Merge pull request #41 from opennetworkinglab/maintenance

fixed formating

Author: llpeterson

onramp/blueprints.rst

@@ -422,30 +422,35 @@ UPF is used in both cases.
 
 Enable SR-IOV and DPDK
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-UPF performance can be improved by enabling SR-IOV and DPDK.
 
-Pre-requisite:
-* make sure virtualization and VT-d parameters are enabled in BIOS.
+UPF performance can be improved by enabling SR-IOV and DPDK. This
+blueprint supports both optimizations, where the former depends on the
+server NIC(s) being SR-IOV capable. Before getting to the blueprint
+itself, we note the following hardware-related prerequisites.
 
-* make sure enough hugepage memory allocated, iommu enabled. These changes
-  can be made by updating
-  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_iommu=on iommu=pt default_hugepagesz=1G hugepagesz=1G hugepages=32 transparent_hugepage=never"
-  in /etc/default/grub
+* Make sure virtualization and VT-d parameters are enabled in the BIOS.
 
-  Note: Number of hugepages = 2 X No of UPF Instances
+* Make sure enough ``hugepage`` memory has been allocated and
+  ``iommu`` is enabled. These changes can be made by updating
+  ``/etc/default/grub``:
 
-  Once it is updated apply the changes by running below command,
+  .. code-block::
+
+    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_iommu=on iommu=pt default_hugepagesz=1G hugepagesz=1G hugepages=32 transparent_hugepage=never"
+
+  Note that the number of ``hugepages`` must be two times the number
+  of UPF Instances.  Once the file is updated, apply the changes by running:
 
   .. code-block::
 
-    $sudo update-grub
-    $sudo reboot
+    $ sudo update-grub
+    $ sudo reboot
 
-  You can verify the allocated hugepages using below command,
+  Verify the allocated ``hugepages`` using the following command:
 
   .. code-block::
 
-    $cat /proc/meminfo | grep HugePages
+    $ cat /proc/meminfo | grep HugePages
     AnonHugePages:         0 kB
     ShmemHugePages:        0 kB
     FileHugePages:         0 kB
@@ -454,36 +459,36 @@ Pre-requisite:
     HugePages_Rsvd:        0
     HugePages_Surp:        0
 
-* Create required VF devices(minimum 2 required per UPF) as follows,
-  (In this example the PF interface used is "ens801f0")
+* Create the required VF devices, where a minimum of two is required
+  for each UPF. Using ``ens801f0`` as an example VF interface, this is
+  done as follows:
 
   .. code-block::
 
-    echo 2 > /sys/class/net/ens801f0/device/sriov_numvfs
+    $ echo 2 > /sys/class/net/ens801f0/device/sriov_numvfs
 
-  Now retrieve the PCI address for the newly created VF devices using below command,
+  Retrieve the PCI address for the newly created VF devices using
+  the following command:
 
   .. code-block::
 
-    ls -l /sys/class/net/ens801f0/device/virtfn*
+    $ ls -l /sys/class/net/ens801f0/device/virtfn*
 
-* Clone the DPDK repo to use the binding tools,
+* Clone the DPDK repo to use the binding tools:
 
   .. code-block::
 
-    git clone https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk.git
-    cd dpdk
+    $ git clone https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk.git
+    $ cd dpdk
 
-* Bind the VF devices to the vfio-pci driver as follows,
+* Bind the VF devices to the ``vfio-pci`` driver as follows:
 
   .. code-block::
 
-    ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:b1:01.0
-    ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:b1:01.1
+    $ ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:b1:01.0
+    $ ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:b1:01.1
 
-This blueprint supports both optimizations, where the former depends on the
-server NIC(s) being SR-IOV capable. The blueprint includes the
-following:
+Returning to the OnRamp blueprint, it includes the following:
 
 * Global vars file ``vars/main-sriov.yml`` gives the overall blueprint
   specification.