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Learn how to install, configure, and operate the Vyatta Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS) and Orchestrator, which help drive our virtual networking and physical platforms portfolio.

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Configuring CPU affinity

Configuring CPU affinity on a data plane interface

By default, the vRouter assigns a CPU to a dataplane interface in a round-robin manner. The following example provides a configuration of CPU affinity on a data plane interface by using system interface dataplane <id> cpu-affinity <cpu-list>.

Table 1. Configuring CPU affinity on a data plane interface
Step Command

Assign the CPU ID for affinity on a data plane interface.

For the CPU ID, enter its number, a range of numbers separated by a hyphen or a comma-separated list. 

vyatta@vyatta# set interface dataplane dp0p192p1 cpu-affinity 1
Commit the change. 
vyatta@vyatta# commit
Show the configuration. 
vyatta@vyatta# show interfaces dataplane
 dataplane dp0p192p1 {
    cpu-affinity 1
 }

If you configure a limited number of CPUs, the number of receive queues are reduced. If you configure a CPU that does not exist or is not defined as used for the data plane, then a message is logged and the interface does not start.

Last updated: May 7, 2021