl rand -base64 24

1. e.g., 1CEpuDN0z39AFndEvcP3EmsuT8zu+3lt

1. SN_CFG_AUTH_TOKEN=1CEpuDN0z39AFndEvcP3EmsuT8zu+3lt

1. 5.3 Modify the sn-stack/docker-compose.yml file:

1. 5.3.1 In the smartnic-hw/command: section, uncomment the FORCE argument line in the /scripts/program_card.sh invocation

1. 5.3.2

1. In older configurations it is required to expose TCP port 50051 (smartnic-p4) outside of the *firmware* docker stack so that the external control plane can reach the p4 agent. This is needed for retro-fitting older firmware with the newer FW / control-plane split. Newer firmware doesn't need this port fixup.

1. Exposing the p4 agent TCP port is done by adding this stanza to the "smartnic-p4" section:

1. ports:
2. - "50051:50051"

1. 5.3.2 add the following lines to the end of the smartnic-p4: section:

1. logging:
2. options:
3. max-file: 5
4. max-size: 100m

Verify the sn-stack/docker-compose.yml:

cd sn-stack

docker compose config --quiet && echo "All good!"

1. 5.4 If applicable, follow instructions in esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-stack/README.INSTALL.md for: One-Time setup:

1. 5.4.1 Converting from factory flash image to ESnet Smartnic flash image

1. 5.4.2 Perform a cold-boot (power cycle) of the server hosting the FPGA card

1. It is essential that this is a proper power cycle and not simply a warm reboot. Specifically do not use

1. $ shutdown -r now

1. Remotely: (smokenmirrors)

ipmitool -I lanplus -U ejfat -L Operator -H ejfat-4-bmc.jlab.org chassis power status ipmitool -I lanplus -U ejfat -L Operator -H ejfat-4-bmc.jlab.org chassis power off ipmitool -I lanplus -U ejfat -L Operator -H ejfat-4-bmc.jlab.org chassis power on

1. Failure to perform a cold-boot here will result in an unusable card.

1. 5.4.3 Normal Operation of the Runtime Environment

docker compose up -d

1. Verify that

docker compose -f ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-stack/docker-compose.yml exec smartnic-fw sn-cli dev version

1. Returns something like:

1. Device Version Info

1. DNA: 0x40020000013b83c12c108485

1. USR_ACCESS: 0x0000ac1b (<version>>)

1. BUILD_STATUS: 0x12211043

docker compose -f ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-stack/docker-compose.yml logs smartnic-fw

1. Returns something like:

1. smartnic-fw-1 | + sleep infinity

1. 6. Library build for ersap-grpc :

cd ~/esnet/ersap-grpc/

git switch esnet3 git checkout a3b85c3868554380e12759f23335eaf3fead2441

export GRPC_INSTALL_DIR=/daqfs/ersap/installation3

1. Follow instructions in README.md

1. Note: It is typically not necessary to install/build grpc as the line above indicates

1. 7. Docker build for Control Plane:

cd ~/esnet/udplbd/

git checkout 5712d10

cp /daqfs/ejfat/Downloads/JLab/JLabCA.crt ~/esnet/udplbd/

1. 7.1 Modifiy docker-compose.yml

1. a. Mount host filespace for /data

services:

 volumes:
   - ./data:/data

1. b. Mount host TLS cert location for /certs

services:

 volumes:
   - /etc/letsencrypt/archive/<machine>.jlab.org:/certs

1. 7.2 remove the leftover udplbd data base file:

rm ~/esnet/udplbd/data/udplbd.db

1. 7.3 Follow instructions in README.md

1. 7.3a Modifiy /etc/config.yml

1. a. specify FPGA DP IPV4/6 addresses (up to 8)
2. b. specify FPGA DP MAC unicast/broadcast addresses
3. c. Put host IPV4 for CP event numbers/host (sync)
4. d. Specify an event number/port for each address in 7.3a.a
5. e. Put host IPV4 for CP server/host (grpc)
6. f. Specify an auth token for CP grpc comms
7. g. optionally enable server/TLS
8. h. optionally specify container path to server/tls/certFile and server/tls/keyFile
9. i. optionally perform steps 7.3a.g-h for smartnic/tls

docker compose build docker compose up -d

1. 7.4

docker compose -f ~/esnet/udplbd/docker-compose.yml logs udplbd | less

1. 8. Execute the the FPGA cmac setup procedure

scp <somewhere>/u280_cmac_setup.sh ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-stack/scratch

chmod +x ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-stack/scratch/u280_cmac_setup.sh

docker compose -f ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-stack/docker-compose.yml exec smartnic-fw /scratch/u280_cmac_setup.sh > ~/esnet/esnet-smartnic-fw/sn-stack/scratch/u280_cmac_setup.out