VOLTHA 2.2 Release Notes

Highlights

Started the SEBA Surge effort to get VOLTHA 2.x in production by AT&T, DT, and TT. VOLTHA 2.2 release is a stepping stone towards that goal. Main highlights of this release include the work done for stabilizing VOLTHA and creating test infrastructure.

Core

• Simplified VOLTHA stack: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pPJFG1NIDQGSla_Sn1Jx4xqDXO9uEEhwgTegZEB6JK0/edit

Development process

• kind-voltha used to bring up development/testing

• voltctl CLI replaces CLI container

• Supports AT&T workflow

• Moved to BAL 3.1 (from BAL 2.6 in VOLTHA 1.7 and 2.1 releases)

• 7 active brigades

Testing

• Expanded set of Test Cases: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TOSibGWXOAYOVeT0UwcivFRMm3oQzSdcpRG5E9_WTbQ/edit

• Patchset sanity testing with emulated hardware (BBSim)

• Ability to submit patchsets for test on physical hardware (hardware test keyword in gerrit)

• Nightly regression suite on hardware growing

• New BBSim used for functional testing and scale testing

• BBSim Reflector (BBR) to verify BBSim itself scales

Documentation

• Operator Workflows Defined: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FP42UviD9Ln-Pjrho5cEOT4mxD1SjszjJUD1MA3jdKY/edit

• Several Design docs published: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1sNbD1oMA1twG4Kqn2e77ExzXR81qC6LK

Known Issues

• This release does not support Tech Profiles other than 1 TCONT,

  1 GEM port, due to issues in BAL 3.1 (VOL-2104, VOL-2105). A move to BAL 3.4 is required.

• A scenario in the AT&T workflow results in errors (see VOL-2395)

Component Versions

• ONOS: 1.13.9, with app versions:

  • olt: 3.0.1

  • sadis: 3.1.0

  • aaa: 1.9.0

  • dhcpl2relay: 1.6.1

  • kafka: 1.1.0

• VOLTHA component versions

  • helm charts

    • voltha: 2.2.0

    • adapter-openolt 2.2.0

    • adapter-openonu 2.2.0

    • onos: 1.1.4

  • Containers

    • voltha-rw-core: 2.2.3

    • voltha-of-agent: 2.2.3

    • voltha-openolt-adapter: 2.2.5

    • voltha-openonu-adapter: 2.2.6

    • voltha-onos: 2.2.0

• BBSim

  • helm charts: 3.0.7

  • container: 0.0.9

• OpenOLT Agent using BAL 3.1 (voltha-2.2)

  • openolt_2_2_0_asfvolt16.deb (available from EdgeCore site)

  • Get access credentials for https://edgecore.quickconnect.to and then login and navigate to File_Station ->

    EdgecoreNAS, and then the folder /ASXvOLT16/OpenOLT_Agent/From_ONF_Distribution/ and pick the version above